MEDICINAL PLANTS in Folk Tradition

(Darren Dugan) #1
Index of Vernacular Names 421

dead-nettle
red (Lamium purpureum), 215–16, 353
white (Lamium album), 215, Plate 23
devil’s snuffbox (Bovista nigrescens), 50
dew-plant family (Aizoaceae), 89
dillisk (Palmaria palmata), 44–5, 339
dittander (Lepidium latifolium), 120
dock
broad-leaved (Rumex obtusifolius), 98
clustered (Rumex conglomeratus), 97
common (Rumex crispus), 97, 98; (R.
obtusifolius), 98
curled (Rumex crispus), 97, 98
floppy (Digitalis purpurea), 20, 254–7,
351
great water (Rumex hydrolapathum), 97
marsh (Rumex palustris), 99
narrow-leaved (Rumex conglomeratus),
97; (R. crispus), 97, 98
yellow (Rumex crispus), 97, 98
docken, water (Petasites hybridus), 97, 311,
312
docko (Artemisia vulgaris), 215, 297–9,
351
dodder (Cuscuta epithymum), 201
greater (C, europaea), 200
dodder family (Cuscutaceae), 200
dodjell reepan (Dactylorhiza purpurella),
334
dog-grass (Elytrigia repens), 323, 324
dog-rose (Rosa spp.), 111, 151
dog’s mercury (Mercurialis perennis), 169
dog-violet, common (Viola riviniana),
112
dub-cosac (Xanthoria?), 43
duck’s weed or duckweed (Lemna minor),
322
duckweed family (Lemnaceae), 322
duileasc (Palmaria palmata), 44–5, 339
duilleaga-bhàite (Nymphaea sp. or Nuphar
sp.), 69–70; (Potamogeton polygoni-
folius), 69, 320, 340
dulse (Palmaria palmata), 44–5, 339
dyer’s greenweed (Genista tinctoria), 163
dysentery herb (Hypericum elodes), 104,
106, 353
eagle’s-foot (Ranunculus acris), 71, 72
ear fungus (Auricularia auricula-judae), 50


elder (Sambucus nigra), 197, 270–2, 338,
355
dwarf (S. ebulus), 272, 355
elecampane (Inula helenium), 16, 190,
291–2, 353
elm, wych (Ulmus glabra), 83, 358
elm family (Ulmaceae), 83
enchanter’s-nightshade (Circaea lute-
tiana), 165
ergot (Claviceps purpurea), 51
eryngo(-root) (Eryngium campestre, E.
maritimum), 181–2
evans (Geum urbanum), 146, Plate 12
everlasting
mountain (Antennaria dioica), 291
pearly (Anaphalis margaritacea), 290–1
eyebright (Euphrasia officinalis), 148, 165,
260–2, 352; (Ver onica chamaedrys),
116, 259, 262, 338, 342, 344
eyeseed(s) (Salvia verbenaca), 206, 240
fairgurtha (Agrostis stolonifera), 323–4
fairy fingers (Digitalis purpurea), 20,
254–7, 351
fairy lint (Linum catharticum), 172, 284,
323, 340, 353
fairy thimble (Digitalis purpurea), 20,
254–7, 351
fairy wives’ spindle (Typha latifolia), 325
fat-hen (Chenopodium album), 90
feamain chìrein (Pelvetia canaliculata), 47,
358
fearbán (Ranunculus spp.), 71, 342, 355
feargorta(ch) (Agrostis stolonifera), 323–4
feileastram (Iris pseudacorus), 332, 339
fellon-grass (Peucedanum ostruthium),
190, 199, 354
felon herb (Pilosella officinarum), 210,
289–90, 343
felon-wood or felon-wort (Peucedanum
ostruthium), 190, 199, 354; (Solanum
dulcamara), 197, 198, 342, 356
fen-berries (Vaccinium oxycoccos), 123
fennel (Foeniculum vulgare), 186
fern
female (Athyrium filix-femina), 62
hard (Blechnum spicant), 64
lady- (Athyrium filix-femina), 62
maidenhair (Adiantum capillus-veneris),
19, 58
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