Swamp Milkweed

Title

Swamp Milkweed

Rights

Museum of Anthropological Archaeology

Type

herbarium sheet

Creator

Bkejwanong/Walpole Island First Nation

Date

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).

Place

Canada

Walpole Island, Ontario

Alternative Title

Asclepias incarnata

Identifier

UMMAA 13966 (leaves)

Provenance

Volney Jones