skip navigation, jump to main contentDorothy Bradley Atkins Medicinal Plant Garden, College of Pharmacy, UIC

Culver's Root (Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw.)

Family: Scrophulariaceae

Medicinal uses: For liver problems, inflamed gall bladder, jaundice (when due to liver congestion) and chronic constipation (due to liver dysfunction).

Part used medicinally: Root

Native origin: North America

Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw.

Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw.

Photos: D. Doel Soejarto, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago