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Silphium
perfoliatum
L.
Published In:
Systema Naturae, Editio Decima 2: 1232. 1759. (
Syst. Nat. (ed. 10)
)
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(Last Modified On 3/28/2018)
Acceptance :
Accepted
Project Data
(Last Modified On 12/16/2019)
GROWTH: Lifespan:
Perennial
Life form:
Herbaceous
Other uses:
Medicinal/psychoactive properties
Details: Economic use:
Root and sap used medicinally (Couplan 1998).
References:
Barkley, T. M., L. Brouillet & J. L. Strother. 2006. Asteraceae. 21: 3–616. In Fl. N. Amer. Oxford University Press, New York.
Hassler. 2017. Family Asteraceae in World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World.
Couplan. 1998. Encyclopedia of Edible Plants of North America Keats Publishing, New Canaan, Connecticut.
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