Green Knob trail - Blue Ridge parkway in May, during lockdown

                                                                      Painted Trillium

Wood Betony

                                                          Bellwort / Wild Oats

Blue Ridge Parkway

❇︎ Flower of the day ❇︎

Wood Betony,

Bishop's wort, Chastra, Hedge Nettle

Mint family

Wood Betony  is a native plant to Europe, western Asia and northern Africa.

This plant is widespread in eastern North America, from southern Canada, south to northern Florida

and west to eastern Texas.

Like many other members of the mint family, Wood Betony has square stems with short, fine hairs.

It is a perennial in most temperate climates and has a thick, woody root. 

Wood Betony has warming relaxing fragrance; it is sweet and aromatic. For centuries its healing property has been very well known and in our time still is considered as a fascinating herb with many benefits.

Green Knob trail - October 2014

Spring time - flowers still grow...

In these uncertain times

we know you might feel unsure…

But flowers still grow, birds still sing

and waves still sweep the shore.

And with the rising

and setting of the sun,

Nature reminds us all

that brighter days will come.

from Nature Trust Magazine, UK