Sisymbrium sophia

Flixweed
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Sisymbrium
Species:	S. sophia
Binomial name
Sisymbrium sophia L.
Synonyms
Descurainia sophia Webb & Berth.

Flixweed (sometimes Fluxweed) (Sisymbrium sophia) is a member of the mustard family. It reproduces by seeds. Its stem is erect, branched, and 4 to 30 inches high.^[1] It was once given to patients suffering from dysentery and called by ancient herbalists Sophia Chirurgorum, "The Wisdom of Surgeons," on account of its healing properties.^[2]

In German, it is called the Sophienkraut and associated with Saint Sophia of Rome, who was invoked against late frosts.^[3]

Notes

1. ^ Flixweed
2. ^ botanical.com - A Modern Herbal | Mustards
3. ^ Ekkart Sauser (1995). Bautz, Traugott. ed (in German). Sophia von Rom. Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). 10. Herzberg. cols. 807–808. ISBN 3-88309-062-X. http://www.bautz.de/bbkl/s/sophia_v_r.shtml. 

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