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Butterflyweed \ Pleurisy Root
Botanical Name: Asclepias tuberosa
Life Cycle: Hardy Perennial
Description/Size:
 One of the most important plants you can buy to help save the Monarch Butterfly and give yourself a beautiful bright orange hardy perennial simultaneously. The dried powdered roots can be decocted to make a powerful expectorant and when combined with Angelica archangelica was used to treat Pleurisy. Once established, it will not transplant well.

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 1-2 Feet
Water: Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Price: $5.49 each
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