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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2013 16:40:09 GMT -5
What are these:
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Post by bushmaster on Sept 2, 2013 16:52:05 GMT -5
Dems flowers.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2013 17:01:18 GMT -5
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Post by wentzler on Sept 2, 2013 17:07:19 GMT -5
Mutt is correct as per.. It's jewelweed. While it doesn't really 'heal' poison ivy..it certainly does alleviate the sting of many of nature's less pleasant experiences. Insects tings and bites, stinging nettle encounters, skin afflictions and burns..much like aloe vera. The Native people held that it grew within fifteen steps of any such encounter, provided by the Great Spirit for us. I have found that 'belief' is not entirely w/o merit:)
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Post by bushmaster on Sept 2, 2013 18:38:21 GMT -5
We call it water weed around my parts. It's normally dried up by the end of July, but with all the rain this summer it's still hanging in there. I know it take s the sting off of itch weed.
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Post by Dutch on Sept 2, 2013 18:43:37 GMT -5
I'll tell you what, the deer sure like to browse it.
We used to crush a bunch of it at the start of the summer to use on stings, poison etc.
Not sure how effective it was tho.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2013 18:58:14 GMT -5
Cool. Well, I've got a TON of it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2013 19:11:09 GMT -5
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Post by bowbum on Sept 2, 2013 19:38:13 GMT -5
That is orange jewel weed and there is also a bright yellow jewel weed that I've been looking for since I started Identifying the wildflowers on this hill in 2007 but I never found it until this year. Now the yellow, (and orange) is everywhere along the roads and ditches and on the edges especially where it is damp. I'm thinking the yellow especially might be cyclical.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2013 19:53:22 GMT -5
Got stung by a wasp mowing tonight and immediately thought of the Jewelweed. I crushed a bunch of stems and leaves and rubbed them on the sting and felt relief immediately. A couple of hours later I can barely see the sting location and there is no swelling. I'm amazed.
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Post by Dutch on Sept 5, 2013 5:20:54 GMT -5
Would these guys stear you wrong?
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Post by wentzler on Sept 5, 2013 5:30:15 GMT -5
Here's one for the books, too. Lettuce. Believe it or not. My daughter in law laid that one on me when the grandson performed his own first head bashing. He had a knot the size of a walnut on his forehead, and she applied a slab of lettuce from the 'frig to the walnut immediately. I never witnessed such a rapid change in bone bruise in my life. In fifteen minutes the angry 'deep blue' that signals a week of purple and yellow to come was gone, and the swelling reduced to that of a bee sting. Filed that lil trick in the gray file immediately.
Bowbum, the yellow flowered 'cultivar' of jewelweed is not uncommon most places, a mere genetic 'second card' much like Garden Flocks or wild Flocks for that matter. We've had a pretty large white garden flocks at the edge of one our beds for years, and the species can have white, purple, or pink blooms. This summer, since I had no time last year to attend what was left of the beds, there was some seed issue of nearly all our plants. We have two flocks that have come up pink. And we have have a lot more of the yellow flowered jewelweed this summer than in past years as well. And Dutch is correct..the deer hammer it. We've got another woody stem quite large yellow flowering plant I have not been able to identify yet, which the deer also hammer. It has always come up wild in our gardens and perrenial patches, and years ago I started leaving in the vegetable gardens because the deer will walk right past the beans and peas to get to these plants, and the gold finches love them as well, seeds and cover.
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Post by wentzler on Sept 5, 2013 5:33:58 GMT -5
hmm...with a bit of mayo, an apple, and celery we'd have had Waldorf Even now if the grandson performs the routine self-infliction of bruises, contusions, cuts, etc. we can always get his smile back on his face by calling him "Chief Lettuce Head" Ya'll do know about roasted burdock root for the headache right?
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Post by bowbum on Sept 5, 2013 7:53:26 GMT -5
Ed, I limit my cataloging of wildflowers to this hill that I live on and speak of the rarity of "yellow Jewel weed" only in that context. We agree that the yellow is very prolific this year. I am seeing yellow jewel weed in places I've never seen it before and in huge quantities. All of my flower pictures are from areas walked to on this hill and probably no more than 300 acres in extent of foot travel. Here are two from a couple/few years ago:
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Post by johns on Sept 7, 2013 7:41:37 GMT -5
Some people call it "glass weed" as well. It also works on stinging nettle pain and many times they grow in the same areas.
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