Native plant · APOCYNACEAE
Asclepias incarnata
SWAMP MILKWEED
Florida native plant record
This profile summarizes published Florida Seed Bank directory data for Asclepias incarnata. County information reflects documented specimen or occurrence evidence and does not guarantee current presence at a site.
- Scientific name
- Asclepias incarnata
- Family
- APOCYNACEAE
- Genus
- Asclepias
- Order
- GENTIANALES
- Classification
- Dicots
- Recorded status
- Native; OBL (NWPL); OBL (DEP)
- Florida range
- Central Florida · South Florida · North Florida
- Vouchered / Found in Florida
- Citrus; Brevard; Osceola; Collier; Lake; Orange; Marion; Seminole; Volusia; Polk; Hendry; Glades; Hillsborough
Verified ecology and propagation
- Native habitat
- wetland; hammock; flatwoods
- Sunlight
- full sun; part shade
- Moisture
- moist; wet
- Mature size
- large; 4-6 feet
- Wildlife benefits
- pollinators; butterfly host
- Seed collection timing
- Collect when follicles begin to split, subject to authorization and wild-population safeguards.
- Germination
- Sow near soil surface with very light covering; refrigerator storage for a few months documented.
Where documented in Florida
Citrus; Brevard; Osceola; Collier; Lake; Orange; Marion; Seminole; Volusia; Polk; Hendry; Glades; Hillsborough
Historical specimen evidence; current presence and complete county coverage are not confirmed.
Related Florida native plants in Asclepias
- Asclepias amplexicaulis — CLASPING MILKWEED
- Asclepias cinerea — CAROLINA MILKWEED
- Asclepias connivens — LARGEFLOWER MILKWEED
- Asclepias curtissii — CURTISS' MILKWEED; Curtiss's milkweed
- Asclepias feayi — FLORIDA MILKWEED
- Asclepias humistrata — PINEWOODS MILKWEED; Sandhill milkweed
Data provenance
Florida Seed Bank preserves source attribution and separates documented records from interpretation. See the plant data credits for directory sourcing and licensing notes.