felwort
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably a corruption of fieldwort.
Noun
[edit]felwort (plural felworts)
- A European herb, Swertia perennis (star swertia), of the gentian family.
- Any member of any species in genus Swertia.
- Any member of any species in the tribe Gentianeae
- 1597, John Gerard, Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes, Chapter 100: Of Felwoort, or Baldmoney, pages 350–352:
- 1994, Phil Abbott, The Naturalist, volume 119, number 1010, Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, page 125:
- On 31st July 1990 seven plants of a small felwort, Gentianella amarella (L.) Boerner, were discovered by the writer growing in short, sheep-grazed Festuca – Sesleria grassland at Kettlewell. Unlike our usual felwort which has blue flowers, these plants had the corolla white on the inside with a maroon outer surface and fitted exactly the description of Gentianella amarella ssp. septentrionalis (Druce) N. Pritch. This determination was subsequently confirmed by Dr Noel Pritchard, BSBI referee for Gentianaceae.
Translations
[edit]Swertia perennis
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