Asclepias incarnata

This is a reasonably common plant along lake shores and other low, wet areas in Indiana. It also occurs in the southwest, though I haven't seen it out here.

An inflorescence on the shore of Lake Lemon, northeast of Bloomington, IN, 7/17/03.

Closer view of flowers on the shore of Lake Lemon, 7/17/03.

A cauline leaf on the shore of Lake Lemon, 7/17/03.