| Accepted name: |
Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Leptandra virginica (L.) Nutt.
-Veronica virginica L.
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| English names: |
Beaumont's Culver's-root
Virginia Culver's-root
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Scrophulariales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HVERVI
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Infusion used for backache. Used as a purgative. Root used as a diaphoretic. Used as an antiseptic. Chewed for colic. "Good for typhus and bilious fevers." Compound taken for "inactive liver."(*7)Infusion of roots taken for coughs and as a physic.
Infusion of roots taken for coughs and as a physic(*8)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
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