Mathias de L'Obel who after practising medicine in Belgium became Royal Botanist to James 1st in England, called this plant Gramen Parnassii: Grass of Parnassus - the grass of the holy mountain of Parnassus. It isn't a grass of course but it is as beautiful as its name suggests, with clusters of veined white flowers. It is a flower of the North and has been chosen as the County plant of Sutherland where you can find it on roadside verges.
Newborough Warren 18th August 2004
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