Monday, September 6, 2010

Wildflowers of Ainsworth: Pilewort

See that green thing in front of all the other green things? That's pilewort.

Pilewort
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Here are the blossoms, in all their splendor:

Pilewortblossoms

From that, they go to dandelion-like white puffs.

This pilewort is not to be confused with the Flower Formerly Known as Pilewort, which traditionally was used to treat hemorrhoids. Although if this stuff isn't good for hemorrhoids, why do they call it pilewort?

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