| Description | Ice Ballet Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) is a white flowering cultivar of the Swamp Milkweed. A source of food for Monarch butterflies. |
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| 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, will exude a white sap |
| Stems | will exude a white sap if broken, mildly toxic latex sap |
| Roots | deep tap root |
| Dimensions | 3 feet tall, upright |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Native Site | Species is native to swamps and wet meadows. |
| Cultivar Origin | Introduced by Jelitto of Germany in 1992. |
| Misc Facts | When leaves or stems are broken, they will exude a white sap. Deer and rabbit resistant. |
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