MEDICINAL PLANTS in Folk Tradition

(National Geographic (Little) Kids) #1

422 Index of Vernacular Names


fern (continued)
male- (Dryopteris filix-mas), 63–4, 351
royal (Osmunda regalis), 56–8, 60, 84
wall (Asplenium ruta-muraria), 62
fiasgag nan creag (Parmelia spp.?), 41, 43,
339
figwort
common (Scrophularia nodosa), 151,
252–3, 345, 356, 357, Plate 24
water (Scrophularia auriculata), 253
figwort family (Scrophulariaceae), 250
fiorin grass (Agrostis stolonifera), 323–4
five-fingered root (Oenanthe crocata),
184, 185–6, 187, 354
flag, yellow (Iris pseudacorus), 332, 339
flagger (Iris pseudacorus), 332, 339
flax
fairy (Linum catharticum), 172, 284,
323, 340, 353
mountain (Briza media), 323, 324;
(Linum catharticum), 172, 284, 323,
340, 353
purging (Linum catharticum), 172, 284,
323, 340, 353
flax family (Linaceae), 172
fleabane, common (Pulicaria dysenterica),
293
fliodh (Stellaria media), 90, 91, 345, 347,
356, 357
fliodh Moire (Montia fontana), 190
flixweed (Descurainia sophia), 116–17
fluellen (Ve ronica officinalis), 212, 257,
258, 260, 285
fool’s water-cress (Apium nodiflorum),
189
forget-me-not (Myosotis), 210, 289
fothrom (Scrophularia nodosa), 151,
252–3, 345, 356, 357, Plate 24
foul-grass (Elytrigia repens), 323, 324
foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), 20, 254–7,
351
fox-tongue (Phyllitis scolopendrium),
60–1, 347
fraughan (Vaccinium myrtillus), 123
French herb (Tanacetum vulgare), 223,
295, 357
fumitory (Fumaria), 80, 352
fumitory family (Fumariaceae), 80
fungi, 48


funk (Fomes fomentarius), 48–9; (Phelli-
nus igniarius), 49
furze, see gorse
fuzzball (Bovista nigrescens), 50
gairgean (Galium palustre), 267
garbhag an t’slèibhe (Huperzia selago),
54–5, 353
garlic
crow (Allium vineale), 330
field (Allium oleraceum), 330
hedge (Alliaria petiolata), 117
wild (Allium ursinum), 117, 328, 330,
341, 347, 350, Plate 29; (A. ampelopra-
sum var.babingtonii), 330
gean (Prunus avium), 153
geirgein (Galium palustre), 267
gentian
red (Centaurium erythraea), 194–5, 348
field (Gentianella campestris), 195, 352
gentian family (Gentianaceae), 194
germander, water (Te ucrium scordium),
218, 345, 357
gladdon (Iris foetidissima), 332, 338, 344
glading root or gladum (Iris foetidissima),
332, 338, 344
gladwin (Iris foetidissima), 332, 338, 344
glasnair choille or glas-na-coille? (Ajuga
reptans), 212, 219
glasswort (Salicornia europaea), 90
glengore (Spergula arvensis), 92
goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea), 293
golden-saxifrage (Chrysosplenium), 139
golden wheat (Melampyrum pratense),
260
good-King-Henry (Chenopodium bonus-
henricus), 169
good leaf (Lapsana communis), 285;
(Scrophularia nodosa), 151, 252–3,
345, 356, 357, Plate 24
goosefoot family (Chenopodiaceae), 90
goosegrass (Galium aparine), 268–70,
352; (Potentilla anserina), 142–4, 145,
339, 342
gorse (Ulex europaeus), 163, 344
western (U. gallii), 163, 344
grangore (Spergula arvensis), 92
grass family (Poaceae), 323
gromwell, common (Lithospermum offici-
nale), 206
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