staggerweed

English

Etymology

From stagger +‎ weed.

Noun

staggerweed (countable and uncountable, plural staggerweeds)

1. A flowering plant of species Stachys arvensis, which causes staggers in livestock that consume it.

   Synonyms: corn woundwort, field stachys, field woundwort, hedge-nettle, wild mint

2. A plant of other species, for similar reasons:
   1. Consolida regalis (syn. Delphinium consolida)

      Synonyms: rocket larkspur, forking larkspur, field larkspur

   2. Corydalis cava

      Synonyms: moschatel, five-faced bishop, hollowroot, muskroot, townhall clock, tuberous crowfoot

   3. Delphinium spp. (larkspurs)
      1. Delphinium tricorne (dwarf larkspur)
   4. Dicentra spp. (bleeding hearts)
      1. Dicentra eximia (syn. Fumaria eximia)

         Synonyms: turkey corn, wild bleeding-heart

      2. Dicentra canadensis (squirrel corn)
      3. Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchman's breeches)
   5. Helenium autumnale

      Synonyms: common sneezeweed, large-flowered sneezeweed

   6. Jacobaea vulgaris (syn. Senecio jacobaea, staggerwort)

      Synonyms: ragwort, common ragwort, smegplant, stinking willie, tansy ragwort, St. James' wort, stinking nanny, stinking ninny, stinking willy, dog standard, cankerwort, stammerwort, tansy, benweed

References

• staggerweed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “staggerweed”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.