Lychnis coronaria
AKA: Campion wild, rabbit’s ears, crown pink, mullein pink, catchfly, Bloody William, dusty miller, gardener’s delight, gardener’s eye
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Historically Used to Treat: Internal bleeding, external wounds and sores, urinary tract infections, kidney problems and stones, stings (especially of scorpions), and plague
Other Uses: Mostly ornamental, leaves may have been used as ancient lamp or candle wicks (“lychnis” means “lamp”), woven into garlands for athletic champions (hence “coronaria”/crown, “campion”/champion)
“Lychnitis Coronaria: or as others write it, Lychnis. Rose Campion. I know no great physical virtue it hath.”
Source: The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Complete Herbal, by Nicholas Culpeper, [240]
