BONESET OR WHITE SNAKEROOT 



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until frost. The plant is a perennial, and if left undisturbed 

 remains for many years in open woodlands that are not too 

 closely pastured. 



Fig. 36. — Boneaet or white snakeroot. 



The species most common in the upper Mississippi region 

 is known as white snakeroot (E. urticce folium), which is sup- 



