Two wildflowers that are striking because of their white-striped leaves are giant rattlesnake plantain and white-veined wintergreen. |
Oil of wintergreen, also known as methyl salicylate, is a time-honored rub or liniment used for sprains, strains, aches, pains and arthritis. |
I can remember the smell of wintergreen, and the musty smell of my first sheepskin jacket. |
A more pleasant-tasting tea can be brewed from equal amounts of meadowsweet, wintergreen and cramp bark. |
Native Americans ate the fruit of bunchberries and wintergreen, and boiled the plants to produce a cold remedy. |
It's equally difficult to distinguish wintergreen from camphor, although probably less clinically important. |