. The drug plants of Illinois . AGROPYRON REPENS (L.) Beauv. Dog grass, quack grass, wheat grass, couch grass, triticum. Gramineae.— An herbaceous grass 1 to 4 feet tall, per- ennial ; rootstocks long, creeping, bright greenish-j^ellow; roots fibrous; leaves bright green or glaucous, flat or inrolled, narrow, rough on the upper surface; spike- lets 3 to 8 flowered, set in two rows on opposite sides of the stem to form a termi- nal spike 3 to 8 inches long; glumes sharp- tipped or awned, strongly nerved. The rootstocks (not the roots) collected in the spring. Introduced and established along ra
. The drug plants of Illinois . AGROPYRON REPENS (L.) Beauv. Dog grass, quack grass, wheat grass, couch grass, triticum. Gramineae.— An herbaceous grass 1 to 4 feet tall, per- ennial ; rootstocks long, creeping, bright greenish-j^ellow; roots fibrous; leaves bright green or glaucous, flat or inrolled, narrow, rough on the upper surface; spike- lets 3 to 8 flowered, set in two rows on opposite sides of the stem to form a termi- nal spike 3 to 8 inches long; glumes sharp- tipped or awned, strongly nerved. The rootstocks (not the roots) collected in the spring. Introduced and established along railroads and roadsides and in pas- tures and fields; abundant throughout the northern two-thirds of Illinois. Contains the carbohydrate principle trit- icin. Used as a demulcent; is said to possess diuretic properties also.
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