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Ðeos wyrt þe man betonicam nemneð
heo byþ cenneþ on mædum 7 on clænum dunlandum . 7 on gefriþedum stowum

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This plant the people name betony.
It is produced in meadows & in
cleared hilly land & in protected places.

Plants and habitats

The table below lists the plants found in habitats that might conceivably be considered "gardens." Often a plant "byþ cenneþ" in more than one habitat, so plant names repeat.
 

In æcerem, a field, or land that has been seeded, you will find:

  Common name

In Apuleius

Scientific name

Bistort

Nædrw wyrt

Bistortis officinalis

In beganum landum or beganum stowam, cultivated land -- which might be either a garden or a larger agricultural field -- many plants are found, and some are familiar in gardens still:

  Common name

In Apuleius

Scientific name

Clænum dunlandum, clean or cleared hilly land, might also refer to cultivated fields or to gardens, and here are found three plants today associated with gardens:

  Common name

In Apuleius

Scientific name

In fæstum landum, guarded fields or “guardens," are found:

  Common name

In Apuleius

Scientific name

Felda, fields or level land (as opposed to dunland or hilly land); a feld may be cultivated, fallow, or wild. The plants found here are a mixture of what today we consider garden flowers and wildflowers:

  Common name

In Apuleius

Scientific name

Marshmallow

Mersc mealuwe

Althea officinalis

In gefriþedum stowam , a fenced or enclosed place, you can find:

  Common name

In Apuleius

Scientific name

Betony

Betonica

Stachys betonica

A hus stedum, a housestead or toft, is the habitat of:

  Common name

In Apuleius

Scientific name

Hop trefoil

Hymele

Trifolium campestre

Polypody

Efor fearn

Polypodium vulgare

Smeþum landum, smooth or cleared land, perhaps a garden,  grows:

  Common name

In Apuleius

Scientific name

Dyer’s bugloss

Vervain

Vermenaca

Verbena officinalis

Strangum landum, rich, fertile or fertilized land, is home to:

  Common name

In Apuleius

Scientific name

Yellow-wort

Curmelle

Blackstonia perfoliata

Wiþ wagas, wiþ weallas, against, around, or upon walls, could perhaps refer to enclosed gardens, but more likely (looking at the plants named) here meaning other stone walls, are found:

  Common name

In Apuleius

Scientific name

Lythwyrt

Sedum

Wynsumon stowum, a pleasant place; Bede, in his Ecclesiastical History (5:12) uses stowe wynsumnesse to translate amoenitatem loci, an enclosed garden. Pseudo-Apuleius says such a garden produces:

  Common name

In Apuleius

Scientific name

Monarda

Moneywort

Wyrttunum and wyrt beddum are gardens, and here you can find:

  Common name

In Apuleius

Scientific name

Gorse

Gorst

Ulex europeus

Henbane

Hennebelle

Rosemary

Rosmarina