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Definition of Swamp milkweed
1. Noun. Densely branching perennial of the eastern United States with white to crimson or purple flowers.
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Literary usage of Swamp milkweed
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1. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"The swamp milkweed is similar in appearance, but has smaller clusters of flowers and
... It is to be looked for in swamps or F1G. 173. swamp milkweed. ..."
2. Specific Diagnosis and Specific Medication by John William Fyfe, John Milton Scudder (1909)
"Asclepias Incarnata—swamp milkweed. swamp milkweed often promptly relieves the
general distress caused by extreme infiltration of the tissues in dropsy. ..."
3. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"swamp milkweed Herbaceous perennial Low, swampy ground, wet shores and sphagnum
bogs. Asclepias purpurascens L. Purple milkweed Herbaceous perennial Dry to ..."
4. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"swamp milkweed Herbaceous perennial Low, swampy ground, wet shores and sphagnum
bogs. Asclepias purpurascens L. Purple milkweed Herbaceous perennial Dry to ..."
5. A Preliminary Catalogue of the Flora of New Jersey by Nathaniel Lord Britton (1881)
"A. incarnata, L. swamp milkweed. Frequent in low grounds, middle and northern
counties ... swamp milkweed. Low grounds. Common throughout. ..."
6. A Source Book of Biological Nature-study by Elliot Rowland Downing (1919)
"The swamp milkweed has the same general habit, but the leaves are lance-shaped
and the pods are slender and tapering. It usually grows in wet ground. ..."
7. Catalogue of the Flora of Minnesota Including Its Phaenogamous and Vascular by Warren Upham (1884)
"A. incarnata, L. swamp milkweed. Common throughout the state. A. incarnata, L., var.
pulchra, Pers. Minneapolis, Kassube. swamp milkweed. ..."
8. Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants: A Book of Valuable Information for by Arthur Robert Harding (1908)
"Swamp-milkweed (Asclepias incarnata L.) is a native perennial herb found in swamps
from Canada to Tennessee and Kansas. The slender stem, leafy to the top, ..."
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