Cochlearia officinalis
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Cochlearia officinalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Brassicales |
Family: | Brassicaceae |
Genus: | Cochlearia |
Species: | C. officinalis
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Binomial name | |
Cochlearia officinalis |
Cochlearia officinalis, common scurvygrass, scurvy-grass, or spoonwort, is a species of
Description
Cochlearia officinalis is a
Taxonomy
It is commonly known as 'common scurvy-grass',[2][4][5] 'scurvy-grass' and 'spoonwort'.[6]
It was formally described by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in his seminal publication 'Species Plantarum' in 1753, on page 647.[7][8]
The specific epithet officinalis refers to the Linnaean term for plants with an established medicinal, culinary, or other use.[9]
It has one known subspecies, Cochlearia officinalis subsp. integrifolia (Hartm.) Nordal & Stabbetorp.[8]
Distribution and habitat
Cochlearia officinalis is a temperate native to Europe.[4][6]
Range
It is found within Eastern Europe, in the
It has also
Habitat
It grows in the coastal and mountainous regions of Europe, including the Alps.
Uses
It was once used by herbalists as a cure for scurvy, as the plant contains Vitamin C.[2] Nicholas Culpeper wrote of scurvygrass in his book, 'Complete Herbal', that its chief good effect is when used 'by those that have the scurvy' and that it 'is of singular good effect to cleanse the blood, liver and spleen, taking the juice in the Spring every morning fasting in a cup of drink'.[1]
The leaves were also made into a beer called scurvygrass ale,[2] it has been occasionally re-made as a craft ale.[11]
References
- ^ a b c d "Information on Common Scurvygrass". wildflowersofireland.net. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ^ ISBN 9780276002175.
- ^ a b c "Cochlearia officinalis - L." Plants For A Future. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ^ a b c "Cochlearia officinalis". rhs.org.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ISBN 9780906720561.
- ^ a b c d "Taxon: Cochlearia officinalis L." npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. 4 April 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ^ "Brassicaceae Cochlearia officinalis L." ipni.org. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Cochlearia officinalis L. is an accepted name". theplantlist.org. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ISBN 0-88192-627-2.
- PMID 28717144.
- ^ "52 WEEKS OF HISTORICAL HOW-TO'S, WEEK 26: BREWING SCURVY GRASS ALE!". 24 April 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2017.