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Rhamnus Purshiana
Cascara buckthorn Cas"ca*ra buck"thorn` (Bot.) The buckthorn (Rhamnus Purshiana) of the Pacific coast of the United States, which yields cascara sagrada.
Rhamnus Purshianus
Rhamnus Rham"nus, n. [NL., from Gr. "ra`mnos a kind of prickly shrub; cf. L. rhamnos.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs and small trees; buckthorn. The California Rhamnus Purshianus and the European R. catharticus are used in medicine. The latter is used for hedges.
Rhamnus Purshianus
Cascara sagrada Cas"ca*ra sa*gra"da [Sp.] Holy bark; the bark of the California buckthorn (Rhamnus Purshianus), used as a mild cathartic or laxative.

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- Frederick Traugott Pursh (or Friedrich Traugott Pursch) (February 4, 1774 – July 11, 1820) was a German–American botanist. Born in Großenhain, in the...
- was given its scientific name, Lewisia rediviva, by Frederick Traugott Pursh. There are nineteen species and several varieties of Lewisia, including:...
- "Mentzelia nuda (Pursh) Torr. & A.Gray". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 10 April 2024. "Mentzelia nuda (Pursh) Torr. & A...
- was named and described by German–American botanist Frederick Traugott Pursh in his book Flora americae septentrionalis using an 1811 collection by naturalist...
- subsp. floribunda (Pursh) Kartesz (syns. Potentilla floribunda Pursh., Dasiphora floribunda (Pursh) Raf., Pentaphylloides floribunda (Pursh) A.Love)). Described...
- var. amarum (as G. amara Raf.) Tetraneuris acaulis (Pursh) Greene var. acaulis (as G. acaulis Pursh) lanceleaf blanketflower (Gaillardia aestivalis) firewheel...
- with large, dark purple petals. A decade later in 1813, Frederick Traugott Pursh referred to Michaux's variety more simply as Trillium e**** var. atropurpureum...
- subspecies (as A. balsamea subsp. fraseri (Pursh) E.Murray) or a variety (as A. balsamea var. fraseri (Pursh) Spach). Some botanists regard the variety...
- map". Calflora taxon report, University of California, Rubus spectabilis Pursh, salmon berry, salmonberry "Salmon Berry, Rubus spectabilis". calscape.org...
- and as a treatment in traditional medicine. In 1814, Frederick Traugott Pursh described this species in the first volume of Flora Americae Septentrionalis...