Swamp Milkweed

Asclepias incarnata

A home for the Monarch

A Monarch can only raise its young on milkweed. No milkweed, no Monarchs. It's that simple, and that fixable.

⚠ Supports a species at risk

Who this brings back

Supports 1 species at risk.

Monarch ButterflyEndangeredButterfly
A Monarch can only raise its young on milkweed. No milkweed, no Monarchs. It's that simple, and that fixable.

Where it grows

Swamps, riverbanks, lakeshores, and wet ditches.

Other plants the Monarch Butterfly needs

Bloom

June–August

Flowers

Pink

Light

Full sun, Part shade

Soil

Moist, Wet

Mature size

60–150 cm

Native range