Saururaceae |
Anemopsis californica Hooker
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- Common Name: Yerba Mansa
- Family: Saururaceae E Meyer.
- Country of Origin: southern California, USA - northern Mexico
- 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
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  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
- Accession Date: 04-04-2001
- Bench: 3302 - Cool Orchids
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 04-08-2008
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: magnoliids
- Order: Piperales
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- Family: Saururaceae
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References:Fleming, Thomas ed. PDR for Herbal Medicines 1st ed. Medical Economics Company, Montvale, NJ, 1998.
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