The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 SANIGULA MARILANDIGA L. Sanicle, black snakeroot. U m belli f- erae.—An erect, usually unbranched, smooth herb 2 to 3 feet tall, perennial; stems rather stout, round, grooved; leaves bluish green, alternate, digitately com- pound, the lowest long-petioled; leaflets 5 to 7 in number, 2 to 6 inches long, obo- vate, irregularly and sharply dentate; flowers greenish- or yellowish-white, small, numerous in small clusters at the ends of the branches of few-rayed umbels; fruit oval, small, covered with stout, hooked bristles. The root co
The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 SANIGULA MARILANDIGA L. Sanicle, black snakeroot. U m belli f- erae.—An erect, usually unbranched, smooth herb 2 to 3 feet tall, perennial; stems rather stout, round, grooved; leaves bluish green, alternate, digitately com- pound, the lowest long-petioled; leaflets 5 to 7 in number, 2 to 6 inches long, obo- vate, irregularly and sharply dentate; flowers greenish- or yellowish-white, small, numerous in small clusters at the ends of the branches of few-rayed umbels; fruit oval, small, covered with stout, hooked bristles. The root collected. Infrequent in oak woods from Jackson and Johnson counties northward. Medicinally active constituents unknown. Used as an astringent, anodyne, and nervine. [Sanicula canadensis L., with 3- to 5- fingered leaves and globose fruit, is much more common than the above species and oc- curs in woods throughout the state. Its roots are collected.] SAPONARIA OFFICINALIS L. Bouncing Bet, soapw^ort, fuller's herb, old maid's pink. Caryophyllaceae.— An erect, unbranched, smooth herb 1 to 2 feet tall, perennial; rootstock stout, short; stem stout, jointed; leaves ovate-lanceo- late, pointed, opposite, sessile, 2 to 3 inches long, entire, 3-ribbed; flowers pink, rose, or white, trumpet-shaped, 1 inch wide, in dense, terminal, many-bracted corymbs; fruit an oblong, many-seeded capsule. The rootstock collected. Frequent to common, especially as a weed along trans- portation routes and in waste places, throughout the state. Contains mucilage and a saponin. Used as an alterative.
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