Hog fennel (Peucedanum ostruthium (L.) Koch.): flowering stem with separate leaf, rootstock, flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

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[1778]
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17448i
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Hog fennel (Peucedanum ostruthium (L.) Koch.): flowering stem with separate leaf, rootstock, flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Hog fennel is also known as Master wort

Peucedanum ostruthium = (Imperatoria ostruthium) = (Selenium ostruthium)

An alcoholic extract of hog fennel is used to treat stomach upsets, the roots were used for bronchial catarrh and the leaves to flavour cheese

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[Romae (Rome)] : [Bouchard et Gravier], [1778]

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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 36.2 x 22.6 cm

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Imperatoria pratensis major. I.R.H.317 Ital. Imperatoria Gall. Imperatoire

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Wellcome Collection 17448i

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