The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 LEONURUS GARDIAGA L. Moth- erwort, lion's-tail, lion's-ear. Labia- tae.—An erect, little-branched, nearly smooth herb 2 to 4 feet tall, perennial; stem stiff, 4-angled; leaves palmately 5- or 3-lobed, toothed, long-petioled, opposite, the upper leaves with wedge-shaped bases; flowers purplish to pink or white, small, in dense, axillary whorls, 2-lipped; seeds dark brown, tiny, 3-angled. The herb (leaves and flowering heads) collected. Introduced, frequent as a weed in fields and waste places and well-estab- lished in woods and alo
The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 LEONURUS GARDIAGA L. Moth- erwort, lion's-tail, lion's-ear. Labia- tae.—An erect, little-branched, nearly smooth herb 2 to 4 feet tall, perennial; stem stiff, 4-angled; leaves palmately 5- or 3-lobed, toothed, long-petioled, opposite, the upper leaves with wedge-shaped bases; flowers purplish to pink or white, small, in dense, axillary whorls, 2-lipped; seeds dark brown, tiny, 3-angled. The herb (leaves and flowering heads) collected. Introduced, frequent as a weed in fields and waste places and well-estab- lished in woods and along roads. Contains a volatile oil and a bitter prin- ciple. Used as a stimulant, tonic, and dia- phoretic. LIATRIS SPIGATA (L.) Willd. But- ton snakeroot, colic-root, devil's bit. Compositae. — An erect, usually un- branched, leafy, smooth herb 2 to 6 feet tall; perennial; rhizome round, tuberous, bulblike; stem stiff, straight; leaves lanceo- late to linear, blunt-pointed, sessile, alter- nate, the lowest sometimes 1 foot long, progressively shorter upward; flower heads bluish-purple, sometimes white, showy, ses- sile, crowded in a terminal spike; bracts surrounding the flowers obtuse, not punc- tate. The root collected. Common to abun- dant in the northern half of the state, in- frequent in the southern, in prairies, in marshy sites, and on open wooded slopes. Contains a volatile oil and a resin. Used as a diaphoretic, diuretic, and uterine tonic
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