FLOWERS YELLOW 



Mead. 



Grass 



Cult, 



Oak 



CCF 



MCF 



Most States 

 W. Can. 



60 HERBS 



H-55, GOLDENROD, 



Solidago sp. 1-7' high herbs, 

 with usually simple stems 

 rising from a woody base or 

 underground stem. The 

 small, yellow flower heads 

 are in panicles, racemes 

 and cymes, S. californica, 

 the California Goldenrod, is 

 very common in California 

 fields (illustrated). Stems 

 usually densely leafy. 



Indians boiled leaves and 

 used decoction to wash on 

 wounds and ulcers, then, 

 sprinkled powdered leaves on wounds. The same remedy was 

 used for saddle sores on horses. A yellow dye was made. Span- 

 ish Americans used the fresh plant mixed with soap for a plaster 

 to bind on sore throats. Pharmacopia says it is astringent, dia- 

 phoretic (increasing prespiration), and used for cleansing sores. 



The Missouri Goldenrod, S^. missouriensis (of Br. Columbia, 

 Oregon and east), told by its unusually long-stemmed and fluted 

 leaves), had the leaves eaten as a salad. 



H-56. WESTERN MUGWORT, 

 FLOWER HEAD 

 x3 



Sage 

 MCF 

 Grass 

 Oak 



Most States 

 W. Can. 



Artemisia ludoviciana. Slen- 

 der to moderately stout 

 herb, l'-5' tall; small, 

 yellow to purplish and 

 hairy flowers, in dense 

 spikes; numerous leaves 

 are densely white woolly; 

 generally in shady spots. 

 Dioscorides says: 



"Dissolves gallstones. 

 Juice made with myrrh 

 works with same effect as 

 do the roots; also being 

 made up with axungia (hog 

 or goose grease) into an 

 ointment, takes away wens 

 and hard knots." 



