Family: Asclepiadaceae
Scientific Name: Asclepias incarnata Ice Ballet
Common Name: Ice Ballet Milkweed
Description | A white flowering cultivar of the Swamp Milkweed. A source of food for Monarch butterflies. |
Pronunciation | (as-KLEE-pi-as)(in-kar-NAY-ta) |
Plant Type | Perennials Hardy |
Hardiness Zone | 5 |
Sunlight | full |
Moisture | medium, wet |
Soil & Site | medium, wet, well drained |
Flowers | umbel clusters of white, 3/8", 5-parted,white, at the top of stems |
Fruit | long narrow seed pod filled with seeds on silky hair |
Leaves | lance shaped to linear leaves, short stalked, opposite, |
Stems | like leaves will exude a white, mildly toxic latex sap |
Roots | deep tap root |
Dimensions | 3 feet tall, upright |
Native Site | Species is native to swamps and wet meadows. |
Misc Facts | When leaves or stems are broken they will exude a white sap. |
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