Sisymbrium sophia
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| Flixweed | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Sisymbrium |
| Species: | S. sophia |
| Binomial name | |
| Sisymbrium sophia L. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Descurainia sophia Webb & Berth. | |
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Flixweed (sometimes dluxweed) (Sisymbrium sophia) is a member of the mustard family. It reproduces by seeds. Its stem is erect, branched, and 4 to 30 inches high.[1] It was once given to patients suffering from dysentery and called by ancient herbalists Sophia Chirurgorum, "The Wisdom of Surgeons," on account of its healing properties.[2]
In German, it is called the Sophienkraut and associated with Saint Sophia of Rome, who was invoked against late frosts.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Flixweed
- ↑ botanical.com - A Modern Herbal | Mustards
- ↑ Ekkart Sauser (1995). "Sophia von Rom". In Bautz, Traugott. Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German) 10. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 807–808. ISBN 3-88309-062-X.
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