This section is from "The Domestic Encyclopaedia Vol3", by A. F. M. Willich. Amazon: The Domestic Encyclopaedia.
Parsley-Piert, or Aphaves arvensis, L. a low, indigenous plant; growing in corn-fields, and in dry gravelly lands ; flowering from the month of May till August.—It is eagerly relished by sheep, and may also be used as a salad-herb.—In its medicinal effects, it is strongly diuretic ; and supposed to be an effectual solvent of the stone in the urinary bladder.
 
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