Asclepias incarnata

Asclepias incarnata L. Engl.: swamp milkweed, flesh-colored asclepias, red milkweed, rose-colored silkweed, swamp silkweed, white Indian hemp. Deu.: Rote Seidenpflanze, Fleischrote Seidenpflanze. Suom.: purppurasilkkiyrtti. Sven.: rosensidenört. Fran.: asclépiade rouge.

Asclepias incarnata.

Classic texts: Scudder's Materia Medica, 1898: Diaphoretics.

Gleanings in Materia Medica.

Classic texts: Journals: AJP 1887. Digitalin; Cannabis; Solanine in potatoes; Jalapin; Jalap resin; Valeriana Hardwickii; Butea frondosa; Ulexine; Asclepias and Vincetoxicum; Mutisia.

Asclepias Incarnata.

Classic texts: Felter 1922.

Photo: Asclepias incarnata.

Photo: Asclepias incarnata. Flowering plants. Helsinki bot.g. (Kaisan.), Finland. Planted. 2006-08-08.

Photo: Asclepias incarnata 1.

Photo: Asclepias incarnata 1. Flower cluster. Helsinki bot.g. (Kaisan.), Finland. Planted. 2006-08-08.

Photo: Asclepias incarnata 2.

Photo: Asclepias incarnata 2. Flowering tops. Helsinki bot.g. (Kaisan.), Finland. Planted. 2006-08-08.

Photo: Asclepias incarnata 3.

Photo: Asclepias incarnata 3. Flowers, seen from above. Helsinki bot.g. (Kaisan.), Finland. Planted. 2006-08-08.