Barnas flora

A Norwegian translation of "Barnens flora" and "Barnens flora, Del 2" in a single volume.
The volume contains a one-page dissection of flower parts and terminology, then two pages on each flower. One page will describe the flower from a botany perspective with a large illustration of it, the second will mention trivia, retell a fairy tale or myth associated to it, or a historical anecdote related to the flower:
* Blåveis (Anemone hepatica / Hepatica nobilis), the common hepatica, liverwort, liverleaf, kidneywort, or pennywort / Paracelsus and the Signaturenlehre (Doctrine of Signatures)
* Hestehov (Tussilago farfara), coltsfoot / Traditional use for treating coughs and possible etymology as "hostehevar"
* Soleihov (Caltha palustris), marsh-marigold or kingcup / Swedish nickname as "kløblom" despite it not causing itches discussed
* Stemorsblomster or natt-og-dag (Viola tricolor), wild pansy, Johnny Jump up, heartsease, heart's ease, heart's delight, tickle-my-fancy, Jack-jump-up-and-kiss-me, come-and-cuddle-me, three faces in a hood, love-in-idleness, or pink of my john / Discussion of how its name corresponds to fairy tale archetypes about greedy stepmothers.
* Kvitveis (Anemonoides nemorosa / Anemone nemorosa), wood anemone, windflower, European thimbleweed, or smell fox / The myth of Adonis and Aphrodite.
* Myrull (Eriophorum angustifolium), common cottongrass, common cottonsedge, or bog cotton / Traditional usage of the plant for cloth and pillow stuffing, and the fairy tale of the twelve princes cursed to live as ducks.
* Marikåpe (Alchemilla vulgaris), lady's mantle / Brief mention of how the flower was used in alchemic attempts at creating gold.
* Maria Nøkleblom (Primula veris), cowslip, common cowslip, or cowslip primrose / The fairy tale of how Saint Peter once lost the keys to the Pearly Gate.
* Hundekjeks (Anthriscus sylvestris), cow parsley, wild chervil, wild beaked parsley, Queen Anne's lace, keck, or mother-die / Etymology and use as a children's toy due to its hollow stem.
* Kattefot (Antennaria diocia), mountain everlasting, stoloniferous pussytoes, catsfoot ,or cudweed / Usage in wreaths to protect against evil spirits and trolls
* Liljekonvall (Convallaria majalis), Lily of the valley, lily-of-the-valley, May bells, Our Lady's tears, Mary's tears, muguet, glovewort, or Apollinaris / Usage as improvised perfume for Sunday mass discussed
* Løvetann (Taraxacum vulgare), dandelion / Traditional usages for skin care treatment and folkloristic use of the root in necklaces to get prettier eyes.
* Pengeurt (Thiaspi arvense), field pennycress / Usage of its strong scent to ruin feuding neighbour's crops and ensuing Swedish law against planting it.
* Raudkløver (Trifolium pratense), red clover / Usage for revealing witches posing as regular people.
* Skogstjerne (Lysimachia europaea / Trientalis europaea), chickweed-wintergreen, or arctic starflower / Fairy tale of how the Hulder named the flower.
* Markjordbær (Fragaria vesca), wild strawberry, woodland strawberry, Alpine strawberry, Carpathian strawberry, or European strawberry / How 1700s Swedish botanist Carl von Linné (Carl Linnaeus) had scurvy, discovered the plant soothed his pain, and developed it as a remedy for arthritis.
* Engsoleie or smørblomster (Ranunculus acris), meadow buttercup, tall buttercup, common buttercup, or giant buttercup / Superstition concerning the flower's effect on the fecundity of the seasons.
* Tettegras (Pinguicula vulgaris), common butterwort / Discussion of how the plant traps insects, can be used to make yellow dye and traditionally was utilised to keep milk from separating when souring.
* Matsyre (Rumex acetosa), common sorrel, garden sorrel, spinach dock, or narrow-leaved dock / Discussion of Sami usage with reindeer milk to make juobmo soup.
* Tepperot (Potentilla erecta / Tormentilla erecta / Potentilla laeta / Potentilla tormentilla), tormentil, septfoil, or erect cinquefoil / Traditional usages of the root as a panacea (in modern medicine used as an astringent).
* Forgløymmegei (Myosotis scorpioides). true forget-me-not, or water forget-me-not / The fairy tale of how God on the third day almost forgot to name this flower.
* Solblom (Arnica montana), wolf's bane, leopard's bane, mountain tobacco, or mountain arnica / Traditional usage of its blooming to tell farmers when to cut the grass.
* Flekkmarihand (Dactylorhiza maculata), heath spotted-orchid, or moorland spotted orchid / Usage in potions for pregnant women to influence the child's gender.
* Linnea (Linnea borealis), twinflower / How Carl von Linné chose the flower for his coat of arms.
* Skogstorkenebb (Geranium sylvaticum), wood cranesbill, or woodland geranium / How it can be used with six other flowers on Stain John the Baptist's Day under the pillow to dream of your love, eaten on bread to cheer someone up, and its utility as a chandelair in doll houses.
* Steinnype (Rosa canina), dog rose / Traditional usage for sleeping drought and possible relation to the fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty
* Nøkkerose (Nymphaea alba), white waterlily, European white water lily, or white nenuphar / Fairy tale of how nøkken uses this plant to lure children to their drowning death
* Prestekrage or munkeskalle (Leucanthemum vulgare, formerly Chrysanthemum leucanthemum), ox-eye daisy, oxeye daisy, dog daisy, or marguerite / Etymology explained.
* Kvitlyng (Andromeda polifolia / Andromeda glaucophyla), bog-rosemary / Retelling of the Greek myth of Andromeda and Perseus.
* Solrose (Helianthemum nummularium), common rock-rose / Retelling of the Greek myth of the nymph who was in love with Helios.
* Kornblomster (Centaurea cyanus), cornflower, or bachelor's button / The Greek myth of the centaur Chiron's proclivity for making wreaths of this flower rather than take part in the other centaurs' games of violence, and how this got him the favour of Zeus.
* Blåklokke (Campanula rotundifolia), harebell, Scottish bluebell, bluebell of Scotland, or (in Sweden) small bluebell / A fairy tale of a bee getting refuge from the rain inside the bluebell.
* Brennesle (Urtica diocia), common nettle, burn nettle, stinging nettle, nettle leaf, nettle, or stinger / Traditional usage to colour eggs yellow for Easter and making soup.
* Groblad (Plantago major), broadleaf plantain, white man's footprint, waybread, or greater plantain / Traditional usage to bind wounds.
* Prikkperikum or johannesurt (Hypericum perforatum), St John's wort / Fairy tale of how the devil hated this multi-purpose plant so much he tried to eat and destroy it, causing little holes all over its leaves.
* Småborre (Artium minus), lesser burdock, little burdock, louse-bur, common burdock, button-bur, cuckoo-button, or wild rhubarb / Traditional usage to brush dirty clothes, eating the stems and throwing on others as a prank.
* Smørbukk, skomakarurt, jonsokgras, sankthans-ur or kjærleiksurt (Sedum telephium / Hylotelephium telephium), orpine, livelong, frog's-stomach, harping Johnny, life-everlasting, live-forever, midsummer-men, Orphan John, or witch's moneybags / Traditional superstitions for its use to test or show love, pick at Saint John the Baptist's Day to predict death, or use its leaves to polish shoes.
* Geitrams (Chamaenerion angustifolium / Chamerion angustifolium / Epilobium angustifolium), fireweed, great willowherb, rosebay willowherb, bombweed, Saint Anthony's laurel / The Finnish town of Koporje and its1800s large production of this plant for use in Moscow tea sales claiming to be Chinese.
* Reinfann or gullknapp (Tanacetum vulgare / Chrystanthemum vulgare), common tansy, bitter buttons, cow bitter, or golden buttons / Usage in Ancient Egyptian embalming.
* Ryllik (Achillea millefolium), yarrow / The Greek myth of how this plant was used to make the potion to give Achilles his powers.
* Kvitmaure or tretteugraset (Galium boreale), northern bedstraw / Traditional usage to spread over the floors before parties for its scent and superstitions on the behaviour the alcohol could cause in men and women, blamed on the plant on the floor.
* Åkertistel (Cirsium arvense), creeping thistle, Canada thistle, field thistle, Canadian thistle, lettuce from hell thistle, California thistle, corn thistle, cursed thistle, field thistle, green thistle, hard thistle, perennial thistle, prickly thistle, setose thistle, small-flowered thistle, way thistle or stinger-needles / The legend of how an invading army of Danes were defeated due to stepping on a thistle and alrerting the Scottish defenders, thus becoming the national symbol of Scotland.