Any of various plants, such as black cohosh, rattlesnake master, sanicle, or wild ginger, having roots reputed to cure snakebite.
snakeroot
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snake·root (snāk'rūt', -rʊt')  |
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The noun has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
a plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit; reputed to have healing powers
Synonym: sanicle
Meaning #2:
any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads
Synonyms: blazing star, button snakeroot, gayfeather
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"Snakeroot" redirects here. For other uses, see Snakeroot (disambiguation).
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 Sticky Snakeroot (Ageratina adenophora)
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Ageratina (Snakeroot) is a genus of about 250[1][2]–290[3] perennials and rounded shrubs from the Sunflower family (Asteraceae).
These plants grow mainly in the warmer regions of the Americas. However, some flourish in the cooler areas of the eastern United States. Two Mexican species have become a pest in parts of Australia and Taiwan[3]. Ageratina used to belong to the genus Eupatorium, but it has been reclassified.
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Description
The inflorescence consists of multiple fluffy, red or pinkish-white capitula in clusters. These lack the typical ray flowers of the composites.
They have multiple, much-branched woody stems. The petioles are rather long. The leaves are triangular, serrate and opposite with a foul-smelling, musky scent.
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Toxic properties
For more details on this topic, see Milk sickness.
Milk from cows that have eaten snakeroot can cause illness if ingested because the milk becomes toxic. Symptoms of milk sickness include vomiting.
Notes
- ^ "Ageratina". Flora of North America. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=100803.
- ^ Carmen Ulloa Ulloa and Peter Møller Jørgensen. "Ageratina Spach". Arboles y arbustos de los Andes del Ecuador (Trees and shrubs of the Andes of Ecuador). http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=201&taxon_id=100803.
- ^ a b "Ageratina Spach". Flora of Taiwan. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=100&taxon_id=100803.
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