Ingeborg

By Ingeborg

Hemp-Agrimony

Encountered on our long walk through the woods late this afternoon. These are about the last flowers to start blooming in the woods, Eupatorium cannabinum, Hemp-Agrimony or St John's Herb, Koninginnekruid or Leverkruid in Dutch.
The insects in the woods will be glad, together with the last Wild Carrot these are the flowers that will get them through August and September, and they in their turn are needed to pollinate. This is a plant that has been used medicinally for ages, but of course it also means that this plant is poisonous. Apparently only goats eat it.

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