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M Woods
Posted at:
January 26, 2025
Is there a plant called doves dung? If so is it used for medicinal or culinary purposes?"Dove's dung" is a biblical name for a herb called star of bethlehem. The botanical name of the most common species is Ornithogalum umbellatum. As is often case with herbs of long time use, it has many colourful local names such as eleven-o'clock-lady, jack-go-to-bed-at-noon, john-go-in-bed-at-noon, nap-at-noon, peep o'day, six o'clock flowers, sleepy Dick, and so on. Most of the names refer to the fact that the white star-shaped flowers open when the sun is out.