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Heliopsis longipes is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It has been found only in the states of Guanajuato, San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo, and Querétaro in north-central Mexico.
Locally called chilcuague, Azteca gold root, and many other names, it was considered powerful medicine for the prehispanic populations of México.
The root is chewed to numb the tongue and relieve pain in the teeth and throat. It has antibiotic properties (so it is traditionally used against throat infection, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, laryngitis, esophagitis, gingivitis and other infections even on the skin), it is also recognized as a powerful antifungal (traditionally used against athlete's foot, onychomycosis, dandruff and candidiasis or milkweed), is analgesic, antiseptic, anesthetic it is traditionally used in the painful dentition presented by babies helping to immediately eliminate the discomfort caused by the appearance of the first teeth).
Heliopsis annua · Heliopsis anomala · Oppositeleaf Spotflower · Heliopsis decumbens · Heliopsis filifolia · Pinewoods Oxeye · Smooth oxeye · Heliopsis lanceolata · Heliopsis novogaliciana · Heliopsis parviceps · Mountain oxeye · Heliopsis procumbens
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Heliopsis longipes by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
