Unfortunately, I can't find my notes, and I have not seen it mentioned for gout in the English herbals I have access to. Will keep looking. There was a remarkable herbalist and healer in Moravia in days gone by, and it was his books I was studying. I can find it again.
These CABI guys (Commonwealth Abricultural Bureaux International) say that Australia got a purposeful gift sometime around 1893. It might pop up where there are 4 actual seasons and plenty of rain fall. We don't see it in zone 6 USA in such large amounts when they mow the roadsides a lot. A possible reason that we saw so much along highways in 2021 is the effect of COVID policies on labor. https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/cabicompendium.119605
In Colorado, we have the purple flowering one, as a ditch weed.
When I was last in central Europe, I found info it being recommended for gout.
Which part(s) of the plant were they using?
Unfortunately, I can't find my notes, and I have not seen it mentioned for gout in the English herbals I have access to. Will keep looking. There was a remarkable herbalist and healer in Moravia in days gone by, and it was his books I was studying. I can find it again.
Now that I think of it, I think it was the root.
That's the most common part used.
Awesome post!
These CABI guys (Commonwealth Abricultural Bureaux International) say that Australia got a purposeful gift sometime around 1893. It might pop up where there are 4 actual seasons and plenty of rain fall. We don't see it in zone 6 USA in such large amounts when they mow the roadsides a lot. A possible reason that we saw so much along highways in 2021 is the effect of COVID policies on labor. https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/cabicompendium.119605
Yes, it's here but not too common. 644 recorded sightings on ATLAS:
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2889076
All down south and Tazmania. Yaaaa that makes sense.
I dont think this one is in Aus! At least I've never seen it in my voluminous travels.