crosswort
Galium cruciata latin

Crosswort is a name commonly applied to several plants, including:

One cure for headache was to bind a stalk of crosswort to the head with a red kerchief.

The rare crosswort, (a relative of the goosegrass or cleavers) is found nearby.

Crosswort is native to Scotland, England and Wales, but not to Ireland.

Bald's Leechbook recommended crosswort as a cure for headaches.

Crosswort (Cruciata laevipes)

Phuopsis stylosa (Caucasian Crosswort) is a low growing perennial plant with whorls of fragrant pink flowers.

Listed as Wreattinge in the 10th century and Waratinge in the Domesday Book, the village's name means "place where crosswort or hellebore grows".

Cruciata laevipes Opiz 1852, the Crosswort or in Gaelic Luc na croise, is an indigenous member of the madder and bedstraw group of plants.

Agueweed, Crosswort, Eupatoire, Eupatorio, Eupatorium perfoliatum, Feverwort, Indian Sage, Sweating Plant, Teasel, Thoroughwort, Vegetable Antimony.

Synonyms - Galium cruciata (L.) Scop.