wood avens
herb bennet
Geum urbanum latin

Wood avens was stated to be a treatment for poison and dog bites.

Set the dried wood avens roots aside.

Under the woodland canopies wood avens and enchanters nightshade are present.

Wash the dandelion and wood avens roots well under running water, then dry them on a windowsill in the sun for 4 hours.

Marsh marigold by the river, wood sorrel and wood avens on the river bank.

There are numerous wildflowers on the forest floor, including wood avens, violets, strawberries, garlic mustard, deadnettles etc.

In folklore, wood avens is credited with the power to drive away evil spirits, and to protect against rabid dogs and venomous snakes.

The site has a large count of bramble species (14) and a varied ground flora that includes remote sedge, bluebell, Wood Avens and dog rose.

Bluebell, wood avens, foxgloves and rosebay willowherb are in leafy growth; I bet the cold spell has come as a shock to them.

Many woodland wildflower species are also present, including for bluebells, wood avens, Herb Robert, and more rarely wood sorrel, enchanter's nightshade, cow wheat and bilberry.

Being adjacent to woodland, plants of the woodland varieties grow along the fields edges, such as Barren Strawberry, Wood Spurge and Wood Avens, with various ferns.

To make the coffee, grind the chunks of dried dandelion and wood avens roots using a coffee grinder, then make up some coffee as you would with ground coffee beans.

Where the sheep are fenced out globe flowers, wood avens, angelica, red campion and roseroot can be found at lower elevations, along with ash, alder, hawthorn, holly and rowan.

Usually reaching a height between 20 and 60 cm, wood avens blooms between May and August, and its flowers are 1 - 2 cm in diameter, having five bright yellow petals.

The addition of one or two wood avens roots will add a clove like flavour to the coffee, which is enough for those put off by this drink in the past to consider giving it another go!

Although beginning life as a quarry, with the building of nearby estates and suburbs during the interwar period, the area now boasts a range of foliage including false oat-grass, wood avens and Comfrey.

Rather less colourful summer flowers in the beech woods are the Small Balsam, Common Figwort, Wood Avens, Wall Lettuce, Baneberry and Enchanter's-nightshade.

Woodland plants include Wood Sorrel, Blackthorn, Bird's Nest Orchid, Wood Anemone, Bluebell, Wood Avens, Bugle, Ramsons, Self-heal, Dog Violet, Honeysuckle, Holly, Lords and Ladies, Herb Robert and Woody Nightshade.

Hard Shield Fern, Red Campion and Herb Bennet are also in abundance.

Geum urbanum (I)

Geum urbanum hybridises fairly regularly with Geum rivale as they are closely related and occur together.

The larvae feed on Agrimonia, Fragaria, Filipendula, Geum urbanum, Potentilla anserina, Rubus caesius, Rubus fruticosus and Rubus idaeus.