. The drug plants of Illinois . EUPHORBIA GOROLLATA L. Flowering spurge, white-flowered milk- weed. Euphorbiaceae.—An erect, un- branched, light green herb 1 to 3 feet tall, perennial; rootstock stout, long, bright green; stems often several, sometimes spotted; leaves ovate, obtuse, entire, ses- sile, up to li/2 inches long, alternate but whorled below the inflorescence; flower heads white, small, terminal on the branches of a 5- to 7-stalked, much-forked, terminal inflorescence. The rootstock collected. Infrequent but well distributed throughout the state; most abundant in dry, sandy soil; se
. The drug plants of Illinois . EUPHORBIA GOROLLATA L. Flowering spurge, white-flowered milk- weed. Euphorbiaceae.—An erect, un- branched, light green herb 1 to 3 feet tall, perennial; rootstock stout, long, bright green; stems often several, sometimes spotted; leaves ovate, obtuse, entire, ses- sile, up to li/2 inches long, alternate but whorled below the inflorescence; flower heads white, small, terminal on the branches of a 5- to 7-stalked, much-forked, terminal inflorescence. The rootstock collected. Infrequent but well distributed throughout the state; most abundant in dry, sandy soil; seldom found in wet soil. Said to contain "euphorbon," a poisonous principle. Used as an emetic, cathartic, and diaphoretic.
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