Anemopsis californica

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 Anemopsis californica subsp. var.  
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Anemopsis californica, Hook. (Anemia californica, Nutt. Houttuynia californica, Benth. & Hook. Anemiopsis californica, Endl.) Yerba Mansa. Apache Beads. V Avisa. An erect aquatic herb: radical Lvs. long-petioled, oblong- obovate, cordate at the base; cauline If. broad, clasping, from the axil of which grows a branchlet reduced to 1 or 2 Lvs.: fls. minute, crowded, forming a conical spadix with a whorl of whitish petaloid bracts below it, giving it the appearance of the fl. of an anemone. Calif. and Mex. Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. pl. 92. —The pungent aromatic astringent rootstocks are strung into necklaces in the form of cylindrical beads by the Indians of by the S. W. U. S., and are used medicinally in the form of an infusion for malaria, dysentery, and syphilis. They are also pulverized and applied locally to ulcers and malignant sores. The plant grows in swampy places and on the margins of springs and ponds more or less alkaline. The roots are gathered in the dry season in Mex. and sold in the local drug markets.


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