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Eyebright
Euphrasia officinalis
Euphrasia officinalis, known as eyebright or eyewort, is a species of plant in the family Orobanchaceae. It is a hemiparasitic annual plant native to Europe, western Siberia, Turkey, and the Transcaucasus.
Euphrasia officinalis herb has been used in the traditional Austrian medicine internally as tea, or externally as compresses, for treatment of disorders of the eyes and the gastrointestinal tract.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.179
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.200
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.176
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.142
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.280
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.278
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.401
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.400
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.671
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.616
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1194
A New Herbal, or History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.64
In the stacks
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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 866675.