Beetroot juice. The common beetroot that is normally cooked and sliced or grated for salad is from the species Beta Vulgaris and the family Chenopodiaceae. Beetroot is commonly cooked, but the juice of raw beetroot contains a host of health benefits, and is classed as a super food in todays nutritional jargon.
Cook suggests incorporating plants like black-eyed Susan or Rudbeckia hirta, swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata, or even the Joe-pye weed (Eupatorium fistulosum). These plants will attract tiny pollinators, which also serve as food for the dragonflies.
Wildlife: Swamp milkweed is a favored food of monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) larva (shown in the picture above). Swamp milkweed is also an important food source for the queen butterfly (Danaus glippus) larva.Various other butterflies and hummingbirds consume nectar from the flowers.wamp milkweed is also an important food. source for the queen butterfly (. Danaus glippus. ) larva. Various other butterflies and hummingbirds consume. nectar from the flowers. The Chippewa and Iroquois have used an. infusion of the roots externally to strengthen the body and. heal babiesâ navels.