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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{About|Anemopsis|Anemonopsis|False anemone}}
{{About|Anemopsis|Anemonopsis|False anemone}}
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|image = Yerba mansa.jpg
|status = G5
|status_system = TNC
|status_ref = <ref name="NatureServe">{{cite web |last1=NatureServe |title=''Anemopsis californica'' |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.146452/Anemopsis_californica |website=NatureServe Explorer |publisher=NatureServe |access-date=4 May 2023 |location=Arlington, Virginia |date=2023}}</ref>
|genus = Anemopsis
|genus = Anemopsis
|parent_authority = [[William Jackson Hooker|Hook.]] & [[George Arnott Walker-Arnott|Arn.]]
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[[File:Anemopsis californica 1.jpg|right|thumb|210px]]
[[File:Anemopsis californica 1.jpg|right|thumb|210px]]

The [[monotypic]] genus '''''Anemopsis''''' has only one species, '''''Anemopsis californica''''', with the common names '''yerba mansa''' or '''lizard tail'''.
The [[monotypic]] genus '''''Anemopsis''''' has only one species, '''''Anemopsis californica''''', with the common names '''yerba mansa''' or '''lizard tail'''.


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==Range and habitat==
==Range and habitat==
It is native to southwestern [[North America]] in northwest Mexico and the [[Southwestern United States]] from [[California]] to [[Oklahoma]] and [[Texas]] to [[Kansas]] to [[Oregon]].
It is native to southwestern [[North America]] in northwest Mexico and the [[Southwestern United States]] from [[California]] to [[Oklahoma]] and [[Texas]] to [[Kansas]] to [[Oregon]]. It grows in wet, alkaline marsh and creek edges.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin|url=https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=anca10|access-date=2021-12-20|website=www.wildflower.org}}</ref>


==Description==
==Description==
===Leaves and Stems===
===Leaves and stems===
As it matures, the visible part of the plant develops red stains, eventually turning bright red in the fall.<ref name="medsw">[http://medplant.nmsu.edu/yerba.html Medicinal Plants of the SW - ''Anemopsis californica''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070804082453/http://medplant.nmsu.edu/yerba.html |date=2007-08-04 }}, retrieved on July 17, 2007.</ref>
As it matures, the visible part of the plant develops red stains, eventually turning bright red in the fall.<ref name="medsw">[http://medplant.nmsu.edu/yerba.html Medicinal Plants of the SW - ''Anemopsis californica''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070804082453/http://medplant.nmsu.edu/yerba.html |date=2007-08-04 }}, retrieved on July 17, 2007.</ref>


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| last = Boufford
| first = D. E.
| first = D. E.
| contribution = ''Anemopsis californica''
| contribution = Anemopsis californica
| year = 1997
| year = 1997
| title = Flora of North America North of Mexico
| title = Flora of North America North of Mexico
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Similar to the [[sunflower family]], what appears to be a single bloom is in reality a dense cluster of individually small flowers borne in an [[inflorescence]]. In this species the inflorescence is conical and has five to ten large white [[bracts]] beneath it, so that along with the tiny white florets, the whole structure is quite striking when it blooms in spring. The conical structure develops into a single, tough fruit that can be carried downstream to spread the tiny, pepper-like [[seeds]].<ref>http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7085,7086,7087 Jepson Manual Treatment</ref>
Similar to the family [[Asteraceae]], what appears to be a single bloom is in reality a dense cluster of individually small flowers borne in an [[inflorescence]]. In this species the inflorescence is conical and has five to ten large white [[bracts]] beneath it, so that along with the tiny white florets, the whole structure is quite striking when it blooms in spring. The conical structure develops into a single, tough fruit that can be carried downstream to spread the tiny, pepper-like [[seeds]].<ref>http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7085,7086,7087 Jepson Manual Treatment</ref>


==Common name==
==Common name==
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==Uses==
==Uses==
===Medicinal===
===Medicinal===
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Yerba mansa is used as an [[antimicrobial]], an [[antibacterial]], and to treat [[vaginal candidiasis]].<ref name="medsw" /><ref name="pfaf">[http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Anemopsis+californica ''Anemopsis californica'' - Plants For A Future database report], retrieved on July 17, 2007</ref>{{Medical citation needed|date=November 2019}}


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Yerba mansa is used to treat [[inflammation]] of the [[mucous membranes]], swollen gums and sore throat. An [[infusion]] of [[root]]s can be taken as a diuretic to treat [[rheumatic]] diseases like [[gout]] by ridding the body of excess [[uric acid]], which causes painful inflammation of the joints. Yerba mansa prevents the buildup of [[uric acid]] crystals in the [[kidneys]] which could cause [[kidney stones]] if left untreated. A powder of dried root can be sprinkled on infected areas to alleviate [[athlete's foot]] or [[diaper rash]].<ref>Kay, M.A. Healing with Plants in the American and Mexican West. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ, 1996.</ref><ref>Sencoval, Annette. Home Grown Healing Traditional Home Remedies from Mexico. Berkley Books, New York, NY, 1998.</ref>{{Medical citation needed|date=November 2019}}
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Yerba mansa is used as an [[antimicrobial]], an [[antibacterial]], and to treat [[vaginal candidiasis]].<ref name="medsw" /><ref name="pfaf">[http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Anemopsis+californica ''Anemopsis californica'' - Plants For A Future database report], retrieved on July 17, 2007</ref>


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Yerba mansa is versatile. It can be taken orally as a [[tea]], [[tincture]], [[infusion]] or dried in capsule form. It can be used externally for soaking inflamed or infected areas. It can be ground and used as a dusting powder. Some people in [[Las Cruces, New Mexico|Las Cruces]], New Mexico use the leaves to make a [[poultice]] to relieve muscle swelling and inflammation.<ref>Moore, Michael. Medicinal Plants of the Desert and Canyon West. Museum of New Mexico Press, Santa Fe, NM, 1989.</ref>{{Medical citation needed|date=November 2019}} The leaves and roots have also been used to heal and disinfect wounds and sores.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Raymond |first1=Nevissa |title=Yerba mansa |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/1164757 |website=inaturalist.org |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref>
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Yerba mansa is used to treat [[inflammation]] of the [[mucous membranes]], swollen gums and sore throat. An [[infusion]] of [[root]]s can be taken as a diuretic to treat [[rheumatic]] diseases like [[gout]] by ridding the body of excess [[uric acid]], which causes painful inflammation of the joints. Yerba mansa prevents the buildup of [[uric acid]] crystals in the [[kidneys]] which could cause [[kidney stones]] if left untreated. A powder of dried root can be sprinkled on infected areas to alleviate [[athlete's foot]] or [[diaper rash]].<ref>Kay, M.A. Healing with Plants in the American and Mexican West. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ, 1996.</ref><ref>Sencoval, Annette. Home Grown Healing Traditional Home Remedies from Mexico. Berkley Books, New York, NY, 1998.</ref>


Yerba mansa is the midwife's panacea. The Good Book of Alice the Midwife enumerates the striking symmetry of benefits between this sub-tropic wetland plant in riparian ecology and microbiome diversity.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Saville |first1=Dara |title=Anemopsis californica (yerba mansa) - Monograph |url=https://yerbamansaproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Anemopsis-californica-monograph.pdf |website=yerbamansaproject.org |access-date=19 December 2023}}</ref>
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Yerba mansa is versatile, it can be taken orally as a [[tea]], [[tincture]], [[infusion]] or dried in capsule form. It can be used externally for soaking inflamed or infected areas. It can be ground and used as a dusting powder. Some people in [[Las Cruces, New Mexico|Las Cruces]], New Mexico use the leaves to make a [[poultice]] to relieve muscle swelling and inflammation.<ref>Moore, Michael. Medicinal Plants of the Desert and Canyon West. Museum of New Mexico Press, Santa Fe, NM, 1989.</ref>


===Crafts===
===Crafts===
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==External links==
==External links==
{{commonscat|Anemopsis californica}}
*{{Commons category-inline|Anemopsis californica}}
{{Wikispecies|Anemopsis californica}}
*{{Wikispecies-inline|Anemopsis californica}}
*[http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Anemopsis+californica Plants For A Future database]
*[http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Anemopsis+californica Plants For A Future database]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070804082453/http://medplant.nmsu.edu/yerba.html Medicinal plants]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070804082453/http://medplant.nmsu.edu/yerba.html Medicinal plants]
*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7085,7086,7087 Jepson Manual Treatment]
*[https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=8819 Jepson Manual Treatment]
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ANCA10 USDA Plants Profile]
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ANCA10 USDA Plants Profile]
*[http://www.yerbamansa.org Medicinal Uses and Harvesting]
*[http://www.yerbamansa.org Medicinal Uses and Harvesting]


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[[Category:Piperales genera]]
[[Category:Piperales genera]]
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[[Category:Drought-tolerant plants]]
[[Category:Drought-tolerant plants]]
[[Category:Saururaceae]]
[[Category:Saururaceae]]
[[Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status]]

Latest revision as of 06:05, 20 December 2023

This article is about Anemopsis. For Anemonopsis, see False anemone.

Anemopsis

Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Piperales
Family: Saururaceae
Genus: Anemopsis
Hook. & Arn.
Species:
A. californica
Binomial name
Anemopsis californica
(Nutt.) Hook. & Arn.
Synonyms[2]
  • Anemia Nutt., 1838 (non Sw., 1806), nom. inval.. Type species: Anemia californica Nutt., 1838.
  • Anemia californica Nutt., 1838.
  • Anemia intermedia Copel. ex M.E.Jones
  • Anemopsis bolanderi C. DC., 1872
  • Anemopsis californica var. subglabra Kelso 1932
  • Anemopsis ludovici-salvatoris Willk., 1877
  • Houttuynia bolanderi Benth. & Hook.f., 1880
  • Houttuynia californica Benth. & Hook.f., 1880

The monotypic genus Anemopsis has only one species, Anemopsis californica, with the common names yerba mansa or lizard tail.

It is a perennial herb in the lizard tail family (Saururaceae) and prefers very wet soil or shallow water.[3]

Range and habitat[edit]

It is native to southwestern North America in northwest Mexico and the Southwestern United States from California to Oklahoma and Texas to Kansas to Oregon. It grows in wet, alkaline marsh and creek edges.[4]

Description[edit]

Leaves and stems[edit]

As it matures, the visible part of the plant develops red stains, eventually turning bright red in the fall.[5]

Inflorescence and fruit[edit]

Yerba mansa is showy in spring when in bloom. The iconic white "flowers" (actually reduced inflorescences, or pseudanthia) are borne in early spring, and are surrounded by 4–9 large white bracts.[6]

Similar to the family Asteraceae, what appears to be a single bloom is in reality a dense cluster of individually small flowers borne in an inflorescence. In this species the inflorescence is conical and has five to ten large white bracts beneath it, so that along with the tiny white florets, the whole structure is quite striking when it blooms in spring. The conical structure develops into a single, tough fruit that can be carried downstream to spread the tiny, pepper-like seeds.[7]

Common name[edit]

In her book on herbs of the southwestern USA, Dr. Soule discusses the common name. "Yerba mansa is one of those names which confounds linguists. Yerba is Spanish for herb, and thus one would think that mansa is also from Spanish as well, but all indications point to the fact that it is not. Mansa means tame, peaceful, calm in Spanish, and the plant has no sedative effect, nor did local people ever use it as a calming agent. Its primary use is as an antimicrobial, antibacterial, and antifungal. The most likely explanation is that mansa is a Spanish alteration of the original native word for the plant, now lost in the depths of time."[8] Hartweg, who collected it at León, Guanajuato in 1837, recorded the local name as yerba del manso.[9] It is also known as yerba del manso in northern Baja California. The word "manso" could be short for "remanso" (backwater) which would agree with the areas where the plant thrives.

Uses[edit]

Medicinal[edit]

Yerba mansa is used as an antimicrobial, an antibacterial, and to treat vaginal candidiasis.[5][10][medical citation needed]

Yerba mansa is used to treat inflammation of the mucous membranes, swollen gums and sore throat. An infusion of roots can be taken as a diuretic to treat rheumatic diseases like gout by ridding the body of excess uric acid, which causes painful inflammation of the joints. Yerba mansa prevents the buildup of uric acid crystals in the kidneys which could cause kidney stones if left untreated. A powder of dried root can be sprinkled on infected areas to alleviate athlete's foot or diaper rash.[11][12][medical citation needed]

Yerba mansa is versatile. It can be taken orally as a tea, tincture, infusion or dried in capsule form. It can be used externally for soaking inflamed or infected areas. It can be ground and used as a dusting powder. Some people in Las Cruces, New Mexico use the leaves to make a poultice to relieve muscle swelling and inflammation.[13][medical citation needed] The leaves and roots have also been used to heal and disinfect wounds and sores.[14]

Yerba mansa is the midwife's panacea. The Good Book of Alice the Midwife enumerates the striking symmetry of benefits between this sub-tropic wetland plant in riparian ecology and microbiome diversity.[15]

Crafts[edit]

  • Dried floral structures are used in dried arrangements.[16]
  • Dried plant parts (leaves, floral structure) emit a spicy fragrance and are used in potpourri.[16]

Horticulture[edit]

  • In the deserts of California, yerba mansa is being used as turf in public parks and ground cover in gardens.[17]

References[edit]

  1. ^ NatureServe (2023). "Anemopsis californica". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  2. ^ The Plant List
  3. ^ Flowering Plants of the Santa Monica Mountains, Nancy Dale, 2nd Ed., 2000, p. 175
  4. ^ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  5. ^ a b Medicinal Plants of the SW - Anemopsis californica Archived 2007-08-04 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved on July 17, 2007.
  6. ^ Boufford, D. E. (1997). "Anemopsis californica". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico. Vol. 3. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. 9780195112467.
  7. ^ http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7085,7086,7087 Jepson Manual Treatment
  8. ^ Quoted here by permission of the author: Soule, J. A. 2011. Father Kino's Herbs: Growing and Using Them Today. Tierra del Sol Press, Tucson, AZ.
  9. ^ G. Bentham. Plantas Hartwegianas.(1839)p. 30
  10. ^ Anemopsis californica - Plants For A Future database report, retrieved on July 17, 2007
  11. ^ Kay, M.A. Healing with Plants in the American and Mexican West. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ, 1996.
  12. ^ Sencoval, Annette. Home Grown Healing Traditional Home Remedies from Mexico. Berkley Books, New York, NY, 1998.
  13. ^ Moore, Michael. Medicinal Plants of the Desert and Canyon West. Museum of New Mexico Press, Santa Fe, NM, 1989.
  14. ^ Raymond, Nevissa. "Yerba mansa". inaturalist.org. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  15. ^ Saville, Dara. "Anemopsis californica (yerba mansa) - Monograph" (PDF). yerbamansaproject.org. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  16. ^ a b Soule, J. A. 2011. Father Kino's Herbs: Growing and Using Them Today. Tierra del Sol Press, Tucson, AZ.
  17. ^ Bakker, Elna. "Yerba Mansa as Ground Cover." Pacific Horticulture 49 (4): 47-49. Pacific Horticultural Foundation, San Francisco, CA, 1988.

External links[edit]

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