Hymenopappus lugens
Greene.
Fineleaf hymenopappus
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University of New Mexico Herbarium (UNM-Vascular Plants)
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Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium (DES-)
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Brigham Young University
Description
Hymenopappus lugens is a PERENNIAL growing to 1 m (3ft 3in). The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs). Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers moist soil.
Edible Uses
Root - chewed by the Indians. Used as a chewing gum.
Medicinal Uses
Emetic, odontalgic.
Distribution
Western N. America - Washington to California.
Where It Grows
Coming Soon
Cultivation
This species is seen as no more than a part of the very polymorphic species H. filifolius Hook. by most authorities. 216097
