| Halq’emeylem Name: | unknown |
| English Name | heartleaf arnica |
| Latin Name | Arnica cordifolia Hook. cor = heart, folio = leaf |
| Shakespeare Connection | Arnica has a daisy shape. In Shakespeare, daisies have any connotations, including springtime joy (“When daisies pied, and violets blue…/do paint the meadows with delight” [Love’s Labours Lost]), innocence, and betrayal (citation to be added). Associated in ancient Greek story with the sacrificial and revenant wife, Alcestis, daisies are included in Ophelia’s language of flowers (in Hamlet), where they are commonly seen as referring to “self-sacrifice for love,” as well as “dissembling love and the folly of believing such deceits” (Painter and Parker). |
| Sxwôxwiyám Connection | |
| Why is this plant in the garden? | A healing plant, in a daisy shape, indigenous to North America. |
| Additional Connections | Indigenous Foodways Project Sxwôxwiyám Project (these will be links) |
References
Painter, Robert, and Brian Parker (1994). Ophelia’s Flowers Again. Notes and Queries, 41(1), 42-44.