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Asclepias incarnata L.
Swamp milkweed

Asclepias incarnata
Copyright by: Shirley Denton

Family: Apocynaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Widespread in North America.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Rare

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: Visit our Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information and images and click on the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants link below for more images.

Other data on Asclepias incarnata available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Asclepias incarnata has been found in the following 12 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge Present Native
Big Cypress National Preserve Present Native
Collier-Seminole State Park Present Native
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary Present Native
Delray Beach, Lake Ida parcel Present Native, Cultivated Only
Dupuis Reserve Present Native
Everglades National Park Assumed to be Present Native
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park Present Native
Jonathan Dickinson State Park Present Native
Nicodemus Slough Present Native
Pond Apple Slough Natural Area Present Native
Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve Present Native

Asclepias incarnata has been found in the following 8 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Broward County Possibly Extirpated Possibly Extirpated
Collier County Native
Glades County Native
Hendry County Native
Martin County Native
Miami-Dade County Native
Monroe County (Mainland) Native
Palm Beach County Native

Asclepias incarnata has been found in the following 4 habitats :
Disturbed Wetland
Mesic Flatwoods
Strand Swamp
Wet Prairie

All Images:

Asclepias incarnata
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Asclepias incarnata
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Asclepias incarnata
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Asclepias incarnata
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2017
In cultivation, Florida
Asclepias incarnata
Copyright by: Mary Keim
Asclepias incarnata
Copyright by: Susan Lerner, cultivated at Pan's Garden, Town of Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Monarch (Danaus plexippus) caterpillars on Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata).
Asclepias incarnata
Copyright by: Susan Lerner, cultivated at Pan's Garden, Town of Palm Beach, Florida, USA.