Indian paintbrush lower classifications full#

Indian paintbrush lower classifications full#

The species name, tuberose, means full of swellings or knobs, referring to the enlarged root system.” The roots of this plant were used in traditional medicinal preparations and are edible in nature. Hummingbirds, bees, and other insects are also attracted.Īsclepias, the botanical name of Pleurisy has been derived from the term Aesclepias which is the name of the Greek God of medicine and healing. It is also the larval food plant of the queen and monarch butterflies. It is commonly known as butterfly weed because of the butterflies that are attracted to the plant by its color and its copious production of nectar. The herb is scientifically known as Asclepias tuberose and is predominantly found in the eastern North American land and in parts of Canada, it is widely distributed throughout Ontario to Minnesota, southward to Florida, Texas, and Arizona. Pleurisy root is also known by many other names including butterfly weed (it is the food of both Monarch and Queen butterfly larvae), Canada root, chigger flower, flux root, Indian paintbrush, Indian posy, orange milkweed, orange swallow-wort, silky swallow-wort (also used for the closely related common milkweed), tuber root, white root, wind root and yellow milkweed, Butterfly Love, Butterflyweed, Rolfs’ milkweed, silkweed, and Butterfly Milkweed.