CULVER'S ROOT
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Veronicastrum virginicum L.
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| Douglas County, Kansas |
| Perennial |
| Height: 20-59 inches |
| Family: Plantaginaceae - Plantain Family |
| Flowering Period: June, July, August |
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| Also Called: | | Culver's physic. | | Stems: | | Erect, simple or branched above. Plants glabrous or sparsely to densely villous. | | Leaves: | | Cauline, whorled with 3 to 7 leaves per node; petiole absent; blade lanceolate to elliptic, 1 to 4.3 inches long, .2 to 1.4 inches wide, margins finely toothed. | | Inflorescences: | | Racemes, terminal. | | Flowers: | | Calyx (4-)5-lobed, .05 to .1 inch, lobes lanceolate; corolla white, sometimes pinkish, tubular to salverform, 4-lobed, .16 to .28 inch; stamens 2, exserted. | | Fruits: | | Capsules ovoid to elliptic, .16 to .2 inch; seeds brown or reddish brown, elliptic, 0.1 to 0.3 inch. | | Habitat: | | Tallgrass prairies, glades. | | Distribution: | | East 1/4 of Kansas | | Origin: | | Native | | Uses: | | In the 1800s, physicians used an infusion of the rhizome as a mild cathartic. |
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