Historia plantarum

Nardus Indica Indian nard, or Spica Nardi spike of nard: to the Greeks, Νάρδος Nardos, and νάρδου στάχυς ear of nard: to the Arabs, Stumbel, or Seubel: to the Germans, Edelfrembd noble foreign, Vvolriechent well-smelling, or Spicken Nardi: to the Spaniards, Hazumbar, or Espiga fil: in pharmacies, Spica nardi.

A woodcut illustration of the Nardus Indica (spikenard) plant. It features a bulbous, hairy or fibrous base from which several thick, tapering roots hang downwards. Above the base, a dense, upright cluster of long, narrow, pointed leaves or spikes rises, forming a tufted crown.

in Syria.

Dioscorides, book 1, chapter 6.

It grows in the mountains and in wet places.

Galen, book 8, simple medicines.

It warms in the first degree and dries in the second, now completed.