Wildflowers Identified: Swamp Milkweed
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Swamp Milkweed has these characteristics:
- 5 petals
- tubular petals
- in an umbel (flowers in an umbrella-like cluster, with stalks radiating from one point)
- 1/8 to 3/8 inches flower width
- pink to red flower color
- blooms in June
- blooms in July
- blooms in August
- plant height one foot to two feet
- plant height two feet or more
- leaf petiole present (has a leafstalk)
- leaf petiole absent (has no leafstalk)
- opposite one another leaf arrangement on the stem
- arrangement of leaves on stem is whorled (three or more from a point)
- smooth leaf edges
- branched leaf veins
- simple leaves about 1 1/2 to 5 times as long as wide
- stem is hairy or spiny
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Eric Haines,
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