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Collinsonia canadensis (richweed)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Collinsonia canadensis is a perennial medicinal herb in the mint family. Common names include Canada Horsebalm, Richweed, Hardhack, Heal-All, Horseweed, Ox-Balm and Stone root. It is native to eastern North America from Quebec south to Florida and as far west as Missouri, although it is mainly found east of the Mississippi River. It is endangered in Wisconsin.
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Attributes

Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [1]  Minute doses of the fresh leaves can cause vomiting;
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Pollinators [1]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Scent [1]  The foliage has a strongly aromatic lemon scent.
Structure [2]  Herb
Height [1]  31 inches (0.8 m)
Width [1]  16 inches (0.4 m)
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Protected Areas

Predators

Celastrina argiolus (Holly Blue Butterfly)[3]

External References

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Citations

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♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0