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Common Thrift
Description. This has long, narrow, grassy green leaves; they are smooth, undivided at the edges, and sharp pointed. The stalk rises in the centre of a tuft of these leaves, and is round, upright, simple, naked, and of a pale greyish green colour. The flowers stand at the top, a great number together, in a round cluster; they are moderately large, and of a pale fleshy purple. The seed is small, round, and of a pale brown.
Place. It is most common about the sea coast.
Government and virtues. It is a plant of Saturn; is very astringent, but is not often used. Cattle doctors give it in decoction, for fluxes.