242 PINK TO MAGENTA 



SWAMP MILKWEED: Asclepias incarnata. 



Milkweed Family. July — Aug. 



Found in swampy places. New Brunswick, 

 west and southwest. 

 Flowers — Dull crimson or crimson-pink, in clus- 

 ters, terminating stem 2—4 feet high. 

 Leaves — Narrow, lance-shaped, short-stemmed; 

 2 downy lines on stems below flower 

 clusters. 



FOUR-LEAVED MILKWEED: 



A. quadrifolia. 

 Bears 1-2 whorls of 4 leaves each near the 

 middle of plant stem. Flowers pinkish and 

 white. New Hampshire to North Carolina, 

 Ontario to Arkansas. 



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