An alternative name for the herb speedwell, a small plant with blue or pink flowers often found in gardens and meadows.
From Middle English and Old French origins, this plant name has disputed etymology but may relate to folk names in Welsh or Celtic languages. Fluellen is also a character name in Shakespeare's Henry V, possibly named after the plant.
Shakespeare gave this plant name to a Welsh captain in Henry V, and the real fluellen (speedwell) was actually used in medieval medicine to make herbal tea—so a bard immortalized a humble garden herb in literature!
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