The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 Tehon THE DRUG PLANTS OF ILLINOIS 81 MERTENSIA VIRGINIGA (L.) Link. American lungwort, bluebells, Virginian cowslip. Boraginaceae.—An erect or ascending, unbranched, smooth herb 1 to 2 feet tall, perennial; stem round, rather stout; leaves oval, 2 to 5 inches long, the lower petioled, the upper sessile, alter- nate, entire; flower blue-purple to white, showy, about 1 inch long, trumpet-shaped, numerous in short, terminal racemes; fruit a head of 4 small, wrinkled nutlets. Common to abundant, but localized on wooded stream terraces
The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 Tehon THE DRUG PLANTS OF ILLINOIS 81 MERTENSIA VIRGINIGA (L.) Link. American lungwort, bluebells, Virginian cowslip. Boraginaceae.—An erect or ascending, unbranched, smooth herb 1 to 2 feet tall, perennial; stem round, rather stout; leaves oval, 2 to 5 inches long, the lower petioled, the upper sessile, alter- nate, entire; flower blue-purple to white, showy, about 1 inch long, trumpet-shaped, numerous in short, terminal racemes; fruit a head of 4 small, wrinkled nutlets. Common to abundant, but localized on wooded stream terraces and flood lands, through most of the state. Used as a tonic. MITGHELLA REPENS L. Squaw vine, partridge berry, twin berry, squaw berry. Rubiaceae.—A trailing, leafy, branched, smooth herb, evergreen and matted on the ground; stems 6 to 12 inches long, rooting at the nodes; leaves dark green, shining, roundish, Yz inch long, leathery, petioled, opposite; flowers white, about Y2 inch long, trumpet-shaped, borne in pairs at the tips of the branches; fruit a red, fleshy berry containing 8 small, horny nutlets. The herb collected. Common, even abundant, locally through most of the state in woods-covered acid soils. Contains tannin and a bitter principle. Said to be an astringent, diuretic, and parturifacient.
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