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Asclepias incarnata

Plants

Family: Apocynaceae · Genus: Asclepias

Asclepias incarnata

Photo by and (c)2007 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) · cc_by_sa

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Asclepias incarnata, the swamp milkweed, rose milkweed, rose milkflower, swamp silkweed, or white Indian hemp, is a herbaceous perennial plant species native to North America. It grows in damp through wet soils and also is cultivated as a garden plant for its flowers, which attract butterflies and other pollinators with nectar. Like most other milkweeds, it has latex containing toxic steroids, a characteristic that repels many species of insects and mammals.

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