A short-lived biennal grows to a height of 60 cm. It has aromatic, bright green, feathery foliage. The serrate leaves are bi-pinnatifid and downy beneath. It has yellow daisy-like terminal flowers on long thin angular stems, blooming in profusion during the summer.
Herb Effects
Antispasmodic, diaphoretic, emetic, emmenagogue and vesicant (whole plant)
As a poultice on piles and can also be applied to the bath water and onto insect stings (leaves); in earaches and deafness (seed oil); stimulates menstrual flow (plant).
Health Remedies 
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