Common Name -  Swamp Milkweed
	Scientific Name - Asclepias incarnata
	Family Name -  Milkweed (Asclepiadaciae)
Season	Perennial, summer.
Habitat	Swamps and margins of ponds, stream edges, wet roadside ditches.
Flower	Irregular, rose-purple to pink, small (1/4 inch wide), 5 petals curve down and 5 petals curve up creating an hour glass shape. Flower clusters mostly terminal and flat (umbel arrangement).
Leaves	Opposite, simple, toothless, lance-shaped.
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