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Wood Avens

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Wood Avens is a lovely plant with bright yellow flowers. It grows in shady places like forests and is known for its sweet-smelling leaves. Kids love to discover it while exploring nature!

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Wood Avens has small, bright yellow, five-petaled flowers that often face downwards on slender stems. Its basal leaves are deeply lobed and crinkly, forming a rosette, while stem leaves are smaller and three-lobed. Its bristly seed-heads resemble tiny burrs.

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Wood Avens
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Wood Avens

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Interessante Fakten

If you sniff its crushed roots, they release a distinctive, spicy aroma.

Its roots were once used as a spice substitute for expensive cloves!

Medieval monks used Wood Avens to ward off evil spirits, believing it had magic powers!

This plant is also called 'Herb Bennet', a name from old European folklore.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Velcro Seeds

Wood Avens has tiny hooks on its seeds that cling to animal fur, helping them travel far and wide for new homes.

Fähigkeit

Spicy Roots

Wood Avens can produce a fragrant oil in its roots that smells like cloves, often used to flavor drinks.

Fähigkeit

Shade Survivor

Wood Avens can grow happily in many shady spots, adapting well to different woodland and hedgerow conditions.

Maße und Details

Höhe
30-75 cm
Ausbreitung
30-45 cm
Blütengröße
1-2 cm
Blütezeit
Late spring to late summer
Essbar
Ja
Giftigkeit
Keine
Lebenszyklus
Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Honeybee

Apis mellifera

Collects nectar and pollen.

pollinates

Buff-tailed Bumblebee

Bombus terrestris

Visits flowers for nectar.

eaten by

Roe Deer

Capreolus capreolus

Browses on its leaves.

eaten by

Black Slug

Arion ater

Feeds on its foliage.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Herb Bennet

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

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Always ask an adult before touching or tasting any plants.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Wood Avens?

30-75 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von Wood Avens?

30-45 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von Wood Avens?

1-2 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von Wood Avens?

Late spring to late summer

Was ist der/die/das essbar von Wood Avens?

Ja

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von Wood Avens?

Keine

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von Wood Avens?

Mehrjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von Wood Avens?

Insekten

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