Butterfly Weed

Sometimes referred to as Pleurisy root as it was used for Bronchial conditions by early conventional doctors.

The flowers of Butterfly Weed trap insects (similarly as the Spreading Dogbane (aka Catchfly or Flytrap) does.

Homeopaths make a remedy from this plant to treat certain kinds of colds, asthma, rheumatism and arthritis.

RoBotanist: you will probably have to check a botanical garden or nursery (and someone correct me if I'm wrong) but I believe the Asclepias genus is restricted to the Americas

I hope I can see one of those! Here in the phil