Refimprove date December 2006 taxobox name Smearwort image Aristolochia rotunda.jpg regnum Plant ae unranked divisio Angiosperm s unranked classis Magnoliid s ordo Piperales familia Aristolochiaceae genus Aristolochia species A. rotunda binomial Aristolochia rotunda binomial authority Smearwort Aristolochia rotunda , also known as Round leaved Birthwort, English Mercury, Mercury Goosefoot, Allgood, Tola Bona or ambiguously Fat Hen , is a perennial plant perennial herb native to Southern Europe . Uses Medicinal uses The name Smearwort is derived from its use as ointment. Poultice s derived from the leaves were used to heal chronic sores. Roots were often used on sheep to remedy cough. Shagreen uses And, the seeds have found employment in the making of shagreen . s In Germany it was used for fattening poultry hence the name fette henne s Fette Henne is not Aristolochia Fette Henne is Sedum meaning fat hen. When taken orally it acts as a gentle laxative . Commenting this out. jmr Food uses Smearwort leaves can be gathered when young and delicate, then boiled in broth. If grown in rich soil, the shoots may be cut when no bigger than a pencil and five inches high, to be peeled and boiled, then eaten as asparagus . Botanical description Smearwort is a dark green succulent plant that grows to about 2 feet high, rising from stout, fleshy, branching root stock. It has large, smooth edged, stalkless leaves that clasp the stem with enlarged, basal lobes and tubular, yellowish green flowers with a prominent, dark brown flap, 1 to 2 inches long, both terminal and arising from the axils of the leaves. The fruit is bladder like and contains a single seed. External links wikispecies commons http ip30.eti.uva.nl bis flora.php?menuentry soorten&id 1590 Smearwort on Interactive Flora of NW Europe with picture Category Aristolochia category Medicinal plants Category Plant common names az Gird z rav nd es Aristolochia rotunda fr Aristoloche feuilles rondes ... more details
Fat hen or fat hen may refer to Hen and chicks , common name for a group of small succulent flowering plants native to Europe and northern Africa Fat Hen, common name for Aristolochia rotunda Smearwort , a perennial herb native to Southern Europe Fat hen, common name in Britain for Chenopodium album White Goosefoot , a fast growing weedy annual plant that is extensively cultivated and consumed in Northern India as a food crop, where it is referred to in Hindi as Bathua . Fette Henne, or fat hen , nickname for the portly eagle of the Coat of arms of Germany that used to decorate the chamber of the Bundestag in Bonn, Germany. Also shows on certain German Euro coins dab Category Plant common names de Fette Henne ... more details
Allgood redirects here. This is also a common name of Smearwort Aristolochia rotunda . Infobox settlement official name Allgood, Alabama settlement type Town image skyline imagesize image caption image seal image map Blount County Alabama Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Allgood Highlighted.svg mapsize 250px map caption Location in Blount County, Alabama Blount County and the state of Alabama image map1 mapsize1 map caption1 coordinates region US AL subdivision type List of countries Country subdivision type1 US state State subdivision type2 List of counties in Alabama County subdivision name United States subdivision name1 Alabama subdivision name2 Blount County, Alabama Blount government type leader title leader name established date area magnitude area total km2 2.7 area total sq mi 1 area land km2 2.7 area land sq mi 1 area water km2 0 area water sq mi 0 elevation ft 787 elevation m 240 population as of 2007 population footnotes ref name 2007popest cite web url http www.census.gov popest cities tables SUB EST2007 04 01.csv title Annual Estimates of the Population for Incorporated Places in Alabama publisher United States Census Bureau date 2008 07 10 accessdate 2008 07 14 ref population total 712 population metro population density km2 233 population density sq mi 629 timezone Central Time Zone North America Central CST utc offset 6 latd 33 latm 54 lats 15 latNS N longd 86 longm 30 longs 59 longEW W timezone DST CDT utc offset DST 5 postal code type ZIP code postal code 35013 area code Area code 205 205 blank name Federal Information Processing Standard FIPS code blank info 01 01396 blank1 name Geographic Names Information System GNIS feature ID blank1 info 0113021 footnotes website Allgood is a town in Blount County, Alabama Blount County , Alabama , United States . At the 2000 census the population was 629. According to the 2005 U.S. Census estimates, the town had a population of 693. http www.census.gov popest cities files SUB EST2005 all.csv The mayor of Allgood ... more details
Italic title taxobox image Melganzenvoet bloeiwijze Chenopodium album.jpg regnum Plant ae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Core eudicots ordo Caryophyllales familia Amaranthaceae genus Chenopodium species C. album binomial Chenopodium album binomial authority Carolus Linnaeus L. Chenopodium album is a fast growing weed y annual plant in the genus Chenopodium . In United Kingdom Britain the plant is considered a weed, and is known there as fat hen ref name bsbi BSBI http www.bsbi.org.uk BSBI2007.xls Database of names xls file ref ref name fnwe Flora of NW Europe http ip30.eti.uva.nl BIS flora.php?selected beschrijving&menuentry soorten&id 1815 Chenopodium album ref or goosefoot , ref name pier though these names are used for other Chenopodium species or, more specifically, as white goosefoot , ref name pier lamb s quarters , ref name fna nickel greens , Citation needed date January 2009 pigweed , ref name fna or dungweed , Citation needed date January 2009 . The name fat hen or fat hen is also used for smearwort , a plant from a different genus. The plant is extensively cultivated and consumed in Northern India as a food crop, ref name Niir Board p. 146 Handbook of Herbs Cultivation and Processing , By Niir Board, p. 146 ref and in English texts it may be called by its Hindi language Hindi name bathua or bathuwa . ref http www.flowersofindia.net catalog slides Bathua.html ref Distribution Its native range is obscure due to extensive cultivation, ref name grin Germplasm Resources Information Network http www.ars grin.gov cgi bin npgs html taxon.pl?10178 Chenopodium album ref but includes most of Europe , ref name fe Flora Europaea http rbg web2.rbge.org.uk cgi bin nph readbtree.pl feout?FAMILY XREF &GENUS XREF Chenopodium&SPECIES XREF album&TAXON NAME XREF &RANK Chenopodium album ref from where Carolus Linnaeus Linnaeus described the species in 1753. ref name l Linnaeus, C. 1753 . Species Plantarum 1 219. http www.botanicus.org ... more details
unreferenced article date May 2009 Goosefoot redirects here. The unrelated Smearwort Aristolochia rotunda is sometimes called Mercury Goosefoot . italictitle taxobox name Goosefoots image Chenopodium polyspermum leaves and flowers 1 AB.jpg image caption Many seeded Goosefoot br Chenopodium polyspermum regnum Plant ae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Core eudicots ordo Caryophyllales familia Amaranthaceae subfamilia Chenopodioideae genus Chenopodium subdivision ranks Species subdivision Many, see Selected species text Chenopodium is a genus of about 150 Verify source date January 2009 including Dysphania species of perennial or annual plant annual herbaceous flowering plant s known as the goosefoots , which occur almost anywhere in the world. It is placed in the family biology family Amaranthaceae in the APG II system older classifications separate it and its relatives as Chenopodiaceae but this leaves the rest of the Amaranthaceae polyphyletic . However, among the Amaranthaceae the genus Chenopodium is the namesake member of the subfamily Chenopodioideae . The genus Dysphania is closely related and contains several species formerly placed in Chenopodium , such as Dysphania ambrosioides epazote D. ambrosioides . In Australia , the larger Chenopodium species are among the plants called bluebush es . Chualar, California Chualar in California is named after a Native Americans in the United States Native American term for a goosefoot abundant in the region, probably the California Goosefoot C. californicum . Uses and ecology File Chenopodium capitatum Strawberry Blite 2048px.jpg thumb left Strawberry Blite C. capitatum leaves are edible, as are the red inflorescence s &ndash though they look like fruit, they actually taste like spinach File Quinoa cuit.JPG thumb left Cooked Quinoa C. quinoa seeds The genus Chenopodium contains several plants of minor to moderate importance as food crops as leaf vegetable s &ndash used like the closely related ... more details
This page covers a group of dicotyledon families Lauraceae to Salicaceae . For the background to this list see parent article List of the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland Go to List of the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland 2 page 2 conifers Pinopsida List of the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland 4 page 4 another group of dicotyledon families Brassicaceae to Saxifragaceae Family Lauraceae class wikitable English name Scientific name Status Bay Laurel Laurus nobilis Family Aristolochiaceae class wikitable English name Scientific name Status Asarabacca Asarum europaeum Birthwort Aristolochia clematitis Smearwort Aristolochia rotunda Family Nymphaeaceae class wikitable English name Scientific name Status White Water lily Nymphaea alba Yellow Water lily Nuphar lutea Least Water lily Nuphar pumila Spatter dock Nuphar advena Family Ceratophyllaceae class wikitable English name Scientific name Status Rigid Hornwort Ceratophyllum demersum Soft Hornwort Ceratophyllum submersum Family Ranunculaceae class wikitable English name Scientific name Status Marsh marigold Caltha palustris Globeflower Trollius europaeus Stinking Hellebore Helleborus foetidus Green Hellebore Helleborus viridis Lenten rose Helleborus orientalis Winter Aconite Eranthis hyemalis Love in a mist Nigella damascena Monk s hood Aconitum napellus Aconitum Wolf s bane Aconitum lycoctonum Larkspur Consolida ajacis Baneberry Actaea spicata Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa Blue Anemone Anemone apennina Yellow Anemone Anemone ranunculoides Liverleaf Anemone hepatica Pasqueflower Pulsatilla vulgaris Traveller s joy Clematis vitalba Virgin s bower Clematis flammula Orange peel Clematis Clematis tangutica Himalayan Clematis Clematis montana Purple Clematis Clematis viticella Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens Bulbous buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus Hairy Buttercup Ranunculus sardous St Martin s Buttercup Ranunculus marginatus Rough fruited Buttercup Ranunculus muricatus Sma ... more details
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