Plant Details

Accepted name:: Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw. [Plantaginaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
black	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
black root	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
blackroot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
bowman s root	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bowman's	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bowman's-root	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
brinton root	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
culver s physic	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
culver s root	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
culver's	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
culver's physic	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
culver's root	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
culver's-	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
culver's-root	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
culverpsyic	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kransveronika	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
leptandra virginica	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
physic root	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tall-speedwell	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 34 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Leptandra virginica (L.) Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 7 (1818).
Veronica virginica L. Sp. Pl.: 9 (1753).
Calistachya alba Raf. Med. Repos. Original Essays Intelligence Phys. 5: 352 (1808).
Callistachya virginica (L.) Raf. Med. Repos. 5: 60 (1808).
Callistachya virginica var. lanceolata Farw. Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 17: 176 (1916).
Callistachya virginica var. purpurea (Raf.) Farw. Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 17: 177 (1916).
Eustachya alba Raf. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 6: 97 (1820), nom. superfl.
Eustachya purpurea Raf. Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 4: 190 (1819).
Eustachya villosa (Raf.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 56 (1838).
Eustaxia alba Raf. Fl. Tellur. 1: 56 (1837).
Eustaxia japonica Raf. Fl. Tellur. 1: 56 (1837).
Eustaxia purpurea (Raf.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 1: 56 (1837).
Eustaxia sibirica Raf. Fl. Tellur. 1: 56 (1837).
Leptandra alba Raf. Med. Fl. 2: 21 (1830).
Leptandra caerulea Raf. Med. Fl. 2: 21 (1830).
Leptandra oppositifolia Raf. New Fl. 2: 21 (1837).
Leptandra purpurea (Raf.) Raf. Med. Fl. 2: 20 (1830).
Leptandra villosa Raf. Med. Fl. 2: 21 (1830).
Leptandra virginica var. incarnata G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 579 (1837).
Leptandra virginica var. purpurea Pursh ex Eaton Man. Bot. N. States, ed. 5: 275 (1829).
Paederota virginica (L.) Torr. Fl. New York 2: 44 (1843).
Veronica diversifolia Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 876 (1821), not validly publ.
Veronica purpurea Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 759 (1841), not validly publ.
Veronica quinquefolia Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 28 (1812).
Veronica virginica var. hirsuta N.Coleman Cat. Fl. Pl. S. Pen. Michigan: 27 (1874).
Veronica virginica f. purpurea (Pursh ex Eaton) Fosberg Castanea 20: 59 (1955).
Veronicastrum album Moench Methodus: 437 (1794).
Veronicastrum diversifolium Moench Suppl. Meth.: 158 (1802).
Veronicastrum rubellum Moench Methodus: 437 (1794).
Veronicastrum virginicum var. lanceolatum Farw. Druggists' Circ. 61: 231 (1917).
Veronicastrum virginicum f. purpureum (Pursh ex Eaton) Farw. Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 21: 370 (1919 publ. 1920).
Veronicastrum virginicum var. purpureum (Pursh ex Eaton) Farw. Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 20: 188 (1918).
Veronicastrum virginicum f. roseum Farw. Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 21: 370 (1919 publ. 1920).
Veronicastrum virginicum f. villosa Pennell Rhodora 23: 6 (1921).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Leptandra virginica Nutt.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Veronica virginica L.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
Veronicastrum virginicum	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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