

16 WILD MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES 





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Bitter-buttons. See Tanacetum vulgare. 

 Bitterroot. See Apocynum a lulrosaemi folium. 

 Bittersweet. See Solarium dulcamara. 

 Bittersweet, false. See CelaMrus scandens. 

 Bitterweed. See Erigeron canadensis. 

 Blackberry, high-bush. See Rubus nigrobaccus. 

 Blackberry, knee-high. See Rubus cuneiforms. 

 Blackberry, low running. See Rubus proa tm bens* 

 Blackberry, low-bush. See Rubus trivialis. 

 Blackberry, sand-. See Rubus euneifolius. 

 Blackcap. See Rubus occidentalis. 

 Blackroot. See Veronica virginica. 

 Blackroot, Indian. See Pterocaulon undulatum. 

 Blaekwort. See Symphytum officinale. 

 Bladderpod. See Lobelia inflate* 

 Blazingstar. See Chnmaeliriuu, luteum. 

 Blazingstar, blue. See Laemaria scariosa, 

 Blazingstar, scaly. See Lacinaria squamosa. 

 Bloodroot. See Sanguinaria canadensis. 

 Bloodwort. See Hieracium venosum. 

 Bloodwort, striped. See Hieracium venosum. 

 Blowball. See Taraxacum officinale. 

 Blue-curls. See PrwneUa vulgaris. 

 Bog-bean. See Menyanthes trifoliata. 

 Bog-myrtle. See Myrica gale. 

 Boneset. See Eapatorium perforatum. 

 Boneset, deerwort-. See Bupatorium ageratoides. 

 Boneset, purple. See Eupatorium purpureum. 

 B< >uneing-Bet. See Saponaria officinalis. 



Bowman's-root. See Porteranfhus tvifoliatus and Veronica virginica. 

 Boxwood. See Cornus florida. 



Brake, backache-. See Athyrium filix-foemina. 

 Brake, buckhorn-. See Ommmda regalis. 

 Brake, rock-. See Polypodium vulgarc. 



Sy ) i o n y m . — Sin a p is nig m L. 



Mustard family (Brassicaceae). 



Sinapis nigra; black mustard; brown mustard; red mustard. 



Annual herb, introduced from Europe; found in fields and waste places almost 

 throughout the United States. 



Part used.— Seed (official); the volatile oil obtained from black mustard seed is 

 also official. 



Brauneria angrustifolia (DC.) Heller. Aster family (Asteraceae). 



Synony i n . — Echinacea angustifol v t DC . 

 Echinacea; pale-purple coneflower; Sampson-root; niggerheud (in Kansas). 



Native, perennial, herbaceous plant, 2 to 3 feet high, occurring in rich prairie 

 soil or sandy soil from Alabama to Texas and northwestward; most abundant 

 in Kansas and Nebraska. 



Part used. — Root (nonofficial). 



