# Hairy Swamp Milkweed

*Asclepias incarnata subsp. pulchra* (Ehrh. ex Willd.) Woodson

The coastal plain swamp milkweed east of the Appalachians: hairier throughout, broader in the leaf and darker in the flower than the common subspecies.

## How to tell it apart

Densely hairy all over, stems and leaves alike, with short leaf stalks and broader leaves. Flowers are a deeper pink and the anthers are brown rather than green.

## Where it grows

A coastal plain plant from Nova Scotia to Georgia, with outlying collections in eastern Texas. A record from western Illinois is probably a mislabelled locality or a waif. The name is often written as a variety, but that combination was never validly published at varietal rank.

States: CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, TX, VA, VT

## Other names

Asclepias pulchra; Asclepias incarnata var. neoscotica

Source: Flora of North America vol. 14 (2023).