Alisma plantago-aquatica

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Alisma plantago-aquatica

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MAD-DOG WEED. WATERPLANTAIN. North temperate zone and Australia. The solid part of the root contains farinaceous matter and, when deprived of its acrid properties by drying, is eaten by the Calmucks[1].

  1. Johns, C. A. Treas. Bot. 1:38. 1870.
Sturtevant, Notes on edible plants, 1919.


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