WorldFloraDB - Saururus cernuus

Characteristics

Herbs , 15-120 cm, mostly pubescent when young, often glabrate, having rhizomes, often with adventitious roots. Leaves 4-25 cm; petiole 1-10 cm; blade ovate, 2-17 × 1-10 cm, base cordate, apex acuminate. Racemes nodding to erect, fragrant, narrow, 5-35 cm. Floral bracts green, boat-shaped, 1.5-3 mm (distinct portion), adnate to pedicel. Schizocarps brown, 1.5-3 mm, rugose. Seed brown, 1-1.3 × 0.7-1 mm, smooth. 2 n = 22.

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Branched, 5–12 dm; lvs with long, basally sheathing petiole, the blade cordate-ovate, 6–15 cm; spikes 1 or 2, peduncled, terminal but often surpassed by axillary branches, 6–15 cm, nodding at the tip before anthesis; filaments white, 3–4 mm, much surpassing the pistils; fr 2–3 mm thick; 2n=22. Swamps and marshes; s. N. Engl. and s. Que. to Minn., s. to Fla. and Tex. June–Aug.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	herb
Growth support	aquatic free-standing
Foliage retention	deciduous
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter)	0.2 - 0.4
Mature height (meter)	0.5
Root system	adventitious-root rhizome
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Environment

Wet soil, fresh or slightly brackish water to depth of 5 from sea level to 500 metres.

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Usage

Uses	medicinal
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	Dermatological Aid (root), Poultice (root), Antirheumatic (External) (root), Antirheumatic (External) (unspecified), Gastrointestinal Aid (unspecified), Panacea (unspecified), Dermatological Aid (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Febrifuge (unspecified), Other (unspecified), Unspecified (unspecified), Sedative (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Spasm (unspecified), Astringent (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.

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