Descurainia sophia
| Descurainia sophia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Descurainia |
| Species: | D. sophia |
| Binomial name | |
| Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sisymbrium sophia L. | |
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Descurainia sophia is a member of the mustard family.[1] Common names include flixweed, herb-Sophia and tansy mustard.[2] It reproduces by seeds. Its stem is erect, branched, and 4 to 30 inches high.[3] 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.[4] It is the type species of the genus Descurainia and of the rejected genus Sophia Adans.[5][6]
In German, it is called the Sophienkraut and associated with Saint Sophia of Rome, who was invoked against late frosts.[7]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ↑ "Descurainia sophia". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) online database. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ↑ Flixweed
- ↑ botanical.com - A Modern Herbal | Mustards
- ↑ Index Nominum Genericorum
- ↑ Tropicos
- ↑ 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.