. The drug plants of Illinois . SPIRAEA TOMENTOSA L. Hard- hack, woolly meadow-sweet, steeple bush, silverweed. Rosaceae.—An erect, unbranched, white-hairy shrub up to 6 feet high; stems stiff, woolly or hairy, leafy; leaves oblanceolate to oval, 1 to 2 inches long, sharply serrate, crowded, al- ternate, short-petioled, green above, white- woolly beneath; flowers white or pink, small, very numerous in large, dense, ter- minal panicles. Bark of stem and root, also the leaves, collected. Infrequent, or locally common or abundant, in sand barrens and sandy woods in the northeastern quarter of the
. The drug plants of Illinois . SPIRAEA TOMENTOSA L. Hard- hack, woolly meadow-sweet, steeple bush, silverweed. Rosaceae.—An erect, unbranched, white-hairy shrub up to 6 feet high; stems stiff, woolly or hairy, leafy; leaves oblanceolate to oval, 1 to 2 inches long, sharply serrate, crowded, al- ternate, short-petioled, green above, white- woolly beneath; flowers white or pink, small, very numerous in large, dense, ter- minal panicles. Bark of stem and root, also the leaves, collected. Infrequent, or locally common or abundant, in sand barrens and sandy woods in the northeastern quarter of the state. Contains tannic and gallic acids. Used as an internal and topical astringent.
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