Disporum trachycarpum Fairybells (Colchicaceae)

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Disporum trachycarpum
Fairybells
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The Disporum trachycarpum plant species is found in Western N. America - British Columbia to N.E. Oregon and south along the Rockies. It is a member of the Colchicaceae family. Common gardeners may know the plant as Fairybells.

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Latin Name:  Disporum trachycarpum
Common Name:  Fairybells
Family:  Colchicaceae
Author:  (Wats.)Benth.&Hook.

Known Hazards:  None known

Mature Height:  0.5   Mature Width:

Habitat:  Wooded slopes, often by streams, or in aspen groves, to 3000 metres[60].

Medicinal Information: The seed has been used to clear foreign objects from the eye. A fresh seed was inserted and the eye closed then rubbed until the seed was watered out with the foreign object clinging to it[257]. The seeds were also placed in the eye overnight and an infusion of the bark used as an eyewash to treat snow-blindness[257]. An infusion of the leaves has been used as a wash for wounds whilst a poultice of the dampened bruised leaves has been applied to bleeding wounds[257].

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