자관백미꽃-[정명] Asclepias incarnata L.

과명	Asclepiadaceae	속명	Asclepias (금관화속)
전체학명	[정명] Asclepias incarnata L.	추천명	자관백미꽃
		영문명	Swamp milkeed,Milkweed Swamp

추천명변경: 잉카르나타금관화 -> 자관백미꽃

 

Common Name: swamp milkweed 

Type: Herbaceous perennial

Family: Apocynaceae

Native Range: Northeastern and southeastern United States

Zone: 3 to 6

Height: 3.00 to 4.00 feet

Spread: 2.00 to 3.00 feet

Bloom Time: July to August

Bloom Description: White, pink, mauve

Sun: Full sun

Water: Medium to wet

Maintenance: Low

Suggested Use: Naturalize, Rain Garden

Flower: Showy, Fragrant

Attracts: Hummingbirds, Butterflies

Tolerate: Deer, Clay Soil, Wet Soil

Garden locations

Culture

Easily grown in medium to wet soils in full sun. Surprisingly tolerant of average well-drained soils in cultivation even though the species is native to swamps and wet meadows. Plants have deep taproots and are best left undisturbed once established. Foliage is slow to emerge in spring.

Noteworthy Characteristics

Asclepias incarnata, commonly called swamp milkweed, is an erect, clump-forming, Missouri native plant which is commonly found in swamps, river bottomlands and wet meadows throughout the State. It typically grows 3-4' tall (less frequently to 5') on branching stems. Small, fragrant, pink to mauve flowers (1/4" wide), each with five reflexed petals and an elevated central crown, appear in tight clusters (umbels) at the stem ends in summer. Flowers are uncommonly white. Narrow, lance-shaped, taper-pointed leaves are 3-6" long. Stems exude a toxic milky sap when cut. Flowers are followed by attractive seed pods (to 4" long) which split open when ripe releasing silky-haired seeds easily carried by the wind. Flowers are very attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds as a nectar source. In addition, swamp milkweed is a food source for the larval stage of monarch butterflies.

Genus name honors the Greek god Asklepios the god of medicine.

Specific epithet means flesh-colored.

Asclepias incarnata - Plant Finder (missouribotanicalgarden.org)

 

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