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Asclepias incarnata

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Home Perennial Asclepias incarnata

Swamps, wet thickets and shores.

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Family: Asclepiadaceae
Height: 1.2 m / 4 ft
Sun, Semi-shade
Light, Medium Soil
Dry, moist or wet

Plant Rating

Edible Uses: 3 of 5
Medicinal Uses: 2 of 5
Other Uses: 3 of 5

Native Habitat

Swamp Milkweed, Swamp Butterfly Weed, Marsh Milkweed Asclepias incarnata native habitat is Swamps, wet thickets and shores.

Edible Uses

Unopened flower buds - cooked. Tasting somewhat like peas. They can also be dried and stored for later use. Young shoots - cooked. An asparagus substitute. Tips of older shoots are cooked like spinach. Young seed pods, harvested when 3 - 4 cm long - cooked. A pea-like flavour, they are very appetizing. The flower clusters can be boiled down to make a sugary syrup.

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