Common Teasel (Vorsulyanka)
Dipsacus fullonum
About Common Teasel (Vorsulyanka)
Common Teasel (Vorsulyanka) (Dipsacus fullonum) is a herb used in the Russian & Siberian Folk Medicine tradition to help with Arthritis, Pain, Kidney Support, and Bone Health. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Dipsacus fullonum, syn. Dipsacus sylvestris, is a species of flowering plant known by the common names wild teasel or fuller's teasel, although the latter name is usually applied to the cultivated species Dipsacus sativus. It is native to Eurasia and North Africa, but it is known in the Americas, southern Africa, Australia and New Zealand as an introduced species and often a noxious weed. The inflorescence is a cylindrical array of lavender flowers which dries to...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist