Pleurisy root

Asclepias tuberosa, common from Canada southwards, growing from Ontario to Minnesota, most abundantly southward and southwestward, is known popularly as Pleurisy Root, from its medicinal use.

Pleurisy Root - Asclepias tuberosa
Pocan Bush - Phytolacca americana
Poisonberry - Solanum dulcamara
Poisonflower - Solanum dulcamara
Poke - Phytolacca americana ...

Silkweed, tropical milkweed, bloodflower, cotton bush, sunset flower, pleurisy root, butterflyweed, ipecacuanha, scarlet milkweed, cancerillo, redhead, koningsbloem, tropical butterfly flower, madhar, algodoncillo.
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#292 Asclepias tuberosa
Common Names: butterfly weed, butterfly milkweed, pleurisy root
Family: Asclepiadaceae (milkweed Family)
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Asclepias tuberosa (Asclepiadaceae) -- This member of the milkweed family gets its name because of its strong attraction for butterflies. It is also known as "pleurisy root" because it was once used to treat lung ailments. Blooms in late summer .

Asclepias tuberosa
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Milkweed, flame weed, butterfly weed, Gay Butterflies, pleurisy root
Origin: North America ...

Nombres relacionados: Asclepiadaceae (familia), Asclepias caucasica (similar), Asclepias cornuti (similar), Asclepias virginiana (similar), Butterfly milkweed (inglés), Butterfly weed (inglés), Pleurisy root (inglés), Rolfs’ milkweed (inglés).

Index- plants in this Family
Asclepiadaceae / Milkweed Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Butterfly Milkweed is also known as Butterfly-weed, Chigger-weed and Pleurisy Root. ...

Among the milkweeds grown as ornamentals, the showy-blossomed butterfly weed or pleurisy root (A. tuberosa), native to the United States, was eaten by the Native Americans for lung and throat ailments.

Pleurisy Root [English]: Asclepias tuberosa
Pleurisy-Root [English]: Asclepias tuberosa
Pleurisy-Root [English]: Asclepias tuberosa interior
Pleurisy-Root [English]: Asclepias tuberosa rolfsii
Pleurisy-Root [English]: Asclepias tuberosa tuberosa ...

See also: Asclepias, Milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa, Butterfly weed, May