Question: Here is a photo of what i believe to be Asclepias purparescens [sp?]. found on the Connecticut River near my …
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Here is a photo of what i believe to be Asclepias purparescens [sp?]. found on the Connecticut River near my family's land. I'm not exactly sure that it isn't A. incarnata. Please let me know. thanks!
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Dear ho2cultcha, you have photographed Asclepias incarnata (swamp milkweed). This species has the corona horns that exceed the hoods (in Asclepias purpurascens, the horns are +/- equal in length to the hoods), among other differences. This is a native wetland and shoreline species.
