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We should also keep in mind that there is oculus Maria (Myosotis), oculus bovis, oculus porcine, robin's eye, golden-eye, adder's eye (pimpernel), pheasant's eye, eye-bright (Euphrasia) and many other references to plants with "eyes" in medieval manuscripts.

Do they feature an eye in the root in the same way?

Most of them feature eyes in the flowers, but there is the occasional one that features an eye in the leaves (these show up in alchemical herbals) and a few that feature eyes in the roots (usually plants that have a hollow in the roots), but I can't offhand remember which ones.

Eyes in roots are not common.