Latin, Rudbeckia pallida, Brauneria pallida ;
English, Narrow-leaved cone flower, pale-purple cone flower, Black Sampson.
A perennial herb, of the thistle family, 1 to 5 feet high, with
thick, black roots. Stem, hispid, slender ; leaves, lanceolate,
acute and about equally narorowe at each end, strongly 3-nerved
and sometimes with an additional pair of marginal or less distinct
nerves entire, 3 to 8 inches long, 1/3 to 1 inch wide, the lower
and basal ones slender-petioled, the upper, short-petioled or sessile
; rays 12 to 20, purple, crimson, or rarely pale, 1 ½ to 3 inches
long, spreading or drooping ; receptacle conical, chaffy, the chaff
carinate and cuspidate. Corola cylindric, 5-toothed.
Found in :-
America and Central Europe.
The fresh plant, including root.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Echinacea, moist magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 100 Cc. | = 200
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Distilled water | 100 Cc
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Strong alcohol | 825 Cc
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To make one thousand cubic centimeters of tincture.
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(b) Dilutions: 2x to contain one part of tincture,
two parts distilled water,
seven parts alcohol ; 3x and higher with
dispensing alcohol.