Plant Details

Accepted name:: Spigelia marilandica (L.) L. [Loganiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
american wormroot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indian pink	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
indian-pink	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
indianpink	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
maryland pink	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
maryland pinkroot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
pink	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pink-root	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
pinkroot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
spigelia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
spigelia marilandica	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
star-bloom	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
starbloom	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
woodland pink	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
woodland pinkroot	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
worm grass	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
worm-grass	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
wormgrass	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
wormweed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Lonicera marilandica L. Sp. Pl.: 175 (1753).
Spigelia lonicera Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 2 (1768).
Spigelia marilandica f. eburnea Van Horn & J.R.Freeman Sida 11: 249 (1985).

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

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

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