Spikenard (Nardostachys) - There are two kinds, but only one is in cultivation, N.
Wild Spikenard (Smilacina) - Graceful but not showy hardy perennials.
Karkom), the stigmata of Crocus sativus, a native originally of Kashmir; spikenard (Heb.
They are occasionally adulterated with the leaves of Inula Conyza, ploughman's spikenard, which may be distinguished by their greater roughness, their less divided margins, and their odour when rubbed; also with the leaves of Symphytum officinale, comfrey, and of Verbascum Thapsus, great mullein, which unlike those of the foxglove have woolly upper and under surfaces.
