MOQ | 1 kg |
Packaging | as desired |
Description
A very leafy, slightly hairy perennial that grows to 2 to 3 feet
in height. Leaves are 2 to 6 inches long, narrow, alternate, and
short petioled. Orange-yellow flowers are in umbels. Fruit is a
pod. Seeds have white silky hairs.
Flowering Period
May to August.
Habitat
Sandy, dry open soils, pastures, and roadsides.
Harvest
Roots in fall.
Uses
The plant has been used as an expectorant, diaphoretic, and
emetic, and to treat rheumatism. Indians of Appalachia made a tea
of the leaves to induce vomiting.