MEDICINAL PLANTS in Folk Tradition

(National Geographic (Little) Kids) #1
Index of Vernacular Names 427

Pestilenzwurz (Petasites hybridus), 97, 311,
312
pignut (Conopodium majus), 184, 351
pigroot (Polygonum aviculare), 95, 354
pileweed (Ranunculus ficaria), 74–5
pilewort (Ranunculus ficaria), 74–5
pimpernel
scarlet (Anagallis arvensis), 127–8, 340
yellow (Lysimachia nemorum), 126
pine, Scots (Pinus sylvestris), 64–5
pineapple-weed (Matricaria discoidea),
24, 306
pine family (Pinaceae), 64
pink family (Caryophyllaceae), 91
plantain
buck’s-horn (Plantago coronopus), 93,
245–6, 354
greater (Plantago major), 247–8
ribwort (Plantago lanceolata), 190, 247,
354
water- (Alisma plantago-aquatica), 319
plantain family (Plantaginaceae), 245
polypody (Polypodium vulgare), 58–60,
347
pondweed
bog (Potamogeton polygonifolius), 69,
320, 340
broad-leaved (Potamogeton natans), 73,
181, 320, 340
pondweed family (Potamogetonaceae),
320
poor man’s beefsteak (Fistulina hepatica),
49
poor man’s salve (Scrophularia spp.), 151,
252–3, 345, 356, 357, Plate 24
poplar, white (Populus alba), 114
poplar family (Salicaceae), 114
poppy
opium (Papaver somniferum), 77
spatling (Silene vulgaris), 356
yellow horned- (Glaucium flavum), 78,
340
poppy family (Papaveraceae), 77
primrose (Primula vulgaris), 124–5, 346,
347, 348, 355, Plate 9
primrose family (Primulaceae), 124
privet (Ligustrum vulgare), 250
puffball (Bovista nigrescens), 50
puffball family (Lycoperdaceae), 50


pusey (Prunella vulgaris), 112, 221–3, 322,
344, 345, 348
quaking-grass (Briza media), 323, 324
Queen Anne’s lace (Anthriscus sylvestris),
182–3, 350, 351, 355
queen of herbs (Scrophularia nodosa),
151, 252–3, 345, 356, 357, Plate 24
quick (Crataegus monogyna), 155, 344,
351, Plate 13
radish, wild (Raphanus raphanistrum),
120, 121
ragged-Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi), 93, 94;
(Silene dioica), 27, 93, 342
ragweed (Senecio jacobaea), 306, 339, 345,
356
ragwort
common (Senecio jacobaea), 306, 339,
345, 356
fisherman’s (Senecio aquaticus), 306–7,
356
marsh (Senecio aquaticus), 306–7, 356
ramsons (Allium ursinum), 117, 328, 330,
341, 347, 350, Plate 29
raspberry (Rubus idaeus), 140, 156
red-fog (unidentified seaweed), 48
red rattle (Pedicularis palustris), 262
red Roger (Geranium robertianum),
175–7, 338, 344, 347, 352
redshank (Persicaria maculosa), 94
reed, common (Phragmites australis), 324
reedmace, great (Typha latifolia), 325
reedmace family (Typhaceae), 325
reileòg (Myrica gale), 86, 340, 354
rhubarb
false (Thalictrum spp.), 75–6
wild (Petasites hybridus), 97, 311, 312
rib-grass (Plantago lanceolata), 190, 247,
354
river moss (Fontinalis antipyretica), 40
Robin-run-in-the-hedge (Galium
aparine), 268–70, 352; (Glechoma
hederacea), 219–21, 339, 342, 352
rocket-juice (Dactylorhiza purpurella),
334
rock-rose (Helianthemum nummula-
rium), 111
rock-rose family (Cistaceae), 111
roid or roideog (Myrica gale), 86, 340, 354
rós (Rosa spp.), 111, 151
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