MEDICINAL PLANTS in Folk Tradition

(National Geographic (Little) Kids) #1
Index of Vernacular Names 419

broomrape family (Orobanchaceae), 262
brown(s)wort (Scrophularia nodosa), 151,
252–3, 345, 356, 357, Plate 24
bryony
black (Tamus communis), 114, 333, 357
white (Bryonia dioica), 113–4, 333, 351
buachalán (Senecio aquaticus), 306–7, 356;
(S. jacobaea), 306, 339, 345, 356
buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica), 171, 355
alder (Frangula alnus), 172
buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae), 171
bugle (Ajuga reptans), 212, 219
bugloss (Anchusa arvensis), 210
viper’s- (Echium vulgare), 207
burdock (Arctium spp.), 93, 96, 280–2,
340, 348
greater (A. lappa), 281
burnet, salad (Sanguisorba minor), 148
burnet-saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga),
184
butcher’s-broom (Ruscus aculeatus), 330,
343
butterbur (Petasites hybridus), 97, 311, 312
buttercup
bulbous (Ranunculus bulbosus), 72, 74
creeping (Ranunculus repens), 72, 73
meadow (Ranunculus acris), 71, 72
buttercup family (Ranunculaceae), 70
butterfly-orchid, greater (Platanthera chlo-
rantha), 334
butterwort, common (Pinguicula vul-
garis), 111, 263, 354
button seaweed (Fucus vesiculosus), 46
buttonweed (Centaurea nigra), 284–5, 347
cailleach’s tea (Prunella vulgaris), 112,
221–3, 322, 344, 345, 348
caiserbhán (Taraxacum spp.), 26, 96,
287–8, 345, 346, 347, 357
calamint, common (Clinopodium ascen-
dens), 219, 224
campion
bladder (Silene vulgaris), 356
red (Silene dioica), 27, 93, 342
carmele (Lathyrus linifolius), 161, 339
carpenter’s grass (Achillea millefolium), 95,
301, 342, 350
carragheen (Chondrus crispus, Mastocarpus
stellatus), 41, 44, 339
carrot, wild (Daucus carota), 191, 351


catchfly, Spanish (Silene otites), 93
catchweed (Galium aparine), 268–70, 352
cat-mint (Nepeta cataria), 219
cat’s-ear (Antennaria dioica), 291
spotted (Hypochaeris maculata), 285
cat’s-eye (Ver onica chamaedrys), 116, 259,
262, 338, 342, 344
cat’s-foot (Antennaria dioica), 291
ceannbhan beg (Prunella vulgaris), 112,
221–3, 322, 344, 345, 348
ceann de dohosaig (Prunella vulgaris), 112,
221–3, 322, 344, 345, 348
celandine
greater (Chelidonium majus), 16, 72,
78–80, 128, 291, 351
lesser (Ranunculus ficaria), 74–5
celery, wild (Apium graveolens), 188
centaury (Centaurium erythraea), 194–5,
348
chafe grass (Potentilla anserina), 142–4,
145, 339, 342
chaf[e]weed (Filago vulgaris), 290–1
chalice-moss (Cladonia chlorophaea), 41
chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile),
302–4, 306, 348
corn (Anthemis arvensis), 304
English (C. nobile), 302–4, 306, 348
German (Matricaria recutita), 302
Roman (C. nobile), 302–4, 306, 348
stinking (Anthemis cotula), 305
charlock (Sinapis arvensis), 120–1
cherry
bird (Prunus avium), 153; (P. p a d u s),
153, 355
morello (Prunus cerasus), 153
wild (Prunus avium), 153
chickweed
common (Stellaria media), 90, 91, 345,
347, 356, 357
marsh (Montia fontana), 190
churl’s treacle (Allium ursinum), 117, 328,
330, 341, 347, 350, Plate 29
cinquefoil, creeping (Potentilla reptans),
144, 354
clary, wild (Salvia verbenaca), 206, 240
cleavers (Galium aparine), 268–70, 352
clover (Tr ifolium), 173
red (T. p r a t e n s e), 162, 357
white (T. r e p e n s), 161
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