Common or scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis L.): flowering and fruiting plant in earth mound. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

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[1774]
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16844i
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Common or scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis L.): flowering and fruiting plant in earth mound. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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An infusion of scarlet pimpernel is used as a home remedy for lung complaints, gall stones and cirrhosis of the liver

Common or scarlet pimpernel is also known as cure all and poor man's or shepherd's weather-glass

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[Romae (Rome)] : [Bouchard et Gravier], [1774]

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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 37.0 x 22.9 cm

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Anagallis phoeniceo flore. I.R.H.142. - Gall. Mouron

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Wellcome Collection 16844i

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