MEDICINAL PLANTS in Folk Tradition

(Darren Dugan) #1
Index of Vernacular Names 431

wartweed (Euphorbia helioscopia),
169–71, 173; (E. peplus), 170
water-cress (Rorippa nasturtium-
aquaticum), 118, 339, 347
water-crowfoot (Ranunculus aquatilis), 73
water-dropwort
hemlock (Oenanthe crocata), 184,
185–6, 187, 354
tubular (Oenanthe fistulosa), 184
water fennel (Oenanthe fistulosa, O. fluvi-
atilis), 184
water germander (Te ucrium scordium),
218, 345, 357
water-lily
white (Nymphaea alba), 69
yellow (Nuphar luteum), 69–70
water-lily family (Nymphaeaceae), 69
water mint (Mentha aquatica), 237
water-parsnip, greater (Sium latifolium),
184
water-pepper (Persicaria hydropiper), 95
water-plantain (Alisma plantago-
aquatica), 319
water-plantain family (Alismataceae), 319
water ragwort (Senecio aquaticus), 306–7,
356
water-starwort, common (Callitriche
stagnalis), 245
water-starwort family (Callitrichaceae),
245
wayfaring-tree (Viburnum lantana), 273
whitethorn (Crataegus monogyna), 155,
344, 351, Plate 13
whitlowgrass (Erophila verna), 119
whortles, marsh (Vaccinium oxycoccos),
123
willow-moss (Fontinalis antipyretica), 40
willow (Salix spp.), 27, 115, 342, 355
creeping (S. repens), 115–16
weeping (S. babylonica), 116
white (S. alba), 20, 115, 355


willow family (Salicaceae), 114
willow fomes (Phellinus igniarius), 49
willowherb (Epilobium spp.), 165
willowherb family (Onagraceae), 165
winter-cress (Barbarea vulgaris, B. inter-
media), 117–18
wood avens (Geum urbanum), 146, Plate
12
woodbine (Lonicera periclymenum), 273,
274, 344, 353
wood-laurel (Daphne laureola), 164–5, 351
woodruff (Galium odoratum), 267, 268
wood-sage (Te ucrium scorodonia), 217
wood-sorrel (Oxalis acetosella), 95, 173–4,
354
wood-sorrel family (Oxalidaceae), 173
wormseed, English (Erysimum cheiran-
thoides), 117
wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), 299,
341, 350
sea (Seriphidium maritimum), 296
wound herb (Lythrum salicaria), 164, 294
woundwort
clown’s (Stachys palustris), 213–14
hedge (Stachys sylvatica), 213
hybrid (Stachys ×ambigua), 213
marsh (Stachys palustris), 213–14
wrack
bladder (Fucus vesiculosus), 46
bubbling (Fucus vesiculosus), 46
channelled (Pelvetia canaliculata), 47,
358
lady (Fucus vesiculosus), 46
sea- (Fucus vesiculosus), 46
yam family (Dioscoreaceae), 333
yarrow (Achillea millefolium), 95, 301, 342,
350
yew (Taxus baccata), 67, 357
yew family (Taxaceae), 67
yn lus (Leonurus cardiaca), 211, 215, 298;
(Verbena officinalis), 211, 215
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