Cochlearia danica   Danish Scurvy-grass

 

 

CCC

 

DD

 

N

 

This is a plants whose distribution has changed hugely over the last 20 years. Quite suddenly it started to appear on the central reservations of some dual carriageways and motorways until now there can scarcely be a major road without its share of C danica. Its leaves are full of Vitamin C and was used to cure Scurvy in the middle ages.

Alongside the East Lancs road (A580) near St Helens, 9th March 2005

Previous Plant in Latin Index     Latin Index     English Index    Home Page    Next Plant in Latin Index

Added on 9th March 2005