Bay
boneset: A new and very rare plant from the Carolinas.
For example,
boneset, while great to clear congestion of the chest, should never be taken in large amounts or for a lengthy period of time.
Elderflower, peppermint and yarrow is good for both colds and flu while
boneset helps for aches, pains and fever.
Amongst the rush of herbs are Ammannia coccinea (valley redstem), Chenopodium ambrosioides (Mexican tea), Cyperus erythrorhizos (redroot flatsedge), Eupatorium serotinum (lateflowering
boneset), Gamochaeta purpurea (spoonleaf purple everlasting), Hypericum mutilum (dwarf St.
In 1992 biologist Emily Baxter of James Madison University, studying wildflowers, ferns, and shrubs native to Shenandoah's Big Meadows, found that 35 plant species, including formerly abundant beardtongue,
boneset, fireweed, Angelica, Monarda, and sumac, had disappeared since 1975.
oblongifolius), Pitcher's sage (Salvia azurea), false
boneset (Kuhnia eupatroides), and prairie goldenrod (Solidago missouriensis) all increased significantly in relative abundances with fungal suppression [ILLUSTRATION FOR FIGURE 4B OMITTED].
For example, he meticulously lists the wild plants discovered by Nathan in a field: "There are evening primrose, senna, asters, verbena, elecampane, gay feather, spiderflower, goldenrod, cone flowers, bottle gentian, ironweed, queen-of-the-meadow,
boneset, yarrow, cornflowers, false foxglove, turtleheads, and sunflowers" (182).
I move through the gauntlet of roadside plants: evergreen, omnipresent mountain laurel, freeze-dried asters, goldenrod,
boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum).
(#) Eupatorium altissimum L.; Tall
boneset, tall thoroughwort; Gravel lot and adjacent field; Infrequent; C = 1; BSUH 17295.
25: Tall coneflower stalks have collapsed, the white
boneset has toppled over, and the small white asters, their seed heads empty, lean in the wind.
The reduction of these dominant species in the dune ridge plots has likely increased opportunity for other species, such as madders (Galium spp.), evening primrose (Oen0thera biennis L.), and
boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum L.).
