1. The Jersey-French-Norman name [for soapwort] of des mains jointes comes from the plant’s jointed rhizomes, which were used to heal wounds in cattle [St Saviour, Jersey, May 1993].
Images: main, cultivated, Queen Elizabeth Hall Roof Garden, Southbank Centre, London Borough of Lambeth, July 2014; inset, cultivated, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, May 2015.
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