Wall Pennywort Navelwort or Penny Pies Umbilicus rupestris in Graveyard of St Beuno's Church, Clynnog Fawr, Wales

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Medicinal uses include crushing the leaves or using a poultice on top of wounds. In Irish folk medicine, it was put to use for a wide number of ailments, including jaundice, tuberculosis and skin complaints as well lumps and bumps, headaches, worms, fevers, liver complaints, and kidney and bladder stones. Synonyms Cotyledon umbilicus-veneris L. Cotyledon rupestris Salisb., nom. inval. Umbilicus pendulinus DC. Cotyledon neglecta Cout. Umbilicus neglectus (Cout.) Rothm. & Cotyledon umbilicus Britten

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Size: 3400px × 5100px
Location: Clynnog Fawr, Llŷn Peninsula, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
Photo credit: © Sabena Jane Blackbird / Alamy / Afripics
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