LADY’S TRESSES / Goodyera repens
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More properly, Creeping Lady’s Tresses, an American species. The Mohegan Indians
applied the mashed leaves to prevent thrush in infants (Weiner). It is also known as Rattlesnake Plantain in America, for the white-veined leaves looked like snakeskin to the early herbalists, who took it as the sign for virtues against snakebite (Cunningham & Côté).
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