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Orobanchaceae (Scrophulariaceae, p.pt.)/Broomrape family

Eyebrights – Euphrasia SPP.: Edible & Medicinal Uses of the Eye Wash of Wild Plants

October 28, 2022 by Rachel of the Woods Leave a Comment
Eyebrights – Euphrasia SPP.

Drug eyebright (Euphrasia stricta), the most common eyebright to be seen around Ontario, was brought over by settlers as an herb for making an eye wash. It’s a nonnative edible and medicinal plant with a few rarer native relations in Ontario. Eyebright (Euphrasia spp.) like the pictured drug eyebright (Euphrasia stricta), surprisingly not in Haliburton …

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Posted in: Edible & Medicinal Wild Plants Tagged: Anticatarrhal, Astringent, Edible parts, Integumentary, Medicinal parts, Orobanchaceae (Scrophulariaceae, p.pt.)/Broomrape family, Purple flowers, Respiratory, White flowers

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