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
- Item sets
- Anishinaabe Plants UMMAA