The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS L. Com- mon juniper, hackmatack, horse savin, gorst. Pinaceae. U. S. P. XI, p. 256.— A low and spreading or upright, small shrub or tree, evergreen; bark of the trunk shreddy; foliage in the form of needles, the needles straight, rigid, sharp-pointed, up to ]/i inch long; flowers lacking, cones present instead; fruit blue, glaucous, berry- like, 14 inch in diameter, 3-seeded. The fruit collected in fall and winter, when ripe. In cultivation as an ornamen- tal; established near Lake Michigan in Lake County. Conta
The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS L. Com- mon juniper, hackmatack, horse savin, gorst. Pinaceae. U. S. P. XI, p. 256.— A low and spreading or upright, small shrub or tree, evergreen; bark of the trunk shreddy; foliage in the form of needles, the needles straight, rigid, sharp-pointed, up to ]/i inch long; flowers lacking, cones present instead; fruit blue, glaucous, berry- like, 14 inch in diameter, 3-seeded. The fruit collected in fall and winter, when ripe. In cultivation as an ornamen- tal; established near Lake Michigan in Lake County. Contains the fragrant oil of juniper. The oil is used as a stimulant, diuretic, carmina- tive, and emmenagogue.
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