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nipplewort
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nipplewort

Lapsana communis

Lapsana communis, the common nipplewort, is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower family. It is native to Europe and southwestern Asia. and widely naturalized in other regions including North America.

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

nipplewort in Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.375

nipplewort in Six Groups of the History of Plants

Six Groups of the History of Plants

Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.685

nipplewort in Elements of Botany

Elements of Botany

Joseph Pitton de Tournefort · 1719 · p.23

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 55981.