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Saururaceae

W/C = Wild Collected
Anemopsis californica Hooker

  • 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: 2316 - Equisetum
  • Qty: 2 confirmed on 11-02-2011
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: magnoliids
  • Order: Piperales
  • SubOrder:
  • 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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