Apr 26, 2023 | (Healing)Herbs, Medicinal plants, Pure nature
Hawthorn Hawthorn (Crateagus monogyna) grows as a medium-sized shrub or small tree. The white flowers, which stand in umbel panicles, and the pointed thorns are the namesakes here. The short-stalked leaves, usually three-lobed at the front, are irregularly serrate at...
Apr 26, 2023 | (Healing)Herbs, Medicinal plants, Pure nature
Ribwort The narrow, lanceolate leaves of the perennial plantain (Plantago lanceolata) stand in a basal rosette close to the ground. From the center of which arise 10 to 40 cm long erect leafless stems, at the end of which are short, egg-shaped and beige-brown spikes....
Apr 25, 2023 | (Healing)Herbs, Medicinal plants, Pure nature
Mullein Mullein (Verbascum) can reach a height of up to 3 m. Felt-like woolly leaves grow on its woolly stem. The bright yellow flowers are arranged in long, upright inflorescences. In the Middle Ages, people dipped the fruit stalk in pitch and used it as a...
Apr 25, 2023 | (Healing)Herbs, Medicinal plants, Pure nature
Milk Thistle A striking feature of milk thistle (Silybum marianum) is its large, green-white marbled, very thorny-toothed leaves. At the ends of the angular stems sit individually the purple, globular capitulum flowers. From them develop the hard-shelled fruits. The...
Apr 25, 2023 | (Healing)Herbs, Medicinal plants, Pure nature
St. John’s wort St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum): Small, egg-shaped leaves grow on a two-edged stem, arranged in opposite directions. Due to the essential oil contained in it, small black dots appear, which make the leaves look holey. The yellow...
Apr 24, 2023 | (Healing)Herbs, Medicinal plants, Pure nature
Goldenrod Goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea) reaches a height of up to 1 m. The leaves are arranged alternately on a round stem. The yellow flowers are located on the upper part and are arranged in clusters or panicles. Goldenrod Image source: 47216816 –...
