. The drug plants of Illinois. Botany, Medical; Botany. 102 ILLINOIS NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY Circular 44. 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
. The drug plants of Illinois. Botany, Medical; Botany. 102 ILLINOIS NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY Circular 44. 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.]. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tehon, L. R. (Leo Roy), 1895-1954. Urbana, Ill. : Natural History Survey Division
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