Rose Or Swamp Milkweed

Plant in moist to wet areas where it can be grown in large clumps.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Toxic.

Open seepage areas, marshes, marshy areas along streams.

• Showy flowers
• Larval host to the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus), queen butterfly (Danaus gilippus) and soldier butterfly, (Danaus eresimus). Attracts many pollinators, especially native bees.