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'''''Saururus cernuus''''' ('''Lizard's tail''', '''Water-dragon''', '''Swamp Root''') is a [[medicinal plant|medicinal]] and [[ornamental plant]] native to eastern [[North America]].  It grows in wet areas or shallow water, and can be up to about a meter tall.<ref name="fna" /> The native range covers much of the eastern United States, as far west as eastern [[Texas]] and [[Kansas]], south to [[Florida]], and north to [[Michigan]] and [[New York state]], slightly into [[Ontario]].<ref name="fna">http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=5420&flora_id=1</ref>

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Saururus cernuus, Linn. Lizard's Tail. Height 2-5 ft.: lvs. cordate, acuminate: fls. white, fragrant, in a spike which is nodding at the end; bract lanceolate; filaments long and capillary. In swamps and shallow water, Conn. to Ont., Minn., Mo., and southward. June-Aug.

Saururus cernuus, Linn. Lizard's Tail. Fig. 3554. Height 2-5 ft.: lvs. cordate, acuminate: fls. white, fragrant, in a spike which is nodding at the end; bract lanceolate; filaments long and capillary. In swamps and shallow water, Conn. to Ont., Minn., Mo., and southward. June-Aug. B.B. 1:482.

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==References==

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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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