“Asclepias incarnata – Swamp Milkweed.” Discover Life. Discoverlife.org, n.d. Web. 3 Feb. 2016.
| Scientific Name | Asclepias incarnata |
| Common Names | Swamp Milkweed |
| Nativity | Native |
| Medicinal or Edible Section | Flowers, Leaves, Oil, Seedpod, Roots |
| Medicinal and Edible Uses | Flowers- unopened buds can be cooked, dried and stored; Seedpods-when 3-4 cm long can be cooked; Roots- tea can help with stomach, diuretics, laxatives, asthma, worms |
| Used to treat | Cathartic/Laxative, Intestinal Worms, Kidney/Diuretics, Skin |
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