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Triodanis perfoliata
Also called Claspingleaf Venus'-looking-glass, Venus' looking glass, Clasping Venus's Looking Glass, Clasping Leaved Venus' Looking Glass, Round Leaved Triodanis, Clasping Bellwort, Clasping Venus' Lookingglass
Triodanis perfoliata, the clasping Venus' looking-glass or clasping bellflower, is an annual flowering plant belonging to the family Campanulaceae (bellflower family). It is an annual herb native to North and South America, the natural range extending from Canada to Argentina. It is also naturalized in China, Korea and Australia.
T. perfoliata is native in much of North and South America. In Canada, it grows in Ontario, British Columbia, and Quebec. In the United States, it is native in every state except Nevada, Alaska, and Hawaii. It is also native to Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. The plant grows in disturbed sites, open woods, grassy slopes, rocky outcrops, gravelly areas, and roadsides, mainly in poor, dry, sandy, or gravelly soil.
The Cherokee make a liquid compound of roots infused into a bath for dyspepsia (indigestion).
Small Venus' looking-glass · Slimpod Venus' looking-glass · Venus' looking-glass
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Triodanis perfoliata 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.
