| Accepted name: |
Chelone glabra L. |
| Synonym(s): |
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| English names: |
Smooth Balmony
Turtlehead
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| French names: |
Galane glabre
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Scrophulariales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HCHEGL
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Infusion of blooms taken for worms. Used for sores or skin eruptions. Taken to increase appetite. Infusion of blooms taken for fevers. Infusion of blooms taken as a laxative(*7)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
- |
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