Alexander's foot

Alexander's-foot English Alternative forms en Alexander's Foot Alexander's-foot Etymology In one account from the 19th century, the term's documented usage ranged from 1597-1678.1858. Non-British medicinal plants. p. 193. Noun ? Alexander's foot en archaic botanical A type of flower or medicinal plant. en 1748 Pomet, Pierre, 1658-1699; Tournefort, Joseph Pitton de, 1656-1708; Lémery, Nicolas, 1645-1715; Hill, John, 1714?-1775; Birt, Samuel, -1755; Parker, William, -approximately 1748 or 1749; Hitch, Charles, -1764; Wicksteed, Edward, -1758; J. and J. Bonwicke A complete history of drugs https://archive.org/details/completehistoryo00pome/mode/2up?q=%22Alexander%27s+Foot%22 49 There is alfo another Sort of Pellitory, which the French call Alexander's Foot, and which is the tufted Pellitory: This is a little Root half a Foot long, of brownish grey The Plant which it bears is call’d Pyrethrum Umbelliferum, and by the French, Alexander's Foot. It grows a Foot high en 1914 More, William, 1472-1559? Journal of Prior William More https://archive.org/details/journalofpriorwi00morerich/page/102/mode/2up?q=%22Alexander%27s+Foot%22 1914 Item a pownd of Saundurs = alexanders, "great parsley used as celery." But this is of the same family as carraway seeds. Could these seeds have been used in the same way? Gerard's "Herbal" also gives "Alexander's foot," which is a plant closely allied to camomile. en 2012 Rider, Catherine Magic and religion in medieval England https://archive.org/details/magicreligioninm0000ride/mode/2up?q=%22Alexander%27s+Foot%22 63 Lillingstone used the plants horehound, Alexander’s foot, and ‘the red knoppes of marygoldes’, which he mixed, ground and cooked with ‘good ale and Genoese treacle’ and gave to the sick person to drink. A pellitory. A pyrethrum herb. References "Alexander's Foot". Oxford English Dictionary. en Flowers Herbs