Today i walked through the forest, willowherb has already faded, fluffy tops everywhere. I became curious about what is written about the plant on sites using my native language and on English-language sites. It seemed to me (although i may be mistaken) that on English-language sites willowherb is more often mentioned as a decorative plant 🌸🌱

Usually my family collects it for making tea. It is possible to collect willowherb from June to September before flowering and during abundant flowering before the plant begins to fluff.

If you make tea from unfermented, but simply dried leaves, then it will have a pronounced sourness. Fermented leaves when it brewed can give a bright taste with honey, caramel or fruit notes (depending on the fermentation technology) 🍵

This drink has many healing properties and has been used since ancient times. Willowherb was important to native people around the world. The roots, stems and leaves of the plant are eaten using various recipes and cooking methods, flowers are a source of honey, fluff is suitable for rural textile production :з

p.s. Reddit doesn't allow to attach photos to text posts, so I'll add a couple in the next