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Date created
16 Jul 2022
Last revised
9 Okt 2023
Łódź, Stoki
The bumblebee is probably Bombus lapidarius - not so popular, but busy and joyful.
Possible weed!
Edible plant - roots cooked; young flower stems cooked and used as a vegetable; seeds occasionally eaten roasted.
Herbal plant - roots used as a poultice and a decoction of the plant used as a poultice on sore jaws; a decoction of the whole plant used both internally and externally to treat bleeding piles.
Useful plant - fibre obtained from the inner bark is used in making paper; seeds of all species of thistles yields a good oil.