{"id":10167,"date":"2011-05-03T02:22:18","date_gmt":"2011-05-03T09:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10167"},"modified":"2011-10-17T05:32:45","modified_gmt":"2011-10-17T12:32:45","slug":"teasels-dipsacus-fullonum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/teasels-dipsacus-fullonum\/","title":{"rendered":"Teasels &#8211; Dipsacus fullonum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Teasel seedheads by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/5207607574\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4131\/5207607574_6cbd9fb763.jpg\" alt=\"Teasel seedheads\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nWhat is a Teasel?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> The Teasel grows as an errect biennial flowering plant up to 6 feet high.<\/li>\n<li> They have sharp  downward pointing prickles on their stem.<\/li>\n<li> Flowers heads are a cluster of 2000 very small, blue-lilac flowers in a distinctive egg-shape<\/li>\n<li> Several  leaf-like bracts also branch out from the base of the flower and curve upward around the head.<\/li>\n<li> Plants initially produce a basal rosette of leaves and then flowering stems are produced during the second year.<\/li>\n<li> Butterflies like to sip the nectar and goldfinches like to eat the many seeds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Names and Uses of Teasels<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Teasels are also called \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcJohnny-prick-the-finger\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 because of the  sharp spikes.<\/li>\n<li>Its scientific name \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcDipsacus\u00e2\u20ac\u02dc derives from Greek and means \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcto thirst\u00e2\u20ac\u2122. Potentially due to the way rainwater collects at the base of leaves where the leaf and the stem together form a little bowl.<\/li>\n<li>Romans called it \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcVenus\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s basin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and early Christians in Ireland called it Mary\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s basin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.<\/li>\n<li>The second part of its botanical name \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcfullonum\u00e2\u20ac\u02dc is derived from the term \u00e2\u20ac\u02dca fuller\u00e2\u20ac\u2122. Fuller is the old name for someone who used teasel to comb out wool.<\/li>\n<li>In some places teasel is also known by the name \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcbrush and comb\u00e2\u20ac\u2122. The Irish name Lus an Fhucadora translates as \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcFuller\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Herb\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.<\/li>\n<li>Teasel is also named the herbal \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcfracture healer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 to denote its ability to help heal broken bones and sinews. Other medicinal properties include, ointment to cure warts plus kidney, liver and blood tonics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Teasels and Textiles<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Teasels have long been cultivated for use in the textile industry. It has hooks on the ends of the spikes, and is used in the manufacture of cashmere, vicuna and velour fabrics.<\/li>\n<li>The spikes help brush or &#8216;Full&#8217; cloth. Typical products include tennis balls and billiard tables.<\/li>\n<li>40 yards of cloth would take 3000 teasel until fulling machines were invented.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Teasels by treehouse1977, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/treehouse1977\/2710204006\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3272\/2710204006_a4fbf5796c.jpg\" alt=\"Teasels\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Photo by Jim Champion on flickr under creative commons license<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Conservation Northern Ireland<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.godsowncounty.co.uk\/?p=2826\"><br \/>\nGod&#8217;s Own County <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is a Teasel? The Teasel grows as an errect biennial flowering plant up to 6 feet high. They have sharp downward pointing prickles on their stem. Flowers heads are a cluster of 2000 very small, blue-lilac flowers in a distinctive egg-shape Several leaf-like bracts also branch out from the base of the flower and curve upward around the head. Plants initially produce a basal rosette of leaves and then flowering stems are produced during the second year. Butterflies like&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/teasels-dipsacus-fullonum\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10167\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}