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swamp milkweed

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Noun1.swamp milkweed - densely branching perennial of the eastern United States with white to crimson or purple flowersswamp milkweed - densely branching perennial of the eastern United States with white to crimson or purple flowers
Asclepias incarnata
milkweed, silkweed - any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts
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Swamp Milkweed grows to four feet in height, its flowers forming an umbel-like cluster at the top of the stalk; side branching may occur in large, robust plants.
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The pink swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) is crucial to Monarch butterfly populations and is nicely complimented by tall Joe-Pye Weed (Eupatorium fistulosum), which looks almost exactly like the same plant but twice as tall.
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