Question: Hello! I emailed photos of this milkweed to a native plant association; they suggested I email them to you to …
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Question
Hello! I emailed photos of this milkweed to a native plant association; they suggested I email them to you to see if it may be purple milkweed. It was purchased at a native plant sale in 2017 as swamp milkweed, but looks very different from the other swamp milkweed purchased at the same time. Thank you!
Answer
Dear MA_Hiker, good afternoon. You've photographed what looks like Asclepias incarnata var. pulchra, which is a very hairy form of swamp milkweed. This is not purple milkweed (Asclepias purpurescens) because the horns are long-exserted from the hoods of the corona (purple milkweed would have hoods about equal in length to the horns). I hope this is helpful. Best wishes.
