Swamp Milkweed

Name

Swamp Milkweed

Scientific name

Asclepias incarnata

Type

herbarium sheet

Creator

Bkejwanong/Walpole Island First Nation

Spatial Coverage

Canada
Walpole Island, Ontario

Date (yyyy-mm-dd)

1933-07-08

Description

Pressed specimen of Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias Incarnata) from plant about three feet tall with pale rose-colored flowers. Collected on the farm of William George and said by him to have formerly been used as a source of fibers for cordage (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes, Field no. 3).

Identifier

UMMAA 13966 (leaves)

Collector

Volney Jones

UM holding institution

Museum of Anthropological Archaeology