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Meadows and woods, lowland heath, marshy areas.
June - October
8 - 25 cms
Scabious
were used to treat Scabies, and other afflictions of the skin including
sores caused by the Bubonic Plague. The word scabies comes from the
Latin word for "scratch". The short black root was, in folk tales,
bitten off by the devil, angry at the plant's ability to cure these
ailments.
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