different between lungwort vs pulmonaria

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

lung +? wort

• Having an appearance reminiscent of lungs
• Having been used as a treatment for respiratory ailments

Noun

lungwort (plural lungworts)

1. Any of various European plants, of the genus Pulmonaria (family Boraginaceae), that were once used to treat respiratory disorders.
2. Any of several other, unrelated plants, used to treat respiratory disorders
   1. Hieracium murorum (in family Asteraceae, French lungwort or golden lungwort)
   2. Helleborus niger (family Ranunculaceae, black lungwort)
   3. Mertensia (family Boraginaceae)
      1. Mertensia virginica (American lungwort, lungwort oysterleaf, smooth lungwort, tree lungwort)
      2. Mertensia maritima (sea lungwort)
   4. Verbascum thapsus (in family Scrophulariaceae, bullock's lungwort, cow's lungwort or clown's lungwort)
   5. Lobaria pulmonaria, syn. Stichta pulmonacea, (in family Lobariaceae, lungwort lichen, lung lichen, tree lungwort)

Derived terms

• American lungwort (Mertensia virginica)
• black lungwort (Helleborus niger)
• Bethlehem lungwort (Pulonaria saccharata)
• blue lungwort (Pulmonaria angustifolia)
• bullock's lungwort (Verbascum thapsus)
• clown's lungwort (Verbascum thapsus)
• common lungwort (Pulmonaria officinalis)
• cow's lungwort (Verbascum thapsus)
• French lungwort (Hieracium murorum)
• golden lungwort (Hieracium murorum)
• lanceleaf lungwort (Mertensia lanceolata)
• longleaf lungwort (Pulmonaria longifolia)
• lungwort lichen (Lobaria pulmonaria)
• lungwort oysterleaf (Mertensia virginica)
• narrowleaf lungwort (Pulmonaria angustifolia)
• Oregon lungwort (Lobaria oregana, Mertensia bella)
• red lungwort (Pulmonaria rubra)
• sea lungwort (Mertensia maritima)
• smooth lungwort (Lobaria quercizans, Mertensia virginica)
• Suffolk lungwort (Pulmonaria obscura)
• tall lungwort (Mertensia paniculata)
• textured lungwort (Lobaria scrobiculata)
• tree lungwort (Mertensia virginica, Sticta pulmonacea)
• unspotted lungwort (Pulmonaria obscura)

Related terms

• liverwort
• spleenwort (“asplenium”)
• toothwort (“dentaria”)
• woundwort

Translations

See also

• doctrine of signatures (Paracelsus); (lungwort being a treatment for lung ailments, and having the appearance like lungs)

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

pulmonaria (plural pulmonarias)

1. Any of the flowering plants of the genus Pulmonaria, the lungworts.