VMs: f90v1 - "Lion root"...?

[Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everyone,

While thinking about the "Lion Root" herbal pic in the VMS, I did a quick 
web-search, and found (amidst all the inevitable garbage) this:-

	http://www.antarx.com/L.html

	Lion's Root:

	A root decoction has been used traditionally for dysentery.
	The milky juice of this plantis taken internally, and the leaves
	are steep[ed] in water and applied as a poultice for snake-bite.

It was also findable via the VCR LTER biodiversity database at Virginia:-

http://www.vcrlter.virginia.edu/cgi-bin/w3-msql2/biod/query/msql2/specform1.html

Search Common Names for: Lion%

	Genus: Prenanthes
	Species: serpentaria
	Authority: Pursh
	Common Name: Lion's root
	Organism Type: Seed Plants
	Order: Asterales
	Family: Asteraceae
	VCR LTER Species ID Code: PRNSRP

Search Google for: prenanthes serpentaria

Also known as cankerweed, rattlesnake root, gall-of-the-earth

	Gall of the earth (Bot.), an herbaceous composite plant with
	variously lobed and cleft leaves, usually the Prenanthes serpentaria.

Here's a picture:-
http://www.biolresearch.com/Plants/plant.php?uniq=prena_ser

These flowers do have a certain resemblance to the curious flowers on f90v1?

http://dictionary.metor.com/wnet/3340254.htm
	Definition: common perennial herb widely distributed in
	the southern and eastern United States having drooping
	clusters of pinkish flowers and thick basal leaves
	suggesting a lion's foot in shape; sometimes placed
	in genus Prenanthes
	Synonyms: gall of the earth, Nabalus serpentarius, Prenanthes serpentaria
	Type of: herb
	Part of: Nabalus

Hmmm... it's probably a plant native to the US, but I thought I'd share 
that with you all. :-)

Cheers, .....Nick Pelling.....