Culver's Root

Culver's Root is blooming at Coffee Creek. Culver's Root is one of the rarer indigenous wildflowers and appear often in greatly disturbed areas so we're lucky to have it in Coffee Creek.

The plant is named after a physician that used the plant for medicinal purposes. It's said that its bitter root will clean you out.




Source: http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plantx/culverx.htm; Audubo Fieldguide to Wildflowers Eastern Region