Milkweeds

Pleurisy root

Found in the Medicinal Plant Garden at Silva Creek Botanical Garden

https://www.wnmu.edu/academic/nspages/gilaflora/asclepias_tuberosa.html

Apache: Ja dej bishtee Spanish: Inmortal

Asclepias asperula (Apocynaceae)

Curanderos use this plant for respiratory ailments since it stimulates the lungs and expels phlegm. It is not used during pregnancy but can be used to expel the afterbirth (Torres 2006).

Found in the Medicinal Plant Garden at Silva Creek Botanical Garden

https://www.wnmu.edu/academic/nspages/gilaflora/asclepias_asperula.html