The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 Tehon THE DRUG PLANTS OF ILLINOIS 47 DAUGUS GAROTA L. Garrot, wild carrot, Queen Anne's lace, bird's nest, devil's plague. Umbelliferae.—An erect, branching, bristly hairy herb 1 to 3 feet tall, biennial; taproot large (the vegetable carrot); stem slender, ridged, hollow; leaves pinnately decompound, the basal leaves with long petioles, the upper leaves with stem-sheathing bases; leaflets dentate or pinnately lobed or cut; flowers white, sometimes pink, small, numerous in com- pound umbels surrounded by cleft, linear, long bracts;
The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 Tehon THE DRUG PLANTS OF ILLINOIS 47 DAUGUS GAROTA L. Garrot, wild carrot, Queen Anne's lace, bird's nest, devil's plague. Umbelliferae.—An erect, branching, bristly hairy herb 1 to 3 feet tall, biennial; taproot large (the vegetable carrot); stem slender, ridged, hollow; leaves pinnately decompound, the basal leaves with long petioles, the upper leaves with stem-sheathing bases; leaflets dentate or pinnately lobed or cut; flowers white, sometimes pink, small, numerous in com- pound umbels surrounded by cleft, linear, long bracts; umbels, as the fruit matures, becoming concave and forming a 'bird's nest'; seed light gray-brown, oblong, flat on one side, bristly and prickly along the ribs on the other. The seed, when mature, collected. In- troduced; infrequent to common through- out the state as a naturalized plant and weed. Contains a volatile oil. Used as a stimu- lant, diuretic, and aromatic. DELPHINIUM AJAGIS L. Annual larkspur, rocket larkspur. Ranuncu- laceae.—An erect, somewhat branched, finely pubescent herb up to 3 feet tall, annual; leaves finely cut into very narrovy, acute segments, alternate, the lower leaves petioled, the upper sessile; flowers blue to white, with a slender, backward-reaching spur, about 1 inch long; fruit an erect, pubescent pod. The seed collected. Introduced; occurs sparingly to frequently in fields and woods in many parts of the state; most abundant in the extreme south. Contains several alkaloids and the gluco- side delphinin. Used as an insecticide for the destruction of body parasites. [Delphinium carolinianum Walt., Caro- lina larkspur, seed is collected when ma- ture.]
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