Asclepias Incarnata Fruit. The fruit is a follicle has one ovary that splits along one side to release the seeds fruit width 8 12 mm hair type on fruit na hairs on fruit the fruits are not hairy. Wet meadows prairies stream banks swamps.
Asclepias incarnata commonly known as swamp milkweed rose or pink milkweed swamp silkweed or rose milkflower is an herbaceous perennial and part of the apocynaceae family dogbanes. Small fragrant pink to mauve flowers 1 4 wide each with five reflexed petals and an elevated. Cooperative extension which staffs local offices in all 100 counties and with the eastern band of cherokee indians.
Small fragrant pink to mauve flowers 1 4 wide each with five reflexed petals and an elevated.
Asclepias incarnata typically grow from two to four feet 0 6 to 1 2 m high making them excellent border plants. Asclepias incarnata commonly called swamp milkweed is an erect clump forming missouri native plant which is commonly found in swamps river bottomlands and wet meadows throughout the state it typically grows 3 4 tall less frequently to 5 on branching stems. These split open to release dry flattened seeds attached to silken tails for wind transport. Asclepias incarnata typically grow from two to four feet 0 6 to 1 2 m high making them excellent border plants.