It is a hardy perennial with a stout stem from 2 to 3 

 feet high, rising from a large tuberous root, and flowering 

 freely from September to November in the open ground. 



Cultivated by Miller in 1739. 



LiATRis is a genus wholly North American, the 

 tuberous-rooted species of which rank amongst the nu- 

 merous, real or pretended, remedies administered for 

 " the bite of the Rattle-snake. To the taste and smell 

 " the roots appear impregnated with turpentine, and the 

 " plants are for this reason called Pinettes de Prairie by the 

 " Canadian boatmen." Nuttall I. c. 



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