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Myrica gale L.
Engl.: bog myrtle, sweet gale, bayberry, Dutch myrtle, English bog myrtle, gale, meadowfern, piment royal.
Deu.: Gagelstrauch.
Sven.: pors, porsträ.
Suom.: suomyrtti.
Pharm.: herba myrti rabantini.
Pre-Linnaean: Mirtus.
Bot. syn.: Gale belgica Dumort., Gale palustre Chevall.