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Such delicate plants can be planted in your summer cottage next to, for example, a lawn.
They look unobtrusive and very cute. These flowers are quite unpretentious; you just need to initially create favorable conditions for them. Well, you've probably heard or read about the beneficial properties of many of them - so why not try growing meadow flowers closer to home.
Wildflowers: photos and names
Here you can see what a particular flower looks like in nature and read a brief description of it.
Stork
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Mainly used on alpine hills, it can outshine even edelweiss. One of the most spectacular summer blooming flowers, it looks great between stones. The most popular is Reichard's Stork, which has excellent decorative qualities. Blooms in June-July. Varieties differ in flower color. All storks are suitable for decorating mini rock gardens and crevices between stones.
Aquilegia
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Another name is Vodosbor or Orlik. There are 35 cultivated species of this plant. It grows better in partial shade and becomes smaller in the sun. The exquisite combination of white, crimson, purple and yellow aquilegia flowers will be the highlight of any flower bed on your site. To ensure that the decorative value of the plant does not decrease, it needs to be replanted every 3-5 years.
Aconite
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Be careful - the whole flower is poisonous. In ancient times, the Greeks and Chinese made arrow poison from it. Currently widely used in folk medicine. Some species of aconites are in the Red Book. Perennial plant, Ranunculaceae family.
The most popular Aconite is capillary (pictured). There is also paniculata, variegated, and Sterka bicolor cammarum. Most species are winter-hardy. They easily tolerate transplantation. Propagation by seeds, rhizomes, cuttings, dividing the bush.
Valerian officinalis
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It is grown mainly as a useful plant with medicinal qualities. They are used both fresh and dry for the production of medicinal products. People often call it Cat grass. This is a tall herbaceous perennial, small flowers are collected in umbrellas. A distinctive feature is the specific smell imparted by the essential oils secreted by the plant. The flowering period of valerian is from late May to mid-August. Seeds need to be collected from July to the end of September.
cornflower
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The most popular wildflower that gardeners prefer to transfer to their summer cottage. Graceful and at the same time unpretentious Cornflower is a favorite of many. Cold-resistant, loves light areas. If grown as a cultivated plant, then you need to choose the sunniest places for it.
Veronica
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Several varieties have been developed that differ in flower color:
Icicle (White Icicle) - white flowers, Barcarolle - pink flowers, Blue Peter - blue flowers, Blue Carpet - bright blue flowers, low growing bush, Red Fox - dark pink flowers, Romiley Purple - dark purple flowers, Heidekind - pink - crimson flowers.
Dianthus grass
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In field and meadow carnations, the corollas of flowers consist of white or pink petals. In cultivated ones - often cream, salmon, yellow, red, purple.
Meadow geranium
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Gentian
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It grows in damp forest glades, edges, in both deciduous and coniferous forests. This is a light-loving plant, but quite decorative in light partial shade. Loves fertile soils. A good honey plant, has medicinal properties.
Spring adonis
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Another name is Adonis spring or Chernogorka, Starodubka. Named for its bright yellow flowers. Often seen along the edges of birch forests, also in mixed-grass steppes. Used as a medicinal raw material. Propagated by seeds and rhizomes. All Adonis grow slowly and do not tolerate transplantation well. The soil must be kept loose and moist.
Oregano
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A very useful plant with a delicate aroma. The beneficial properties of oregano make gardeners think about planting it in their summer cottages in order to always have a fragrant flower on hand for brewing tasty and healthy herbal tea.
St. John's wort
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Grows in light forests, on forest edges and dry meadows. This inconspicuous flower has won the love of the people for its ability to cure many diseases. In principle, St. John's wort looks good in mixborders as an accompanying element. It is undemanding to soils. Grown in one place for up to 8 years.
Ivan-tea (Fireweed)
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Perennial herbaceous plant. It lives in dry sandy areas of light forests, also in clearings and forest edges, near railway embankments and ditches. People call it “willow-grass” and “willow-grass”, since the leaves of willow tea look like willow leaves. Tea from this plant is very popular, as it has a beneficial effect on the human body.
Kaluzhnitsa
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There are 6 species of this plant growing on the territory of the former USSR. In the European part it blooms in April-May. Loves sunny and moist soils. In good conditions, flowering is very abundant. When grown in dry areas, it requires constant watering. Summer residents often use marigold to decorate the banks of garden ponds.
Crocus
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Another name is Saffron. The Iris family, a genus of corms of herbaceous plants. Low growing, usually no higher than 10 s. Crocuses can be planted in both sun and partial shade. The soil for planting should be well drained. Propagated by bulbs.
Coronaria (Cuckoo's adonis)
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Popularly known as Cuckoo's color. Perennial, 30-90 cm high. Grows mainly in wet meadows and forest clearings, as well as along the outskirts of swamps. This flower has found use in folk medicine. Blooms in May-July.
Swimsuit
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Ranunculaceae family. Translated from Latin as Troll Flower. In natural conditions, there are only 20 types of swimsuits. For summer cottages in the middle zone, the European, Asian, Altai, and Chinese bathing suit are recommended. There are hybrid cultural forms of this plant. It blooms in early to mid-May and blooms for an average of 20 days. Sow swimsuit seeds in the fall.
Bell
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A very common type of wildflower. It is found literally everywhere - in meadows, forests and steppes, as well as in desert and rocky areas. Large-flowered species are usually used for transplanting to summer cottages and cultivation.
Clover red
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In Russia it is found in the European part, Siberia, the Far East and Kamchatka. Grows in moderately moist meadows, forest glades, along roads and fields. Biennial, but more often perennial plant.
Korostavnik
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Purple, lilac or pink flowers in the form of fluffy balls on thin tall shoots - this is bark. This wildflower is medicinal and helps with diseases of the throat and lungs, genitourinary system and gastrointestinal tract. Korostavnik is an excellent honey plant.
Kukol
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Another name is Agrostemma. Wreaths were woven from this wildflower. Often found in winter and spring grain crops. Flower growers grow this wildflower in high flowerbeds, in mixborders, arrays, and sometimes for cutting. Flowers last a long time when cut, without fading for up to seven days. Agrostemma looks beautiful mixed with cereals and meadow grasses, and is part of the Moorish lawn.
Lily of the valley
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This flower grows in pine and deciduous forests, in glades and forest edges. Loves moist soil. It reproduces very quickly by creeping underground shoots. If you planted it in your summer cottage, get ready; in a couple of years the lily of the valley will fill everything. Therefore, it is better to fence the planting sites along the ground - with pieces of slate or some other barrier. In fact, it grows like a weed.
Linen blue (blue)
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This is one of the most unpretentious varieties of flax. Suitable for beginner gardeners. The stems are thin but strong and quite long. Plant these flowers in sunny places. They don't like being overwatered.
Burdock (burdock)
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In Russia it grows almost everywhere. In our country, this is a weed plant that is found along roads, on forest edges, and near housing. The plant is biennial. The photo shows a classic burdock. It has a strong stem and powerful roots. It is difficult to fight this weed; if the root is not completely removed, the plant will sprout again above the ground.
Buttercup
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The popular name is night blindness or toad. Ranunculus is another name, more scientific. More common in the European part of Russia. Buttercups are either annual or biennial. Flowering begins in June or July. Can bloom for a month.
Field poppy
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It is also called self-sown poppy, field poppy, wild poppy. This fire flower is an annual. Distributed in the Caucasus and the European part. Likes to grow on arable lands, fallow lands, near roads, on rocky slopes. In the south of Russia it is considered a malicious weed. The plant loves sunny areas. It looks very decorative.
Daisies
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A perennial flowering plant from the Asteraceae family. It grows in fields and meadows, on arable land, in suburban forests and parks. Flower growers grow this flower both in flower beds and in pots on balconies and loggias.
Coltsfoot
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Perennial plant, medicinal. The leaves are used in medicine, for the preparation of medicinal raw materials. Harvested and dried in the spring. It can be found on the banks of reservoirs, on the slopes of ravines, and in landfills. Flowering time is April. It is distinguished by a long creeping rhizome.
Soapwort
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The second name is Saponaria. They called it this because the plant’s decoction foams. The roots have medicinal properties and are used in medicine. This interesting flower grows in flooded meadows, along forest edges, in valleys and along sandy river banks. It runs wild in neglected flower beds. Terry species of this plant are especially decorative.
Digitalis
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Plantain family. Perennial flower. Grows in deciduous and mixed forests, clearings, and meadows. It is a food plant for checkerboard and cutworm butterflies. In horticulture, the most famous foxglove is the grandiflora, purple and woolly one.
Dandelion
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Everyone has seen a dandelion in their lives; it is the most common wildflower and meadow flower. It grows in clearings and meadows, near roads, often as a weed in fields and vegetable gardens. This is a medicinal plant whose leaves and roots are used. A good honey plant.
Tansy
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A perennial plant from the Asteraceae family. What Tansy looks like - in the photo. It grows in fields, roads, borders, on forest edges, in bushes, in meadow steppes, and birch forests. This is a flower of the forest and forest-steppe zone. It infests meadows, pastures, vegetable gardens and orchards. Poisonous.
Snowdrop
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From the Amaryllis family. There are 12 species of this flower growing on the territory of the former USSR. Flowering is very early, almost from under the snow. Flower growers cultivate snowdrops as ornamental ones. Planted in groups on ridges and alpine hills. Unpretentious, reproduce by seeds and bulbs. A transplant is needed every 5-6 years.
Lumbago (Sleep-grass)
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A perennial flower from the Ranunculaceae family. Grows in sparse birch and pine forests, in the steppes, and on dry southern slopes. The extract from the leaves has a strong bactericidal effect, also has a sedative effect and is used in folk medicine as a sedative and hypnotic, as well as an analgesic and expectorant. Used in veterinary medicine. The plant is poisonous, its juice can cause skin diseases. Look at the photo to see what the lumbago looks like.
Milk thistle
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Popularly it is Mary's thistle. It is found as a weed, and a very aggressive one at that. A good honey plant. Milk thistle is edible and used in dietary nutrition. All parts of the plant are eaten, boiled or fried. The flowers can be dried and used as a seasoning for various dishes. The plant can also be brewed as tea.
Chamomile
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The simple name is chamomile. It is used for medicinal and cosmetic purposes. It is found along the edges of fields, roadsides, wastelands and fallow meadows. Gardeners often grow it on their plots for medicinal purposes.
Meadow heartwood
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Grows in damp places. In folk medicine it is known as a food and medicinal plant. Dried and fresh leaves of this plant are used as a spice instead of pepper. Valuable honey plant.
Yarrow
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A perennial flower that has medicinal, spicy, decorative and honey-bearing properties. It grows on the edges, boundaries, along roads, along ravines, in wastelands, landfills, along the banks of reservoirs, along the edges of fields. Common yarrow is also used as a garden plant. Many varieties have been bred, differing in stem height and inflorescence color. As an ornamental plant, yarrow is valued for its unpretentiousness and abundant and long-lasting flowering. Usually grown in mixborders, used for edging borders; compact, low-growing varieties are sometimes used as lawn substitutes.
Field violet
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It grows in weedy places, along roads, in clearings, vegetable gardens, and crops. Propagated by seeds and vegetatively. Has medicinal value. Infusions are used as an expectorant.
Common chicory
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Distributed as a weed. The popular name is roadside grass, petrov batog, shcherbak. Chicory grows in meadows, forest clearings, grassy slopes, often in wastelands. Look at the photo to see what a chicory flower looks like. A valuable honey plant, it gives bees a lot of nectar and pollen. Chicory root is used as a coffee substitute. The greens of this plant are used in salads.
Thistle
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Prickly weed plant. A good honey plant. Some types of thistles are very decorative. You can judge the weather by the mood of the plant - in stable weather the thistle spines diverge to the sides, in cloudy weather they are pressed to the head. The thistle is a symbol of Scotland.
Chistets (Bukvitsa) officinalis
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Family Lamiaceae. In another way, Stakhis. Common in Russia are Chest annual and Chest straight, both with purple flowers, but leaves of different shapes. As an ornamental plant, Byzantine or woolly chistea is more often used.
Chistyak spring
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Celandine
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Salvia twig-like (meadow)
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Echinacea
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Eschscholzia (California poppy)
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Hawkgirl
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What different wildflowers look like, video
What meadow or forest flowers have you “tamed” on your site? Which ones do you consider the most beautiful and tender? Which ones do you think are suitable for beginning gardeners who decide to bring forest beauties into their garden?
Celandine got its name for its ability to effectively treat various skin diseases. This is also evidenced by its popular names - warthog, warthog, chistets. The scientific name of the plant is “great celandine” (Chelidonium Major). Finding celandine is not difficult. This is a perennial plant with a tall (50–100 cm) branched stem covered with short hairs, medium-sized petiolate leaves and small golden-yellow flowers collected in umbellate inflorescences. When the stem is broken, dark yellow or orange-red juice is released.
The high healing properties of celandine are due to the fact that it contains significant amounts of alkaloids, vitamins, organic acids, flavonoids, carotene, saponins, bitterness, essential oils, and resinous substances. Preparations from celandine have pronounced anti-inflammatory, wound-healing, antimicrobial, antipruritic, cauterizing, local anesthetic, analgesic, choleretic, antispasmodic, and hypotensive effects.
Do not forget that celandine is a plant poisonous. When used externally, it is difficult to get poisoned, but with excessive ingestion, intestinal dysbiosis is possible, and in the worst case, poisoning, expressed in nausea, extreme thirst, convulsions, decreased blood pressure, slow pulse and even fainting. In this case, it is necessary to immediately rinse the stomach, followed by plenty of fluids and activated charcoal. As a rule, after this, the symptoms of poisoning disappear quickly and without consequences.
Traditionally, celandine juice was used to treat diseases. Pure juice treats various irritations and skin diseases, burns, including sunburn, wounds, abscesses, boils, herpes, scabies, cracks on the hands and heels, removes freckles, warts, papillomas, and dry calluses. You can also use crushed fresh leaves for this.
In many cases, the juice is used diluted in various proportions. Polyps, adenoids, tonsils, and gum inflammation are treated with such solutions. For the same purposes, you can use infusions and decoctions of celandine. It's not difficult to prepare them. There are many different recipes, one of the simplest is a tablespoon of dried herbs or two fresh herbs per glass of water. If you pour boiling water and leave for 1.5-2 hours, you get an infusion, and if you boil for 10-15 minutes over low heat or in a water bath, you get a decoction. They are used for rinsing, compresses and lotions.
Celandine ointment is used to treat skin diseases. It's not difficult to prepare. Dried herb powder is mixed in a 1:1 ratio with heated badger fat, rendered lard or butter, and Vaseline. This ointment keeps well in the refrigerator and is always ready for use.
Diluted juice, decoctions and infusions of celandine are taken orally to treat many serious diseases. I won’t give recipes; if you wish, you can find them in reference books or on the Internet. Please note that juice is usually taken no more than 5-7 drops, and infusions and decoctions, depending on consistency, up to three tablespoons. On the Internet you can find recommendations to use tablespoons of pure celandine juice for some diseases. I would not recommend conducting such experiments on yourself.
For the treatment of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, bladder, liver and kidneys, celandine has been used since ancient times, and in many countries. Previously, in Russian villages, celandine was used to treat kidney problems (hemorrhoids) and polyps in the large intestine. The diluted juice or infusion was taken orally, enemas were given, and external nodes were lubricated with the juice.
Modern medicine confirms that the substances contained in celandine slow down the development of cancer cells. Naturally, it is impossible to cure advanced cancer with celandine, but in the initial stages or after surgery, to prevent the development of metastases, it can be used along with medications; moreover, it acts as a mild pain reliever. Celandine is more effective in the treatment of skin cancer.
Most often, the juice obtained from the stems and leaves of celandine is used for medicinal purposes. It is believed that it is better to prepare fresh juice in May-July, when the plant contains the most useful substances. To do this, plant stems are cut at least 10 cm from the ground, crushed using a meat grinder or other device, squeezed and, adding 250 ml of alcohol or 500 ml of vodka per liter of juice, stored in a dark, cool place. Previously, in villages, fresh celandine juice was stored in tightly closed containers in ice cellars at a temperature of about 0 degrees. But first the juice was allowed to ferment for 5-7 days at room temperature.
In addition, celandine can be dried (it is better to use leaves and flowers for this) so that it can be used as needed to prepare infusions, tinctures, decoctions or ointments. Recently, dried herbs and preparations from celandine have appeared in pharmacies. On the Internet I came across recommendations for preparing preparations from celandine seeds. I have doubts about them, because by autumn the beneficial properties of the plant decrease.
Preparation of medicinal preparations
Decoction
The decoction is prepared as follows: the raw materials are placed in an enamel bowl, filled with cold water, brought to a boil over low heat and kept on the fire for some time. The duration of this, as well as the proportions of water and raw materials, depend on the specific case.
The decoction should be filtered, squeezing the herb well.
A decoction of celandine herb has a bactericidal, sedative, choleretic, diuretic, antispasmodic, and anesthetic effect. It can be used for peptic ulcers and cholelithiasis, spasms of the pylorus of the duodenum, digestive tract and gall bladder, for renal colic, and for diseases of the bladder.
Juice is one of the most effective remedies obtained from celandine, because all the power of the miraculous plant is concentrated in it. During the flowering period of celandine, collect leaves and stems (roots can also be used) and pass them through a meat grinder. Place in a glass container and refrigerate for several days (this is necessary for the celandine to release juice). Usually three days is enough. Then squeeze the herb through cheesecloth. A bucket of grass produces 1 – 1.5 liters of juice.
After some time after preparing the juice, it begins to ferment, so do not forget to release the air from the container. After 2 - 3 weeks, fermentation will end.
Juice prepared in this way can be stored in the refrigerator for several years.
Celandine oil
Celandine oil is a drug that is used mainly for external use.
Take dry herb, chop it, place it in a glass container and fill it with oil (so that the oil level is 2 - 3 cm higher than the level of the grass). It is advisable to use peach or apricot oil, but ordinary vegetable oil will do. But before use, vegetable oil needs to be heated in a water bath for 1 – 2 hours.
Place the herb oil in a warm place for 30 to 60 minutes, then transfer to a cool, dark place for a week. Do not forget to shake the drug periodically. After 7 days, when it is ready, strain it through cheesecloth, add pure oil (1:1 ratio) and store it in a dark glass container.
Infusion of celandine
Preparation of celandine infusion. Celandine is used in the form of an infusion because of its bactericidal effect and ability to inhibit the growth of certain fungi and even malignant tumors. This is primarily due to the fact that celandine contains a large amount of alkaloids.
The infusion can be water or alcohol.
The best way to prepare an aqueous infusion of celandine is to take the amount of herb prescribed in the recipe, pour boiling water over it and heat in a steam bath for 15 minutes. Then cool well and strain. It would be a good idea to let the product sit before straining. You can completely skip the steam bath; just boiling water is enough. But in this case it is advisable to increase the infusion time. It is good to infuse celandine in a thermos.
An infusion of celandine can also be prepared with vodka. To do this, take the grass (fresh or dried), fill half a half-liter bottle or jar with it and fill it with vodka. Let it brew for two weeks. After this, the resulting tincture must be diluted at the rate of 150 ml of tincture per 350 ml of pure vodka. Take three times a day before meals. Remember that the tincture is very strong, and therefore if you need to take it orally, start with the smallest dose (5 - 10 drops), gradually increasing it by 10 drops every week.
The difference between a water infusion and an alcohol infusion is that the water infusion is much weaker. The main reason is that water dissolves only the salts of alkaloids, which are found in abundance in celandine, and alcohol dissolves the alkaloids themselves. Therefore, the alcohol solution will be much stronger and more effective.
However, the water infusion has one – and extremely important – advantage: it is less dangerous than the alcohol infusion. So in the vast majority of cases, in order to avoid poisoning, the use of water infusion should be clearly recommended. And the use of an alcoholic infusion of celandine is justified only in cases where the possible harm is less than the benefit it can bring. Even with cancer, when a person is ready to use any means and, due to the criticality of the situation, it would seem that God himself ordered the use of an alcohol infusion, it would be useful to think about the general exhaustion of the body, for which any “blow” is dangerous.
Ointment with celandine
Ointment with celandine is prepared with Vaseline, lanolin, pork or lamb fat. You can also use ordinary baby cream as a base. To obtain the ointment, it is better to use either celandine juice or dried herb, which is first ground very well (it is advisable to use a coffee grinder). The proportions in which the components are mixed depend on the specific case, the specific disease. However, the usual ratios are 1 part chopped herb and 2 parts base mass. Fresh juice is mixed with the base in a ratio of 1:4.
To prevent the ointment from molding, carbolic acid (0.25%) is added to it.
In the minds of most people, meadow and wildflowers are associated with the vast expanse of an emerald green field, and on it expressive splashes of white, blue, yellow, pink, and red natural flowers. The kingdom of herbs and colors! In the same way, touchingly delicate wildflowers are suitable for creating decorative meadows and Moorish lawns: being a successful addition to greenery, they at the same time know how to express themselves in a highly bright and unforgettable way. In addition to lawns on personal plots, simple meadow flowers can be perfectly used as a kind of grass “frames” and a beautiful background for country things and ideas. In addition, all this splendor has no equal in cultivation and care, since simple meadow and field plants are extremely undemanding in nature.
Many of the meadow flowers and plants are medicinal herbs that you can collect and then make healthy infusions and teas at home.
For example, in folk medicine flowers cornflower blue is used as an antipyretic, as well as for diseases of the kidneys, bladder and as a lotion for eye diseases.
Oregano vulgare can have a calming effect on the central nervous system, enhance the secretions of the digestive, bronchial and sweat glands, enhance intestinal motility and have some analgesic and deodorizing effects.
St. John's wort used in scientific medicine as an astringent, anti-inflammatory and antiseptic agent that promotes rapid regeneration of damaged tissues.
Clover used in folk medicine for exhaustion and anemia, and also as an expectorant, diuretic and antiseptic.
Everyone knows chamomile can be used as a sedative (in the form of tea), as an anticonvulsant, choleretic, diuretic and mild laxative.
The most popular meadow flowers and wild plants: names and photos
In all kinds of fields and beautiful meadows you can find the following wonderful plants. Remember their appearance (from the photo) and names, so that when you next go into nature and find a beautiful flower meadow, collect a bouquet of the most useful and wonderful flowers. Or, as an option, to make your garden bloom and smell all seasons, plant the plants you like most in your meadow or Moorish garden
Stork
Aquilegia (Catchment)
cornflower
Veronica (Dubravna)
Dianthus grass
Meadow geranium (field)
Gentian
Oregano
St. John's wort
Ivan-tea (Fireweed)
Kaluzhnitsa
Crocus
Coronaria (Cuckoo's adonis)
Swimsuit
Bells
Clover red
Lily of the valley
Linen blue (blue)
Burdock (burdock)
Buttercup
Field poppy
Daisies
Coltsfoot
Dandelion
Tansy
Snowdrop
Lumbago (Sleep-grass)
Chamomile
Meadow heartwood
Yarrow
Onion violet (field)
Chicory
Thistle
Chistets (Initial letter)drug
Chistyak spring
Celandine
Salvia twig-like (meadow)
Echinacea
Eschscholzia (California poppy)
Most of the field plants are so beautiful and fragrant that you want to quickly pick them and make an incredibly beautiful, fragrant bouquet. And simple meadow flowers can be used as part of meadow, Moorish and for purely practical purposes in a summer cottage. And, of course, we will be happy especially with meadow and wildflowers, because many of them are popular pharmaceutical medicinal plants growing within walking distance from our home.
Video: wildflowers with names and photos
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In the floodplains of rivers and lakes in spring and summer you can find a wide variety of vegetation: meadow flowers and grasses create a variegated or delicate coloring of earthly clothing. Perennial, biennial, and annual flowers are found in fields and meadows; they reproduce by seeds (self-sowing), roots (vegetatively), and pollination (with the help of birds and insects).
Different geographical zones differ in their characteristics and names of growing herbs, which choose a more comfortable climate for ripening and reproduction. Plants and flowers of fields and meadows can be creeping, low-growing (up to 15 cm), medium and tall light-loving (up to 2 m). Meadow and field plants are bright, delicate, bicolor, variegated, and dark. The predominant colors among them are: yellow, blue, purple, white, pink, red.
Yellow grasses of natural landscapes
A huge number of aromatic, tart or delicately smelling herbs have yellow inflorescences: goose onion, elecampane, sweet clover, colza, lumbago, navel, lupine, tansy, dandelion and many other useful and beautiful plants. Some yellow meadow flowers, their photos and names are presented in this section.
Goose onion
A low-growing plant no higher than 15 cm, it has long leaves growing at the roots, small bright yellow flowers that smell distinctly of honey. Used as a cosmetic and medicinal product.
Elecampane
It grows in bushes up to 1 m high. The leaves are narrow, light green, the inflorescences are orange or yellow. Flowers are single or in bunches. Used for face and body care, as well as in folk medicine.
Sweet clover
Sweet clover is also a yellow wildflower. This is one of the tallest flowers, growing above human height (up to 2 m). The stems are evenly covered with three-fingered leaves. Small flowers (yellow or white) are arranged in racemes.
Sweet clover heals wounds, relieves inflammation and cramps, and treats wet cough.
Delphinium
This bush plant is even taller - up to 1.5 m. The area at the roots is equipped with narrow lancet leaves. The flowers are small, come in different colors, including yellow, and are arranged pyramidally on a long stem. Delphinium is added as a beneficial component in soap production.
Field plants with yellow inflorescences can continue the above list. These include: zopnik (or fever root), St. John's wort, tansy, spring Adonis, buttercup, sow thistle, goldenrod, rapeseed, mullein, goldenrod, celandine, swimsuit and many others.
Blue wildflowers
The main blue flowers of meadows and fields include: chicory, common aquilegia, gentian, delphinium, field larkspur, lupine, cornflower, peach bell, multicolored pansies with a predominance of blue-violet color, and common bruise. Here are photos of blue wildflowers with names.
Chicory
It has a powerful, fleshy root filled with milky juice. The stem with multiple branches grows up to 120 cm in height. The leaves grow from the middle part of the stems and are collected in rosettes. The flowers of this meadow plant are blue-blue (there are white and pink varieties), with jagged petals, bordered by leaves, located along the length of the stems and at their tops. Loves the sun, flowers close in the afternoon.
Chicory is good for the nervous system, heart and blood vessels, kidneys and liver. It is a healing food for animals.
Aquilegia vulgaris
Bush meadow flowers of medium height (up to 80 cm). They are not afraid of frost. Large inflorescences on tall thin stalks can be of a wide variety of colors: blue, white, red, pink, purple, black, lilac. treat pneumonia, sore throat, skin diseases, wounds and burns, scurvy, headaches and stomach pains.
Gentian
It is a subshrub with a permanent lower part in the form of bush branches and a replaceable herbaceous top. Reaches a height of 1.5 m. It has memorable flowers in the form of large bells of blue, purple and soft blue color. Gentian root is used for indigestion, gout, eye diseases, anemia, diathesis, and heart failure.
Cornflower blue
Reaches 1 m in height, the leaves are elongated, of a faded green hue. The flowers grow in a basket of beautiful blue color. Used to treat kidneys, urinary tract, cardiovascular system, eye and women's diseases, joints, stomach.
Purple meadow plants
Althaea officinalis
A low flower up to 50 cm tall with oblong greenish leaves located along the entire height of the stem: larger at the bottom, gradually smaller at the top. Pale pink flowers grow one at a time and can reach 10 cm in diameter. Althea is not adapted to severe frosts, but feels comfortable in central Russia. The root of the flower is used to treat coughs and stomach ulcers, and improve immunity.
Valerian officinalis
Stretches up to 1.5 m in height. The leaves are attached to the stem by a long petiole. Light pink fragrant inflorescences look like umbrellas. In medicine, a drug based on valerian root is used as a sedative for headaches, blood pressure, angina, thyroid diseases, cholelithiasis, problems in the urinary tract, and during menopause in women.
Fireweed angustifolia
Forest anemone
Wild onion
Explanation of some names
Meadow flowers, in addition to the official Latin name, have a name that was given by people. For example, coltsfoot got its name because of the contrast between the upper (warm, fuzzy) and lower (cold, smooth) parts of the leaf.
Elecampane relieves fatigue and gives “nine strength”. Cornflower is a symbol of purity and holiness, named after St. Basil, who had great love for flowers. Ivan da Marya was named after a legend about an unhappy love that was not destined to come true.
According to Russian legend, multi-colored pansies are the color of hope, surprise and sadness of a girl whose heart could not stand the vain expectation of her beloved. The carnation was named for its resemblance to an ancient forged nail. The roots and leaves of gentian are so bitter that this taste served as the name of the flower.
Photos with the names of wildflowers are given below.
Ivan da Marya
Pansies
Dianthus meadow
Honey flowers
At the height of summer, when the honey-bearing flowers in the field release nectar for cross-pollination, the toiling bees collect this healing sweet liquid for further production of honey.
The most honey-bearing plants are:
Honey-bearing flowers also include: anise, peppermint, lavender, cumin, meadow cornflower, autumn kulbab, lungwort, coltsfoot. Depending on the name of the flower, honey productivity per hectare ranges from 30 to 1300 kg. Below are photos and names of some honey wildflowers.
Nature has generously endowed man with a countless wealth of flora, which heals ailments, delights with its special beauty, cleanses the soul and improves mood.
Video sketch - meadow flowers
Bushy perennial plant up to 2 meters tall. The leaves are round, five-dissected, dark green in color. The flowers are dark purple, large, five-leaved, corolla-shaped, up to 8 cm in diameter. There are many flowers on the shoots. Frost-resistant plant. Used in folk medicine.
Althaea officinalis
Herbaceous perennial plant up to 50 cm in height. The leaves are oblong, pointed, located throughout the stem (large below, small above), bluish-green in color. The flowers are solitary, concentrated at the top of the stem, pale pink, up to 10 centimeters in diameter. The plant cannot withstand severe frosts. Feels good in the Moscow region. Widely used in medicine.
Amaranth spicata
Herbaceous plant up to 1 meter in height. The leaves are alternate, oblong, becoming smaller towards the top of the stem. The flowers are small, yellowish-green, collected in dense spike-shaped inflorescences. It grows in fields and meadows throughout Russia and Ukraine. The plant is unpretentious to climatic conditions. Used in the food industry and medicine.
Pansies
Herbaceous perennial plant up to 40 centimeters in height. The leaves are alternate, bare petioled, becoming smaller towards the top of the stem. The flowers are large, tricolor, tetrahedral, up to 6 centimeters in diameter, on thin stalks. Frost-resistant plant. Grows everywhere. Used in medicine.
Ledum
Bush perennial plant up to 2 meters in height. The leaves are small, located throughout the stem, bluish-green in color. The flowers are four-leafed, crimson in color with a bright intoxicating aroma, up to 4 centimeters in diameter. There are many flowers on the peduncle, they are collected in umbrellas. Grows everywhere. Used in cosmetology and medicine.
Lily leaf bell
Herbaceous perennial plant of the Campanula family up to 1.5 meters in height. The leaves are narrow, dark green, sparse. The flowers are small, arranged in a row along the entire upper part of the stem, and pale purple in color. The plant is widespread in Siberia and also grows in Ukraine. Used in medicine.
Valerian officinalis
Herbaceous perennial plant up to 1.5 meters in height. The upper and lower leaves are long-petiolate, the main stem is sparsely leafy. The flowers are pale pink, fragrant, small, up to 5 millimeters in diameter, collected in umbels. Grows everywhere. Widely used in medicine and cosmetology.
meadow cornflower
Herbaceous perennial weed plant up to 1 meter in height. The leaves are oval-elongated, pubescent, bluish-green. The flowers are pale pink, up to 5 centimeters in diameter, and form a basket in the inflorescence. Grows everywhere. Widely used in traditional and folk medicine.
Cornflower blue
Herbaceous perennial meadow plant up to 1 meter in height. The leaves are pubescent, lanceolate, oval-elongated, bluish-green. The flowers are bright or dark blue, up to 5 centimeters in diameter, in the inflorescence a basket. Grows everywhere. Used in medicine and cosmetology.
Forest anemone
Herbaceous perennial plant up to 20 centimeters in height. The leaves are carved, dark green, located in the root zone of the plant. The flowers are large, white, with a distinct scent of honey. Blooms in warm regions of Russia and Ukraine. Rare protected plant.
Knitting mouse peas
Herbaceous perennial plant up to 1.5 meters in height. The stem is branched, creeping. The leaves are small, compound, ash-green in color. The flowers are small, purple, collected in a corolla. Very popular in the vicinity of Novosibirsk. Used in folk medicine.
Herbaceous perennial dicotyledonous plant up to 40 centimeters in height. Leaves are linear, pubescent. Flowers are red, pink, less often white with five serrated petals. A rare meadow plant protected in the Saratov region.
Meadow geranium
Herbaceous perennial dicotyledonous plant up to 80 centimeters in height. The stem leaves are five-parted, the upper sessile leaves are three-parted. The flowers are large, wide open, numerous, lilac in color with five petals. Grows everywhere. Used as a raw material in medicine.
Snake knotweed
A herbaceous perennial plant with a non-branched single stem up to 1 meter high. Leaves are basal, long, feather-shaped. The inflorescence is spike-shaped, dense, with a large number of small pink flowers. Frost-resistant plant of the regions of Western Siberia. Widely used in medicine and cosmetology.
Pepper Knotweed
Herbaceous perennial plant of the Buckwheat family. Reaches a height of up to 90 centimeters. The stem is thin, branched, erect. The leaves are feather-shaped and located throughout the stem. The flowers are small, white, collected in spike-shaped racemes. Widely used in the food industry, traditional and folk medicine.
Bird's knotweed
Herbaceous plant up to 50 centimeters in height. Stems are branched, twining, creeping. The leaves are small, dark green, located symmetrically along the entire stem. The flowers are small, white, randomly distributed throughout the entire stem of the plant. Grows everywhere. Used in medicine. Used as a fodder plant.
Gentian
Perennial subshrub up to 1.5 meters in height. The stems are dense, short, straight. The leaves are thin, long, dark green, arranged symmetrically along the entire stem. The flowers are large, solitary, bell-shaped. Flowers are blue, light blue or violet. Grows everywhere. Widely used in folk and traditional medicine.
Adonis cuckoo
A herbaceous perennial plant with a straight stem up to 90 centimeters in height. The leaves are lanceolate, arranged symmetrically from top to bottom along the stem. The flowers are pink, collected in a corymbose panicle and concentrated in the upper part of the plant. Grows in most regions of Russia and throughout Ukraine. Widely used in folk and traditional medicine.
Wintergreen
Herbaceous perennial plant up to 40 centimeters in height. The leaves are large, dark green, round-ovate, serrated. The flowers are small, white-pink in color, collected in straight racemes. Frost-resistant plant of the Caucasus, Siberia and the Far East. Medicinal plant used in medicine.
Goose onion
Herbaceous perennial lily bulbous low-growing plant up to 15 centimeters in height. The leaves are long, growing in the root zone as a separate paroxysm. The flowers are small, bright yellow with a pronounced honey smell. Heat-loving plant. Used in cosmetology and folk medicine.
Elecampane
Bushy perennial plant up to 1 meter in height. The leaves are entire, narrow, light green in color. The flowers are orange or yellow. They can be either single or collected in corymbose brushes. Grows everywhere. Used in cosmetology, traditional and folk medicine.
Delphinium
Bush perennial plant up to 1.5 meters in height. The leaves are arrow-shaped, collected in the root zone. The flowers are small, collected in a pyramidal inflorescence located on a long peduncle. Flowers can be white, pink, blue, lilac, red, pink, yellow. Grows in warm climates. The plant is used in soap making.
Wild onion
Bush perennial plant up to 50 centimeters in height. The leaves are arrow-shaped, like the feather of an onion, but a little thinner. A long thin stalk on which is a single, bell-shaped, pink flower. Grows everywhere. Used in the food industry.
Sweet clover
Herbaceous perennial plant up to 2 meters in height. The leaves are trifoliate, symmetrically arranged throughout the stem. The flowers are small, yellow or white, collected in racemes up to 7 centimeters long. Grows everywhere. Widely used in traditional and folk medicine.
Field larkspur
Herbaceous annual plant of the Buttercup family up to 50 centimeters in height. Self-seeding The stem is branched and erect. The leaves are small, pinnately dissected, openwork, alternate. The flowers are small and look like a small hatchet. The flowers can be blue, purple, or less often pink. Grows everywhere. The plant is poisonous and should not be used in its pure form.
St. John's wort
Herbaceous perennial plant up to 80 centimeters in height. The stem is erect, with a large number of symmetrical leaves. The leaves are elliptical and dark green. The flowers are collected in corymbose inflorescences. The flowers are bright yellow. Grows throughout Russia and Ukraine. A medicinal plant, widely used in medicine.
Strawberries
Herbaceous perennial plant up to 30 centimeters in height. The leaves are trifoliate, complex in shape, on single stems. Shoots are creeping and rooting. Inflorescences in the form of a multi-flowered shield. The flowers are small, white, with a bright aroma. Grows in warm regions of Russia. Used in the food industry, cosmetology, medicine.
Golden rod
Herbaceous perennial plant up to 1 meter in height. The stem is erect, unbranched. The leaves are oblong, sharp, with jagged edges. The flowers are yellow, small, collected in a panicle inflorescence. Grows in the Caucasus, Western Siberia, and Ukraine. Used in medicine and in everyday life.
centaury
Herbaceous biennial plant up to 50 centimeters in height. Self-seeding The stem is single, erect. The leaves are oblong, pale green in color. There are very few leaves on the plant. The flowers are small, pink, collected in an umbrella inflorescence. Grows everywhere. Used in cosmetology and medicine.
Zopnik
A perennial subshrub with oval entire leaves and zygomorphic flowers, collected in whorls, on the upper part of the stem. The shrub reaches 1.5 meters in height. Flowers can be white, yellow and pink. Grows everywhere. Widely used in traditional medicine.
Iris
Perennial rhizomatous plant up to 60 centimeters in height. The stem can be single or bunched. The leaves are flat, sword-shaped, collected at the base of the stem. Flowers are solitary or three in an inflorescence. Flowers can be yellow, purple, white. lilac, burgundy, pink. The flowers are similar in appearance to an orchid flower. Grows everywhere. Used in folk medicine.
Fireweed angustifolia (Ivan-tea)
Herbaceous perennial plant 50-150 centimeters in height. The stem is erect, bare, rounded, densely leafy. The leaves are simple, linear-lanceolate, pointed, narrowed, dark green shiny color. Flowers with double perianths, pink, four-membered, bisexual, up to 3 cm in diameter. The flowers are collected in a sparse apical raceme up to 45 centimeters long. Grows everywhere. An ornamental plant, used in folk and traditional medicine.
Kirkazon clematis
A herbaceous perennial liana 50-90 centimeters in height with a creeping rhizome. The stem is simple, erect. The leaves are heart-shaped, up to 10 centimeters long. Flowers with zygomorphic perianth, light yellow. Grows in the European part of Russia and the Caucasus. Poisonous medicinal plant. Used in small doses in folk medicine.
Arable clover
Herbaceous annual plant up to 30 centimeters in height. Self-seeding The stem is straight, branched. The leaves are trifoliate, linear-oblong, blue-green in color. The inflorescences are heads of cylindrical shape, shaggy-hairy. Flowers in the form of a small pale pink corolla. Grows everywhere. Used in cosmetology and medicine. Forage plant.
White creeping clover
Herbaceous perennial branching plant up to 30 centimeters in height. The stem is creeping, branched, bare, self-rooting. The leaves are trifoliate on long petioles. The leaves are green in color, with white streaks inside the leaf. The inflorescence heads are spherical in shape. Flowers in the form of a small white corolla. Grows in temperate climate zones. Used as an excellent honey plant, fodder plant, soil improving plant.
Clover pink
Herbaceous perennial plant up to 80 centimeters in height. The stem is tubular, branched, erect. Leaves are oval, trifoliate. The inflorescence heads are spherical. Flowers are corolla-shaped, pink or crimson. Grows everywhere. It is used as an excellent honey plant, fodder plant, and component in folk medicine.
feather grass
Turf-like perennial plant up to 1 meter in height. Stems are erect, bare. The leaves are linear, narrow, located in the root zone of the bush. The inflorescence is in the form of a narrow, compressed, pubescent panicle up to 25 centimeters in length. Grows everywhere. Ornamental plant.
Meadow salsify
Herbaceous biennial plant up to 1 meter in height. Self-seeding The stem is thin, erect, with a purple tint. The leaves are narrow, long, located in the lower knee of the stem. The flowers are yellow, dandelion-shaped on a flower stalk-basket. Grows everywhere. Used in the food industry.
Common bluebell
Herbaceous biennial plant up to 70 centimeters in height. Self-seeding The stem is erect, thin, and sparsely leafy. The leaves are small, entire, alternately arranged. The corolla is bell-shaped. The flowers are purple, collected in a racemose or paniculate regular inflorescence. Grows in temperate climates. Rare ornamental plant.
Field bark
Herbaceous perennial plant up to 80 centimeters in height. The stem is erect, sparsely leafy. The leaves are hairy, lanceolate, pinnately dissected, located in the root zone of the plant. Inflorescence heads up to 3 centimeters in height. The flowers are bluish-lilac with lanceolate involucre leaves. Grows everywhere. Used as an excellent honey plant.
Burnet (officinalis)
Herbaceous perennial plant up to 90 centimeters in height. The stem is single, erect, branched in the upper part. The leaves are long-petiolate with many small oval leaves. The edge of the leaf is dissected. The flowers are small, dark red, collected in oval corollas-heads. Medicinal plant, fodder plant, honey plant. Grows everywhere. Used in folk and traditional medicine.
European swimsuit
Herbaceous perennial plant 40-100 centimeters in height. Leaves are basal and stem. The leaves are dark green, pinnately dissected, collected in a rosette. The flowers are rich yellow, large, up to 5 centimeters in diameter, with a bright aroma. The flower looks like a small peony. A rare plant protected by the Republic of Belarus, Tambov region and Poland.
Kupena fragrant
Herbaceous perennial plant 30-65 centimeters in height. The stem is bare, faceted, erect. The stem forms an arch under the weight of leaves and flowers. The leaves are oval, stalk-embracing, alternate, glossy and green above, matte and bluish below. The flowers are white, small, located along the stem. The flowers are similar in appearance to a bell. Grows everywhere. A poisonous plant used in small doses in folk and traditional medicine.
Lily of the valley
Herbaceous perennial plant of the Liliaceae genus, up to 40 centimeters in height. The stem is thin, bare, erect. The leaves are large, oval, light green in color, located symmetrically in twos in the root zone of the plant. The flowers are small, white, with a sugary aroma, collected in a spike-shaped inflorescence. Grows everywhere. Rare plant. It is used in folk and traditional medicine, cosmetology and soap making.
Common flax
Herbaceous annual plant up to 80 centimeters in height. Self-seeding The stem is erect, leafy, branching in the upper part. The leaves are small, narrow, located symmetrically along the entire stem. The flowers are solitary, on long stalks, blue, five-petaled. Grows everywhere. It is used in cooking, medicine, cosmetology, and textile production.
Moneywort
Herbaceous perennial primrose up to 30 centimeters in height. The stem is creeping, thin, rooting, with symmetrical opposite rounded leaves. The flowers are yellow, on long stalks, solitary, large, five-leaved. Grows everywhere. Used in folk medicine and as a tea substitute.
Common toadflax
A herbaceous perennial plant of the Plantain family, it can reach a height of 90 centimeters. The stem is erect, densely leafy. The leaves are small, linear, pointed. The flowers are yellow with an orange center, small. The flowers are collected in apical racemes up to 15 centimeters long. Grows everywhere. A weed plant, rarely used in floristry.
Lyubka bifolia
Herbaceous perennial tuberous plant 30-60 centimeters in height. The stem is single and erect, glabrous. Leaves are basal (there can be 1-3 of them). The leaves are oval, light green, large. The inflorescence is in the form of a cylindrical spikelet up to 20 centimeters in length. The flowers are small, white, located symmetrically relative to the spikelet. The flowers have a pungent spicy aroma. Grows in Ukraine and in the European part of Russia. Used in folk medicine and veterinary medicine.
Lupine
Perennial subshrub 80-120 centimeters high. Stems are erect, woody, leafy to varying degrees. The leaves are palmately compound, with many narrow and long leaves. The inflorescence is in the form of an apical raceme. The flowers are zygomorphic, alternate, dark blue or purple. Grows in temperate climates. Used in medicine, food industry, pharmacology, cosmetology, floristry.
Creeping buttercup
Herbaceous perennial plant 15-40 centimeters in height. The stem is thick, bare, creeping. The leaves are trifoliate, petiolate, basal. The flowers are bisexual, regular five-leafed, solitary, golden yellow. Grows everywhere. Used in folk and traditional medicine.
Field poppy
Herbaceous annual plant 30-80 centimeters in height. Self-seeding The stem is branched, covered with coarse bristles. The leaves are large, alternate, pinnately dissected, gray-green in color. The edge of the leaf is dissected and jagged. Pedicels are long and strong. The flowers are large, up to 7 centimeters in diameter, solitary, bright red or scarlet. The flowers consist of two tiers of petals (four in each) and a black stamen with oblong anthers. Grows everywhere. Used in folk medicine and winemaking.
Cuff
Herbaceous perennial bushy plant 40-60 centimeters high. The stem is erect, branched. The leaves are palmately dissected, rounded, with concave lobes, decorative. The flowers are small, greenish-yellow in color, collected in spherical inflorescences on single pedicels. Grows in warm climate regions. Medicinal plant. Used in the food industry, folk medicine, floristry.
Coltsfoot
Herbaceous perennial plant of the Asteraceae family up to 30 centimeters in height. The stem is erect, covered with scaly leaves. The basal leaves are dissected by veins, oval or heart-shaped, simple. The flowers are solitary, bright yellow, similar in appearance to dandelion. Grows in temperate climates. It is used in folk medicine and is valued as an excellent honey plant.
Lungwort
Herbaceous perennial plant no higher than 30 centimeters. The stem is erect, pubescent. The leaves are lanceolate, oval, regular, heart-shaped. The basal leaves are much larger than the stem leaves. Flowers with double perianth, bell-shaped in a pubescent basket. Most often the flowers are blue or dark blue. Grows everywhere. Used in cooking, folk and traditional medicine.
Dandelion
Herbaceous perennial plant of the Asteraceae family up to 60 centimeters in height. The stem is erect, multifaceted. The leaves are dark green, feather-like, basal. The flowers are solitary, yellow, emerging from a single inflorescence of the basket. All parts of the plant contain thick white sap. Grows everywhere. It is used as a fodder plant, in the food industry, in medicine, and in cosmetology.
Comfrey officinalis
Herbaceous perennial plant up to 1 meter in height. The stem is branched and erect. The entire stem is covered with stiff hairs. The leaves are feather-shaped, oblong, lanceolate, alternate, bluish-green. The flowers are purple, bell-shaped, sparsely located along the entire upper part of the stem. Distributed everywhere. Used in medicine, an excellent honey plant.
Eyebright
Herbaceous perennial plant of the Cabbage family up to 60 centimeters in height. The stem is erect, leafy. The leaves are small, alternate, in the shape of small hearts. The sepals are straight, short, white, located at the top of the stem. Grows everywhere. It is used in folk and scientific medicine, gynecology, and Armenian cuisine.
Primrose officinalis
Herbaceous perennial plant up to 80 centimeters in height. The stem is erect, glabrous. The leaves are large, feather-like, bluish-green, clustered in the root zone. The flowers are regular, five-leaved, golden-yellow in color, collected in an umbrella inflorescence. Grows everywhere. It is used in medicine, the food industry, and as an ornamental plant.
Tansy
Herbaceous turfy perennial plant 50-150 centimeters in height. Stems are straight, branched at the top. The leaves are alternate, palmate, carved, serrated. The flowers are small, regular, yellow, tubular, collected in an umbrella. The plant has a pungent camphor smell. Grows everywhere. Widely used in the food industry, scientific and folk medicine.
Common pikulnik
Herbaceous annual plant of the Lamiaceae family, up to 50 centimeters in height. Self-seeding The stem is erect, fleecy. The leaves are alternate, regular, symmetrically located throughout the stem. The calyx of the flower is spiny, equal to the corolla tube, with five teeth. The flowers are small, bell-shaped, purple in color. Grows everywhere. A good honey plant.
Ivy
Perennial creeping shrub. The stem is thin, weaving. The leaves are dark green, angular-lobed. The flowers are small, white, collected in apical racemes. Grows in countries with mild climates. A medicinal plant used in folk and traditional medicine.
True bedstraw
Herbaceous perennial tenacious plant 60-120 centimeters in height. The stem is erect, weak, pubescent. The leaves are dark green, narrow, linear, collected in whorls. Flowers collected in a dense pyramidal panicle. The flowers are small, yellow in color, with a pronounced honey aroma. Grows everywhere. A good honey plant. Used in the food industry and paint and varnish industry.
Wormwood
Perennial herbaceous shrub 50-200 centimeters in height. The stem is erect, ribbed, dense, branched in the upper part. The leaves are long-petiolate, twice or thrice pinnately dissected. The entire plant is silvery green in color. The flowers are small, yellowish, in the form of spherical baskets. The flowers are arranged symmetrically along the entire stem. The plant has a pungent camphor smell. Grows everywhere. It is used in medicine, cooking, and in the preparation of insect repellents.
Primula vulgare
Herbaceous perennial plant of the Primrose family, up to 20 centimeters in height. The stem is erect, short. The leaves are lanceolate, feather-shaped, wrinkled, toothed, located in the root zone. The flowers are funnel-shaped, regular, of all possible colors. The flowers are collected in sessile inflorescences. Grows in regions with temperate climates. Ornamental plant.
Lumbago
Herbaceous perennial plant of the Buttercup family up to 40 centimeters in height. The stem is thick, gray, hairy. The leaves are petiolate, collected in a rosette in the root zone. The flowers are single, regular, large, purple, with sharp petals. Grows everywhere. Used in traditional medicine and veterinary medicine. Poisonous.
Chamomile
Herbaceous perennial plant of the Asteraceae family. It reaches a height of 30-80 centimeters. The stem is erect, leafy, branched towards the top. The leaves are small, narrow, carved. Inflorescences in the form of hemispherical baskets. The flowers are regular, white with a yellow center. Grows everywhere. It is used in cosmetology, gardening, and floristry.
pharmaceutical camomile
An annual herbaceous plant of the Aster family, up to 60 centimeters in height. Self-seeding The stem is erect, branched from the base. The leaves are alternate, narrow, small, carved. The inflorescences are numerous, in the form of a conical basket. The flowers are regular, white with a yellow center. There are bisexual yellow small flowers. Grows everywhere. Used in medicine, cosmetology, food industry.
Chamomile yellow
A perennial herbaceous plant from the genus Papavka of the Asteraceae family. It reaches a height of 25-100 centimeters. The stem is erect and bare. The leaves are alternate, pinnately dissected, and large. The flowers are collected in single conical baskets on long stalks. The flowers are regular, yellow with a yellow center. Grows everywhere. Used in medicine and gardening.
Checkered hazel grouse
A perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Fritillary family Liliaceae. It can reach 35 centimeters in height. The stem is erect, smooth, and bends into an arc under the weight of the flower. The leaves are thin and long, arranged sparsely and symmetrically along the stem. The flowers are solitary, drooping. The bell-shaped flower is burgundy and on the main color you can see dots of blue, arranged in a checkerboard pattern. The species' range covers almost all of Europe with the exception of the extreme northern and extreme southern regions. Rare ornamental plant. Used in medicine.
Sverbiga eastern
Perennial herbaceous plant of the Sverbig genus of the Brassica family. It can reach 40-100 centimeters in height. The stem is erect, branched at the top. The leaves are serrated, oval-lanceolate, located in the root zone, in the area of the first knee of the stem. The flowers are up to 5 millimeters in diameter, yellow, collected in corymbose racemes, and the racemes are collected in a large panicle. The plant is not picky about the climate. Used in the food industry and traditional Armenian medicine.
Serpukha
Herbaceous perennial plant of the Asteraceae or Compositae family. The plant can reach a height of 15-90 centimeters. The stem is thin, erect, glabrous. The leaves are pinnately dissected, alternate. Inflorescence in the form of a rough basket. The flower is pale pink, single or bisexual. Grows everywhere. Excellent honey plant. Used as a dye.
Feverweed
Perennial herbaceous plant of the Apiaceae family. It can reach 1.5 meters in height. The stem is straight, bare, bluish in color, branched at the top. The leaves are entire, pinnately dissected, spiny, toothed. The flowers are small, mostly blue-blue, of the ordinary umbrella type, collected at the top of the branches in an ovoid head. Grows mainly in the southern regions. Used in folk medicine and as an ornamental plant.
blue cyanosis
Perennial herbaceous plant 35-140 centimeters in height. Stems are solitary, erect, hollow, indistinctly ribbed, simple or branched in the upper part. The leaves are alternate, odd-pinnate, glabrous, oblong-lanceolate, pointed. Flowers range from blue to purple, occasionally white; collected in paniculate inflorescences at the ends of the stems. Cup with five lobes. The corolla is wide open, spicate, bell-shaped with a five-lobed limb. Grows everywhere. A good honey plant. Used in folk medicine.
Smolevka
Perennial herbaceous plant, subshrub, of the Carnation family. Weed. Stems are erect or ascending, branched at the top, up to 50 centimeters in height. The leaves are opposite, sessile, lanceolate, linear, scapular, ovate. The flowers are monoecious or dioecious, collected in general paniculate or spike-shaped inflorescences, sometimes they are solitary. The corolla is white, there are five petals. Grows everywhere. Used in folk medicine.
Common gum
Herbaceous perennial dicotyledonous plant of the Clove family. The stems are erect, slightly branched, reach 30-90 centimeters in height, glabrous, usually sticky at the nodes. Basal leaves are petiolate, lanceolate or almost linear, pointed. The flowers are regular, pink in dichasial inflorescences. The growing area of tar is almost all of Europe with the exception of the southwest. Ornamental plant.
Dream-grass
Perennial herbaceous plant of the Anemone genus of the Ranunculaceae family. It reaches a height of 7-15 centimeters. The stems are erect, covered with thick, protruding, soft hairs. The root leaves are on long, not densely hairy petioles, rounded-heart-shaped, tripartite with rhombic tripartite segments. The flowers are purple or white, six-petaled, star-shaped, with a yellow center. Rare plant. It is used in folk medicine as a sedative and hypnotic.
Common cress
A perennial herbaceous plant with biennial shoots, of the genus Crescent from the Brassica family. The stem is tall, branched, glabrous or slightly fluffy, 30-80 centimeters high. The leaves are sessile, entire, lanceolate to obovate, serrated along the edge. The inflorescence is a raceme, single at the beginning of flowering. The flowers are four-membered with a double perianth, bisexual, golden yellow. The flower has five stamens. Grows everywhere. It is used as a fodder plant, in medicine, cosmetology, cooking, and floristry.
Spiraea
Perennial herbaceous plant of the Rosaceae family. The stem is erect, pinnate, up to 80 centimeters in height. The leaves are palmate, collected in a star, on long stalks. Numerous small white or pink flowers are collected in terminal corymbose, paniculate inflorescences. Perianths are double. Grows in temperate climates. Used in folk and traditional medicine, food industry. Ornamental plant.
Yarrow
Herbaceous perennial plant, subshrub of the Asteraceae or Asteraceae family. The stem is erect or slightly curved at the soil surface. The leaves are serrated, carved or pinnately dissected, arranged in an alternate order. Inflorescences are small baskets, mostly collected in a common corymbose inflorescence. The flowers are regular and white. Grows everywhere. Medicinal plant.
Field tulip
Perennial herbaceous bulbous plant of the Liliaceae family. The stem is dense, erect, with a single peduncle. The leaves are smooth or wavy, elongated, lanceolate, extending from the base of the stem to its middle. An adult plant usually has 2-4 leaves, while a young plant always has only 1 leaf. The leaves are bluish-green. The flower is single, six-petaled, regular, with a large number of stamens. Most often the flowers are red, yellow, white or pink. Ornamental plant.
Meadow violet
Perennial herbaceous plant of the Violet genus of the Violet family. The stem is aboveground, branched, erect or erect, 5-20 centimeters high. The leaves are alternate, simple, serrate. The lower leaves are petiolate, round-oval. The flowers are solitary, irregular, zygomorphic, purple. The perianth is double, there are 5 sepals and petals, not fused together. The flowers exude an intoxicating aroma. The plant is found everywhere. Used in cosmetology and medicine.
Horsetail
A perennial spore-bearing herbaceous plant of the Horsetail genus, Horsetail family. It can reach 40-60 centimeters in height. Generative shoots are brownish or pinkish, not branched, with triangular brown leaf teeth. Vegetative shoots are green, erect, hollow, with a peak-shaped tip. Leaf teeth are collected in whorls of 6-12, sometimes up to 16 pieces, free or fused. The plant is distributed in subarctic, temperate and tropical climates. Used in traditional and folk medicine, food industry.
Horseradish
Perennial herbaceous plant of the Horseradish genus of the Brassica family. The stem is straight, branched, 50-150 centimeters high. The basal leaves are very large, oblong or oblong-oval, crenate, heart-shaped at the base; the lower ones are pinnately divided; oblong-lanceolate; the upper ones are linear, entire. Calyx about 3 mm long; petals are about 6 mm long, white, short-marigold. Grows everywhere. Used in cooking and medicine.
Common chicory
A perennial herbaceous plant of the Chicory genus of the Asteraceae family. Weed plant. The stem is erect, twig-like, green or bluish-green, rough, 15-150 centimeters high. The basal leaves are pinnately divided, entire, serrated along the edge, gradually narrowing at the base into a petiole. The baskets are solitary, numerous or clustered several at the top of the stem. Flowers are ligulate. The corolla is 15-25 millimeters long, different shades of blue or white. Grows everywhere. The plant is toxic. Used in medicine and cooking.
Thyme
A perennial semi-shrub plant with thin stems up to 40 centimeters in height. The leaves are thin, small, hard, oval-shaped and green in color. The flowers are collected in small elongated inflorescences of pinkish-violet color with a very fragrant smell. Grows in Eastern Europe, Western Siberia, eastern Russia, and the Caucasus. Ornamental plant. Used in cosmetology.
Cheremsha
A perennial herbaceous plant with a triangular stem up to 50 centimeters in height. It has two oblong, sharp leaves. The flower has the shape of a white hemispherical umbrella. Flowering period May-June. Grows in Central, Northern, Southern Europe and Turkey. It is grown as a cultivated plant.
Chernogolovka vulgare
Perennial herbaceous plant 15-30 centimeters in height. The leaves are petiolate, oblong. The flowers are symmetrical on short stalks in false whorls of blue-violet color (rarely yellow-white). Habitat: Asian countries, Japan, North America and Africa, Australia. Used in folk medicine.
Thistle
A spiny perennial herbaceous plant with a straight stem up to 1.5 meters in height. The leaves are large, hard, spiny. Flowers in the form of a basket of pink or purple. Blooms from early July to late August. Grows in Central Europe and Asia, North Africa, USA. Used in traditional and folk medicine.
Celandine
A perennial herbaceous shrub with a straight branched stem 50-100 centimeters high. The leaves are lyre-shaped and dark green. The flowers are golden yellow, regular in shape, collected in an umbrella. Blooms from May to August. Distributed almost everywhere. Used in medicine.
Sage
Herbaceous perennial plant or subshrub 20-70 centimeters high. The leaves are oblong gray-green. The flowers are blue-violet, pink or white, collected in corymbose whorls. Blooms from late May to July. Grows everywhere. Widely used in medicine and cosmetology.
Rosehip cinnamon
A thorny shrub plant up to 2 meters in height. The leaves are imparipinnate with five or seven cuts. The flower is single, less often double or triple, pink or dark red. Blooms from May to July. Distributed in Europe and Central Asia. Medicinal plant.
Dog rose
A shrub plant 1.5 -2.5 meters high, has sparse thorns. The leaves are imparipinnate, mostly with seven cuts. The flower is pink or white-pink, 5 centimeters in diameter, practically odorless. Distributed in Europe, North Africa, Western Asia. Used in medicine and as a scion for garden roses.
Stock rose
Mallow. Perennial or biennial herbaceous plant up to 2 meters high. The leaves are alternate, the stem is herbaceous. Self-seeding The flower consists of five fused petals that are white, pink, yellowish, cream or pink. Cultivated everywhere. Used as an ornamental and medicinal plant.
Sainfoin
Grass, shrub or subshrub with thorns up to 70 centimeters in height. The leaves are imparipinnate with stipules. The flower is collected in spikes, the brushes of which are white, yellow or purple. Distributed in central and southern Europe, Western Asia and northern Africa. Used medicinally or as a fodder plant.
Echinacea
A perennial herbaceous plant up to 1 meter high with a straight, rough stem. The leaves are long-petioled, broadly oval, tapering towards the petiole. The flowers are large, regular, collected in baskets up to 15 centimeters in diameter, the color can be from pink to red-brown. The plant is native to the eastern United States. Used as an ornamental and medicinal plant.
Echinocystis lobes
An annual herbaceous liana-like plant up to 6 meters long. Self-seeding The leaves are round, pale green, with long petioles. The flower is dioecious, collected in racemes, with a delicate honey aroma. The flowering period is from June to September, the fruits ripen from August to October. Distributed in North America, Central Asia, the Far East, Japan, and China.
Eschszolzia
Perennial herbaceous sun-loving plant 20-45 centimeters in height. Leaf on a long petiole, thrice dissected. The flowers are cup-shaped from white to orange. Flowering period is from June to October. Grows in western North America. Used for decorative purposes.
Orchis
A tubular perennial herbaceous medicinal plant with a single stem 10-50 centimeters in height. The leaves are broadly lanceolate, tapering into a petiole. The flowers are collected in spike-shaped inflorescences from lilac to dark cherry color. Grows in the mountains of the Caucasus, Crimea, North America, Central and Southern Europe. Used in cooking.
