Food Poisoning

Deciduous and Tall Grass Prairie

Blue Vervain

• Verbena hastata
• Found in fields or thickets
• Active chemical ingredient is adenosine(Source)
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• Adenosine: A nucleoside, C₁₀H₁₃N₅O₄, composed of adenine linked to ribose, that is a component of nucleic acids and of ADP, AMP, and ATP, and that plays a role in regulating various physiological functions.(Source)
• Use leaf tea as a ''female tonic"; also for colds, coughs, fevers, bowel complaints, dysentery, stomach cramps, emetic in large doses(Peterson Field Guide)