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snakeweed

(snāk′wēd′)

Any of various plants, such as bistort, reputed to cure snakebite.

snakeweed

(1) Bistort, see there; Polygonum bistorta.
(2) Plantain, see there; Plantago major.

bis·tort

(bis'tōrt)

(Polygonum bistorta) A strongly astringent botanical with purported medicinal properties that is used both internally and externally. Scientific trials have been limited.
Synonym(s): adderwort, dragonwort, snakeweed, twice writhen.

[L. bis, twice, + tortus, twisted]

snakeweed,

n Latin name:
Euphorbia hirta; parts used: whole plant; uses: in Ayurveda, pacifies pitta dosha (sweet, oily), antiamoebic, antispasmodic, antidiarrheal, antiinflammatory, anticancer, antibacterial, immunomod-ulator, antifungal, galactogenic, antifertility, antiasthmatic, female disorders, respiratory disorders, worms, dysentery, jaundice; precautions: none known, but many other species of genus
Euphorbia contain toxic compounds and should be avoided. Also called
dudhi or
dugadhika.

Snakeweed.

snakeweed

see gutierreziamicrocephala.

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Characteristics of roosts of male pallid bats (Antrozous pallidus) in southeastern Colorado

Other common shrubs and subshrubs at the study site in New Mexico included honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa), tree cholla (Cylindropuntia imbricata), broom snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae), and soapweed yucca (Yucca glauca).

The bottom five plants found less often than expected were broom snakeweed, Indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella), sorghum (Sorghum), johnsongrass (Sorghum halepense), and hairy grama (Bouteloua hirsuta).

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Influence of avian predation on a grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididae) assemblage that feeds on thread-leaf snakeweed.

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scorparium), a variety of forbs, including spectacle pod (Dithyrea wislizenii) and annual buckwheat (Eriogonum annuum), and in some cases, honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa) and broom snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae; Taylor, 1978; Sell, 1979; Taylor and Guthery, 1980a, 1980b; Giesen, 1998; Peterson and Boyd, 1998; C.

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The site was dominated by blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis), tobosa (Pleuraphis mutica), alkali sacaton (Sporobolus airoides), winterfat (Eurotia lanata), wolfberry (Lycium pallidum), fetid marigold (Dyssodia papposa), snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae), milkvetch (Astragalus), and prickly pear (Opuntia).

Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) locked in fight becomes prey of coyotes (Canis latrans)

prairie tea Croton monanthogynus, Texasfan Meximalva filipes, and Texas snakeweed Gutierrezia texana; Barnes et al.

Woody plant effects on soil seed banks in a central Texas savanna

Bionomics of Carmenta haematica (Ureta) (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) which attacks snakeweeds (Gutierrezia spp.

Aspectos biologicos del anillador de la guayaba Carmenta theobromae (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) en Santander, Colombia

Synageles noxiosus, an ant-like salticid, was common on woody snakeweeds (two species of Gutierrezia; D.