Common sawwort (Serratula tinctoria): two flowering stems and two separate leaves of different forms. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.

  • Bradbury, Henry, 1831-1860.
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[c. 1867]
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23682i
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Common sawwort (Serratula tinctoria): two flowering stems and two separate leaves of different forms. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Sawwort leaves with alum give a green or yellow dye for wool, the plant was formerly used in medicine for wounds and piles

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[Edinburgh], [c. 1867] (London : Bradbury & Evans, patentees, Whitefriars)

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1 print : nature print, printed in 2 colours ; platemark 49.4 x 28 cm

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Compositae, (Juss) Serratula tinctoria, L. common saw-wort. printed in colours by Bradbury & Evans, patentees, Whitefriars, London.

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Wellcome Collection 23682i

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