Indian Pink is also known as Woodland Pinkroot and Pinkroot.
Plant Type: This is a herbaceous plant, it is a perennial which can reach 70cm in height (28inches).
Plant Type: This is a herbaceous plant, it is a perennial which can reach 70cm in height (28inches).
Leaves: The leaf arrangement is opposite. Each leaf is entire.
Flowers: The flowers have 5 Regular Parts. They are red and yellow. Blooms first appear in mid spring and continue into late spring.
Habitat: Rich woods.
Photographic Location: Standing Stone State Park in TN
Range: Throughout the southeast and only as far north as southern Illinois, Indiana and Maryland. This showy flower is fairly common. It sometimes forms fairly large colonies in open woods.
Medical Uses: Native Americans and early physicians used a root tea to expel intestinal parasites (worms). Warning!: Overdoses could be fatal! Causes increased heart rate, dizziness and convulsions.
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