Heliopsis longipes

Botanical Description

Heliopsis longipes is a herbaceous perennial plant producing one or more stems from a fleshy, rhizomatous rootstock; it can grow up to 40cm tall, occasionally to 80cm[ 1171 Title Flora del Bajío y de Regiones Adyacentes Publication Author Jerzy Rzedowski & Graciela Calderón de Rzedowski (Editors) Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Instituto de Ecología A.C. Centro Regional del Bajío; Mexico Year 0 ISBN 0188-5170 Description Spanish-language flora of northwestern Mexico. It can be downloaded from the Internet ]. Chilcuague roots are widely used in folk medicine and also as a food flavouring. The plant is also the source of an insecticide and has been harvested from the wild in large quantities in the past. Given the high demand for this plant, and the low abundance of its original populations, the plant has become uncommon in the wild. Both in Guanajuato and in Querétaro it is being cultivated on a domestic scale for food and medicine[ 1171 Title Flora del Bajío y de Regiones Adyacentes Publication Author Jerzy Rzedowski & Graciela Calderón de Rzedowski (Editors) Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Instituto de Ecología A.C. Centro Regional del Bajío; Mexico Year 0 ISBN 0188-5170 Description Spanish-language flora of northwestern Mexico. It can be downloaded from the Internet , 2019 Title Heliopsis longipes: anti-arthritic activity evaluated in a Freund’s adjuvant-induced model in rodents Publication Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia 27 (2017) 214-219 Author Escobedo-Martínez C. et al Website http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjp.2016.09.003 Publisher Year 2017 ISBN Description ]. The natural populations of Heliopsis longipes are already very small, so that it is not easily located. Although it is under domestic cultivation, it must be considered as highly vulnerable to extinction[ 1171 Title Flora del Bajío y de Regiones Adyacentes Publication Author Jerzy Rzedowski & Graciela Calderón de Rzedowski (Editors) Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Instituto de Ecología A.C. Centro Regional del Bajío; Mexico Year 0 ISBN 0188-5170 Description Spanish-language flora of northwestern Mexico. It can be downloaded from the Internet ].