The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 Tehon THE DRUG PLANTS OF ILLINOIS 109 STELLARIA MEDIA (L.) Gyrill. Ghickweed, tongue grass, satin flower, white bird's-eye. Caryophyllaceae.— A weak, creeping or ascending, much- branched herb 4 to 16 inches high, annual; stems slender, rooting at the nodes, with a line of hairs along one side; leaves ovate, acute, one-sixth to \Yi inches long, entire, opposite, the lower petioled, the uppermost sessile; flowers white, small, with sepals longer than the 2-parted petals, on slender, axillary stalks and in terminal, leafy cymes; fru
The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 Tehon THE DRUG PLANTS OF ILLINOIS 109 STELLARIA MEDIA (L.) Gyrill. Ghickweed, tongue grass, satin flower, white bird's-eye. Caryophyllaceae.— A weak, creeping or ascending, much- branched herb 4 to 16 inches high, annual; stems slender, rooting at the nodes, with a line of hairs along one side; leaves ovate, acute, one-sixth to \Yi inches long, entire, opposite, the lower petioled, the uppermost sessile; flowers white, small, with sepals longer than the 2-parted petals, on slender, axillary stalks and in terminal, leafy cymes; fruit a many-seeded, small capsule. The herb collected. Frequent as a weed in gardens, fields, and lawns throughout the state. *^ u ^^ \[^Jr^ \r^ ^ '^^ K^ ^^^m^^ / ^^u 3^/A i ^7 Ml /^ '^XmJ' 'w^ ^^ SYMPHYTUM OFFICINALE L. Gomfrey, healing herb, bruisewort, slippery root, backwort. Boraginaceae. —An erect, coarse, hairy, branched herb 2 to 3 feet high, perennial; root thick, mucilaginous, coated with thin, black bark; stem coarse, winged below the upper leaves; leaves ovate, up to 10 inches long, entire, alternate, the lowest wing-petioled, the upper sessile and decurrent; flowers yellowish white, tubular, about yi to ]/? inch long, in nodding racemes from the upper leaf axils. The root is collected in the fall or early spring. Grown in gardens by early settlers; occasionally escaped and rarely persisting in scattered localities, especially in southern counties. Contains mucilage. Used as a demulcent.
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