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weedy herb of the eastern United States to Texas having golden-yellow flowers; sometimes becomes invasive; sometimes placed in genus Senecio

weedy herb of the eastern United States to Texas having golden-yellow flowers; sometimes becomes invasive; sometimes placed in genus Senecio

Golden ragweed, Wild vale'rian, Life root, Squaw root; indigenous. Is an excitant, diaphoretic, and diuretic. The dried plant is used in decoction.

(American) golden ragwort. The herb and the rootlets are used by the Indians as a vulnerary and by the eclectics as a diuretic and emmenagogue.