Garden Swamp Milkweed. 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. Sitting atop upright branching stems clad with stiff lance shaped taper pointed leaves the colorful umbels give way to attractive seed pods in the fall which persist into winter.
Unless you have been trained in the proper way to prepare young shoots stalks buds don t eat this plant. Three of the most popular species of native milkweed are asclepias syriaca common milkweed asclepias tuberosa butterfly weed and asclepias incarnata swamp milkweed. Swamp milkweed is toxic in its raw form.
Swamp milkweed is toxic in its raw form.
Swamp milkweed is toxic in its raw form. Unless you have been trained in the proper way to prepare young shoots stalks buds don t eat this plant. For an eye catching contrast pair the vibrant orange flowers of butterfly weed with blue lavender or rose colored flowering perennials such as asters joe pye weed balloon flower and meadow sage salvia nemerosa caradonna. In our yard the swamp milkweed beetle labidomera clivicollis has been a major problem.