Asclepias lanceolata Walter

Stems slender, often 1 m, simple, with a few pairs of elongate, linear or narrowly lanceolate lvs separated by internodes 1–2 dm; umbels 1–4, terminal or subterminal, loosely few-fld; cor red to orange-red or reddish-purple, its lobes 9–12 mm; hoods 5–7 mm, much exceeding the gynostegium, the lateral margins with a small tooth below the middle; horns subulate, incurved; fr erect on deflexed pedicels. Swamps, bogs, and brackish marshes on the coastal plain; N.J. to Fla. and Tex. June, July.

Swamps, mostly near the coast. Brackish to fresh marshes, wet pine barrens, and low glades.

The flowers are edible.

Plants can be grown from seed or cuttings.