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Brighteye

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Description

Ficaria verna Common names: Lesser Celandine, Fig Buttercup, Pilewort, Small Celandine Ranunculus means little frog, because the taxonomists who named it noticed that frogs and this flower tend to live in the same damp places. Ficaria means fig, because the tubers underground look like figs, which was also an old English word for hemorrhoids, which is how this plant ended up being called pilewort. Nicholas Culpeper, the most famous herbalist in English history, used it to treat his own daughter. John Gerard wrote in 1597 that bathing in its juice mixed with wine would take the pain away entirely. The plant is actually poisonous raw. D.H. Lawrence called them scalloped splashes of gold in Sons and Lovers. William Browne in 1613 called one a shepherdess of matchless beauty. Edward Thomas wrote about them too, and then died at Arras in 1917. It has over a dozen folk names, brighteye, cheesecups, butter and cheese, golden guinea, gentleman's cap and frills. And the whole plant disappears by May, completely, every leaf and stem gone underground, storing energy in those tubers for next year. It exists above ground for maybe twelve weeks total. Everything else about it happens in the dark. © Corina Daniela Obertas Photography. All rights reserved. The purchase of this NFT grants the collector ownership of the token only. Full copyright, reproduction rights, and commercial usage rights remain exclusively with the artist. No part of this artwork may be reproduced, distributed, printed, licensed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written consent from the artist.

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