Ground Pine –American
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Botanical Name |
Lycopodium complanatum |
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Family |
Lycopodiaceae |
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Description |
Stems: long, creeping, yellow-green, scaly, 2mm in diamter, forked branches. Leaves: minute, scale like bearing cylindrical spikes of spore cases |
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Native to |
North America, Europe, Russia |
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Constituents |
Piperidine alkaloid –lycopodine, complanatine, complanadine A, nicotine. Triterpenes –alpha onocerin, lycoclavatol, serratendiol, campesterol stigmasterol Flavonoids –chrysoeriol, luteolin, apigenin glycosides |
Ground Pine –European
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Botanical Name |
Ajuga chamaepitys |
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Family |
Lamiaceae |
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Habitat |
Stony places |
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Description |
Low annual, greyish. Leaves: narrow, erect, deeply trifid. Flowers: yellow, two lipped |
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Native to |
Britain, Europe |
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Parts Used |
Leaves |
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Actions |
Diuretic, emmenagogue, stimulant |
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Constituents |
Iridoid glycosides –acetyl harpagide Phyto-ecdysterols – ajugalactone, cynasterone, makisterone, beta ecdysone Caffeic acid derivatives |