10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMMON WINTERGREEN»
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common wintergreen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
common wintergreen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Wild Plants of the Sierra Nevada
Common Wintergreen (P. minor)— This species occurs occasionally in boggy,
shaded places between 7,000 and 10,000 feet. It flowers from July to August.
Interesting Facts: A tea made from the whole plant was used to treat epileptic
seizures ...
Ray S. Vizgirdas, Edna M. Rey-Vizgirdas, 2009
2
A Modern Herbal: The Medicinal, Culinary, Cosmetic and ...
P. minor (Common Wintergreen). In woods and moist shady places in Europe,
Northern Asia and the extreme north of America, becoming a mountain plant in
Southern Europe and the Caucasus. Frequent in Scotland, northern England,
more ...
3
Lochnagar: The Natural History of a Mountain Lake
... jemtlandica Swedish meadow-grass alpina Populus tremula aspen Cornus
suecica dwarf cornel Pyrola media intermediate Corylus avellana hazel
wintergreen Cryptogramma crispa parsley fern P. minor common wintergreen
Deschampsia ...
4
Field Flora of the British Isles
Native; on leaf-mould in woods in S, on damp rock-ledges and peaty moors in N,
rarely on sand- dunes; scattered over Br and Ir Common Wintergreen - P. minor L
. 2 Style 4-6mm, just exserted from flower, widened immediately below ...
5
Culpeper's Color Herbal
Modern uses: The Common Wintergreen is now a rare plant and, therefore, not
available for medicinal use. It should not be confused with Gaultheria
procumbens. from which Oil of Wintergreen is produced. Another variety, the
Large ...
6
Making the Most of Shade: How to Plan, Plant, and Grow a ...
... with white fruit, is seen in botanical collections and may be available in a few
specialist nurseries. Partridgeberry (Mitchella repens) SMART SUBSTITUTE A
similar plant with similar needs, although with larger leaves, is common
wintergreen ...
7
1001 Questions Answered about Flowers
Has synthetic wintergreen replaced the real thing? Almost entirely, for the active
principle in the leaves of our common wintergreen has been produced
synthetically, and is not only chemically and therapeutically identical but
indistinguishable ...
8
New Flora of the British Isles
P. minor L. - Common Wintergreen. Flowering stem erect, to 20(30)cm, with all
leaves near base; leaves 2.5-6cm, usually ovate-elliptic, obtuse to rounded at
apex, crenate-serrate, and with petioles slightly shorter; flowers 4-7mm across;
petals ...
9
Thesaurus of Agricultural Organisms
... moth (E) see Operophtera brumata common winterfat (E) see Eurotia ianata
common wintergreen (E) see Pyrola minor common witch hazel (E) see
Hamamelis virginiana common wombat (E) see Vombatus ursinus common
woodwaxen (E) ...
Derwent Publications, 1990
10
Lapland: A Natural History
... Common Butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris * Common Cottongrass Eriophorum
angustifolium * Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa * Common wintergreen Pyrola
minor * Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris * Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus
repens ...
