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Asclepias curassavica
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| Uses: Medicinal/Poisonous! |
Duration: Annual |
| When to Sow: Spring |
Ease of Germination: Easy |
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Handsome ornamental with showy orange crimson flowers. Used to induce vomiting and to expel worms; and has digitalis-like action on the heart. Interestingly, birds find monarch butterflies feeding on this plant foul to the taste, and never eat another again!
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