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Scurvygrasses
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Scurvygrasses

Cochlearia

Scurvy-grass (Cochlearia species; also called spoonwort) is a genus of about 30 species of annual and perennial herbs in the cabbage family Brassicaceae. They are widely distributed in temperate and arctic areas of the northern hemisphere, most commonly found in coastal regions, on cliff-tops and salt marshes where their high tolerance of salt enables them to avoid competition from larger, but less salt-tolerant plants; they also occur in alpine habitats in mountains and tundra.

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17 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Danish Scurvy-grass

speciesCochlearia danica

Scurvy grass

speciesCochlearia officinalis

greenland cochlearia

speciesCochlearia groenlandica

English Scurvygrass

speciesCochlearia anglica

Pyrenean Scurvygrass

speciesCochlearia pyrenaica

Cochlearia × hollandica

hybridCochlearia × hollandica

Limestone Scurvy-grass

speciesCochlearia tridactylites

Cochlearia bavarica

speciesCochlearia bavarica

Cochlearia tatrae

speciesCochlearia tatrae

Cochlearia aestuaria

speciesCochlearia aestuaria

Tall Scurvygrass

speciesCochlearia megalosperma

Cochlearia polonica

speciesCochlearia polonica

Mountain Scurvygrass

speciesCochlearia micacea

Sessile-leaf Scurvy-grass

speciesCochlearia sessilifolia

Cochlearia borzaeana

speciesCochlearia borzaeana

Cochlearia × stacei

hybridCochlearia × stacei

Scottish Scurvygrass

speciesCochlearia scotica

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Scurvygrasses in Ioannis Vuieri medicarum observationum rararum Liber I

Ioannis Vuieri medicarum observationum rararum Liber I

Wier, Johannes · 1567 · p.34

Scurvygrasses in Ioannis Vuieri medicarum observationum rararum Liber I

Ioannis Vuieri medicarum observationum rararum Liber I

Wier, Johannes · 1567 · p.33

Scurvygrasses in Complete Works (Opera Omnia)

Complete Works (Opera Omnia)

Johann Weyer · 1660 · p.958

Scurvygrasses in Six Groups of the History of Plants

Six Groups of the History of Plants

Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.604

Scurvygrasses in Six Groups of the History of Plants

Six Groups of the History of Plants

Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.604

Scurvygrasses in The Dutch Herbarium or Herbal

The Dutch Herbarium or Herbal

Petrus Nylandt · 1670 · p.149

Scurvygrasses in Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden

Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden

Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.188

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