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'Incarnata' was likely included in the name because it means flesh-colored or flushed with pink, which describes the color of swamp milkweed flowers.Pueblo Indians harvested fibers from this plant that they used to make fishing line and sewing thread.Roots of swamp milkweed were used in the treatment of various ailments.