This is a very delicate and extremely thin stemmed plant which hardly stays still even on the calmest of days. It prefers basic or neutral soils and is quite common although often hidden in the grass. The plant can be used is an emetic as well as a purgative and one of its other English names is Purging Flax.
Northwich 17th June 2005
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