Ophioglossum vulgatum · Probable
Adder's-tongue Fern
Ophioglossum vulgatum
Common adder's-tongue fern as the probable identity of Culpeper's entry.
Profile research status
This stable record is still in evidence review. Its current identity, cultural scope, image, and direct source records are available here; a complete history, myth, worship, iconography, relationship, and reception profile is not yet claimed.
Direct connections and evidence
Explicit Source
governed by the Moon
1 attestation · high confidence
- Nicholas Culpeper, The Complete HerbalNew edition with additions by Thomas Kelly · Project Gutenberg · Seventeenth-century England · England · Entry Adder's Tongue or Serpent's Tongue · Section Government and virtues · Page 3
Explicit Source
placed under Cancer
1 attestation · high confidence
- Nicholas Culpeper, The Complete HerbalNew edition with additions by Thomas Kelly · Project Gutenberg · Seventeenth-century England · England · Entry Adder's Tongue or Serpent's Tongue · Section Government and virtues · Page 3
Reviewed sources
- Nicholas Culpeper, The Complete Herbal (1850)New edition with additions by Thomas Kelly · Project Gutenberg