Description: A perennial plant with a horizontal, almost cylindrical root and ovoid leaves arranged in a rosette. Stem leaves are opposite, lanceolate. Stem erect, with glandular hairs, up to 50 cm high, simple or branched. Flowers large, orange-yellow, daisy-like, flowering from June to August. Fruit is an achene with light yellow downy tuft. The whole plant has a pleasant, spicy smell.

Distribution: Throughout Europe and North America. Prefers pastureland and non-chalky mountain meadows, but also occurs on lowland marshy grounds. Disappears from fertilized and intensively cultivated meadows. Read the rest of this entry »

Description: A perennial subshrub with densely branched stems rising from one root. It reaches about 60 cm in height. Leaves hair-like, double pinnate, with filiform and linear leaf segments, smooth above, grey and downy on the reverse. Circular yellow flower heads resembling small discs are composed of tubular florets. Flowers from July to August. The plant has a very pleasant smell somewhat resembling lemons. Read the rest of this entry »

Description: A perennial plant about 40-100 cm high. It has a long, this cylindrical, fleshy root, light yellow on the surface, inside white, horizonta branching. Stem is leafy, erect, angular, glabrous, branched in its upper pa Basal leaves are large, on long petioles, forming a rosette. Flowers are sma white, with a pungent smell.

Origin and Distribution: Horseradish comes from southeastern Europe but is now distributed throughout the whole of Europe. It is often cultivated gardens but it spreads easily and can be found growing wild on the banks ( streams, ponds and in other damp places. Read the rest of this entry »

Description: A biennial to triennial, rarely perennial plant, with a black, nearly unbranched root. From the root rise several stems forming short branches in the upper part. Stems 30-80 cm high, covered with rough hairs.’ Basal leaves in the first year are up to 20 cm long, narrowing into a petiole; during the flowering period they are already dry, and only the lanceolate shorter stem leaves, sessile at their cordiform base, remain on the plant. Flowers relatively small, with tubular corolla, first crimson-red, later deep violet-blue. Flowers arranged in short, dense coils, flowering from May to September. Read the rest of this entry »

Description: A deciduous tree more than 20 m high; leaves round, dentate. Young leaves, especially in open buds, are sticky. Flowers in catkins, the male catkins pendulous, the female catkins erect, reddish-purple, developing into small, woody, spherical cones growing from the leaf axils.

Origin and Distribution: Native to Europe, Siberia, northern Africa and Asia Minor; introduced to North America. Prefers cool_] moist habitats, but tolerates partial shade. Read the rest of this entry »