A well-known healing plant in folk and Native American medicine, the clear sap of this plant has an antiseptic quality. It has long been...Read More used to aid the healing of cuts and scratches. Allowed to drip on a cut, the sap forms a thin protective coating.
The alternate, simple leaves have entire margins and are linear to elliptic in shape. The upper leaves are covered with silvery scales. The lower leaf surfaces have brown colored scales, which appear as brown flecks. They are most interesting to observe with magnification.
The stems are also covered with the same colored scales.
They are found on dry pinelands and sandhills throughout central and north Florida, also along the Coastal Plain from Georgia to Texas.
A well-known healing plant in folk and Native American medicine, the clear sap of this plant has an antiseptic quality. It has long been...Read More