Plant Identification Help Please

ScarletBerry · May 14, 2010

Does anybody have any idea what the plant is in the attached pictures.:cnfs:

This has started growing in my garden. I thought it could be a weed but I can't find anything that looks like it on the web.

Its growing close to where I used to have a bird feeding station so I wondered if something in the seed mix had grown.

I would appreciate any ideas you might have.

Thanks very much.

Lynda

pete · May 14, 2010

Its a weed, its appeared in my garden in the last few years and spreads.

I'd get rid of it.
Before it seeds.

pete · May 15, 2010

Come on Marley.:D

You must know what this is.

Marley Farley · May 15, 2010

:thumb: I would say it is Wood Avens- Geum urbanum Pete...! :wink:

The yellow flowers of the wood avens are borne in loose clusters. The plant produces irregular, downy, three-lobed leaves, the third segment of which clasps the stem. The flowers are followed by spiky, raspberry-like seed heads. This is a delightful plant to include in a woodland edge planting scheme.
The plant is often known as herb bennet. This is apparently a corruption of the Latin for a blessed herb: Herba benedicta.
This is a reasonable source of nectar and pollen for small bees. It is also one food plant of the larvae of the grizzled skipper butterfly, which can occasionally occur in gardens.
Animals

Bees and wasps
FoliageGreenFlowerYellow, May to AugustMoisture (Average)Sunlight (Full sun)OriginNative
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Can be a bit of a thug in the garden if allowed to seed.....!!

pete · May 15, 2010

Thankyou Marley,

I see where your coming from, but I dont remember seeing any yellow flowers on mine, its as if the flowers are very insignificant, other than that the description seems to match.

oaktrees · May 15, 2010

id say its a weed get rid

www.oak-trees.co.uk

Marley Farley · May 16, 2010

It is a tad early for the flowers yet Pete.... :wink:

Marley Farley · May 16, 2010

:wink: Yes it falls into the bracket of a weed in our gardens George, but it is a native wild flower of the UK...
These are the flowers but they are very small Pete, only about 1/4 of an inch across & they go over very quickly....
The flower..

After flowering...

& last of all just leaves..

Ohh now I have just found this article on them... Yeh I know Pete..:dh::hehe:

From the oldest of times, wood avens was said to have the property of protecting against charms and spells. From its fresh leaves salads containing high quantities of vitamin C can be prepared. However, from a therapeutical point of view, the herb is invaluable due to the fact that it speeds up recovery periods.

Description of Wood Avens plant

Wood avens (Geum Urbanum) is a perennial herb 10-20 inches tall, with a ligneous stem and a wide area of spreading. It usually grows in mountainous areas, of plains and hills, the cool shaded places in forests, on river shores alongside country roads, gardens and houses. It has dented leaves, and its flowers are yellow with 5 small petals which blossom from May to October. The rhizome (radix gei) is the only part of the herb which has medicinal usages. It has a cylindrical shape and measures about 1 inch in diameter. Due to the secretion of eugenol, a volatile chemical substance, the rhizome as well as its roots give off a pleasant clove smell. It should be noted that rhizomes and the roots are uprooted either in the springtime, before the appearance of leaves or in the fall when the cocnnetration of eugenol is higher. In November, the concentration of the active substances contained - like tannin - is the highest.

For therapeutic purposes, rhizomes are used in their dry form. After being uprooted, the roots are washed with cold water and are then laid in thin layers in the sunlight or in rooms without humidity with temperatures of 35 degrees Celsius. The process of drying ends as soon as the roots assimilate a ligneous appearance, easily breakable. The quantity of dry substance obtained from 2-3kg of fresh roots is about 1kg.

Proprieties and benefits of Wood Avens

Tannin (10-20%), saccharose, starch, bitetr substances and mineral salts are the predominant chemical substances contained by the herb. The presence of tannin in cerentel ensures that wood avens can effectively alleviate stomach afflictions, infectious diarrhea, liver or biliary disorders. As it was previously mentioned, wood avens also contains eugenol, a substance with multiple usages in medicine and stomatology. The herb has astringent effects (eliminates painful muscular contractions), analgesic effects (it alleviates pain), antiseptic (keeps bacteria infections away), soothing (at intestinal level) and haemostatic effects (it can stop bleedings and soothe the haemorrhoidale pain).

Treatments and mixtures

Some of wood avens's usages are as follows. Due to the fact that it is a good disinfectant, the herb is recommended in alleviating enterocolitis and menstrual pains (because of its haemostatic properties it can stop bleedings). As an astringent, the herb effectively treats diarrhea and intestinal infections. Other usages of the plant are noticeable in internal treatments: pharyngitis, amygdalitis, bronchitis, asthenia, depressions and even cancerous diseases. As an antiseptic, it is good for gargling in case of toothaches, dental abscesses, amygdalitis, stomatitis, gingivitis and plaques.

Wood avens powder

Wood avens powder. Half of spoonful of powder administrated three times a day for two weeks is the ideal treatment against pharyngitis, amygdalitis and bronchitis. In cases of intestinal infections and diarrhea, the dosage is increased to four spoonfuls of powdered root a day. Against weak states and anemia produced by bleedings, an initial dose of 2-3 spoonful of powder is administrated, after which the treatment is continued with one spoonful of powder four times a day for five straight days.

Wood avens infusion

Wood avens infusion. This mixture can successfully treat stomatitis and gingivitis if gargling is done three times a day for a period of one to two weeks. It is efficient also for depressive, melancholic states and fatigue by being administered a cup of this mixture twice a day for six weeks. After a pause of two weeks the treatment can be resumed.

By combining powdered root of wood avens with the infusion, a mixture is made that is efficient in treating cancerous disorders because it amplifies the assimilation processes and also it maintains the physical and psychic tonus. Thus, before each important meal, a cup of wood avens infusion in which half a spoon of powdered herb was dissolved is consumed.

Wood avens tincture

Wood avens tincture. Owing to its anesthetic proprieties, a wad moisted in tincture and used as a poultice can alleviate toothaches. This tincture can also be used for massages to eliminate muscular strains.

Warning

An overdose can trigger nausea states. Also it is not recommended for the products based on wood avens to be consumed between meals, because it can sometimes produce gastro-intestinal irritations. In hepatic afflictions the consumption of wood avens is not indicated.
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pete · May 16, 2010

Yes I think your right Marley.:thumb:

I'll keep an eye open for the flowers.

ScarletBerry · May 17, 2010

Thank you very much for the information and pictures Marley. It certainly looks like the stuff growing in my garden. I think I will keep it as anything that attracts bees is good for me, I will just keep an eye on it to make sure it doesn't spread too far.

Lynda

Marley Farley · May 17, 2010

Just pinch the seed heads off so it doesn't have a chance to set more seed then & you will be ok.. :wink: It is quite attractive, I also have some Water Avens & they are even more attractive, but don't spread so.. :thumb::D

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