Gay Feather
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Botanical Name |
Liatris spicata |
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Family |
Asteraceae |
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Other Names |
Backache root, button snakeroot |
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Description |
Perennial up to 60cm/2ft. Grassy foliage Flowers: lilac-purple fluffy spikes July-September |
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Native to |
North America |
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Parts Used |
Rhizome |
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Cultivation |
Most soils, sunny position |
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Constituents |
Sesquiterpenes lactones –spicatin, euparin, desacetyl-4’-desoxyprovincalin. Flavonoids –quercetin-3-glucoside, the 3-rutinoside. Volatile oil |