Moneywort or creeping jenny (Lysimachia nummularia L.): flowering stem with root and separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Date:
[1774]
Reference:
16841i
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The leaves and flowers of moneywort are used for making tea and the leaves for healing wounds

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[Romae (Rome)] : [Bouchard et Gravier], [1774]

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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 37.1 x 23.0 cm

Lettering

Lysimachia humifusa, folio rotundiore, flore luteo. T.141. - Ital. Numularia e Centimorbia. Gall. Corneille

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Wellcome Collection 16841i

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