Habitat: perennial herb native to wet meadows & desert springs
Uses: The active compound in Yerba mansa is methyleugenol, an antispasmodic, similar in chemical structure to compounds found in nutmeg which is used to treat irritable stomach (Fleming, 1998)
Culture: propagate by stolons
USDA Zone: 5a-9b
Accession Data:
Accession # 200100051
Source: Rob Nicholson - Smith College
Provenance: wild collected Kern County, California Lake Isabella, just sw of intersection with Rt 155. Moist Meadow. Smith College # 194-93/94 -177
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