Plant-Name Dictionary
Pleurisy Root — names in 14 European languages
Asclepias tuberosa
| Language | Common name(s) |
|---|---|
| Čeština Czech | klejicha hlíznatá |
| Dansk Danish | orange silkeplante |
| Nederlands Dutch | Knolzijdeplant |
| English English | Pleurisy Root butterfly love, Butterfly milkweed, Butterfly-weed, butterflybush, Butterflyweed, Canada root, chieger flower, Chieger-flower, chiggerflower, fluxroot, Indian posy, orange glory flower, Orange milkweed, orange root, orange swallow-wort, Pleurisy-root, silky swallow-wort, tuber root, white-root, windroot, yellow milkweed |
| Eesti Estonian | mugul-askleepias |
| Suomi Finnish | karvasilkkiyrtti |
| Français French | asclépiade tubéreuse |
| Deutsch German | knollige Seidenpflanze |
| Magyar Hungarian | Gumós Selyemkóró |
| Polski Polish | Trojeść bulwiasta |
| Slovenčina Slovak | glejovka hľuznatá glejovka hľúznatá |
| Español Spanish | inmortal Algodoncillo inmortal |
| Svenska Swedish | orange sidenört |
| Русский Russian | Ваточник клубненосный |
How these names are verified. Each name is drawn from authoritative botanical databases (GBIF vernacular names, Catalogue of Life, EPPO, Wikidata) and published only when confirmed by a curated authority or two independent sources — never machine-translated.