Introductory
SPECIES: Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed 



ABBREVIATION : 
ASCINC

SYNONYMS : 
   Asclepias pulchra Ehrh. ex Willd.


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   ASIN


COMMON NAMES : 
   swamp milkweed
   milkweed


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name is Asclepias incarnata L.
(Asclepidaceae).  There is disagreement in the taxonomic literature
about infrataxa treatment.  Two subspecies are recognized:

     Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata [23]
     A. i. ssp. pulchra (Ehrh. ex Willd.) Woods. [23]

Also recognized are the following variety and forms:

     A. i. var. incarnata f. incarnata [21]
     A. i. var. incarnata f. albiflora--Found only in Missouri [21]
     A. i. var. incarnata f. rosea Bowin--Found only in southern
                                          Ontario, Canada [18].

This report does not use infrataxa; they rarely appear in the
literature.


LIFE FORM : 
Forb

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Diane S. Pavek, June 1992


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Pavek, Diane S. 1992. Asclepias incarnata. In: Remainder of Citation

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