Corn Marigold
Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 29th June 2018 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode.
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Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 13th July 2016 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode.
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Corn Marigold.
Species:
Order;
Family:
Habit:
AKA:
Glebionis segetum.
Asterales.
Asteraceae.
Herbaceous perennial.
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Height:
Feature:
 Grassland, woodland.
up to 80 cm.
The corn marigold must have been a serious weed during the 13th century in Scotland; a law of Alexander II states if a farmer allows so much as a single plant to produce seed in amongst his crops, then he will be fined a sheep. In Crete and Greece, the leaves and the tender shoots of a variety called neromantilida are eaten raw in salads or browned in hot olive oil. In Gaelic, the plant was known as brenanbroi, which translates as "that which rotteth corn".