In Our Forest Now. . .

As summer begins to fade many herbs are waiting to be harvested. Here are some of the plants we’re seeing or harvesting now.

Yellow Passionflower

Yellow passionflower (Passiflora lutea), is very small, with leaves 3 inches across while it’s greenish-yellow flowers are barely 1 inch across. It takes a sharp eye to notice the small blooms against the deep green of the forest. Like the more commonly used Passiflora incarnata (a much larger plant), whose blooms are pink, yellow passionflower is a nervine relaxant and
antispasmodic. Because yellow passionflower is rare, I have never harvested
it, preferring to use the more weedy P. incarnata.

Black Cohosh

It is almost time to harvest black cohosh (Actaea racemosa). The flowers have faded, and the seed heads are ripening quickly. I always like to harvest this root late in the year, after the foliage dies back, when the only visible identifying characteristic is the dried seed head of the flowers.

Jewelweed

Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) is still flowering in damp, cool places. At my house, we’ve been harvesting this plant all summer to treat severe cases of poison ivy. It always works! Now is the time to make jewelweed salve for winter and spring use. [For the recipe, see page 98 in my book, Medicinal Plants of the Southern Appalachians.]

Boneset

Boneset, (Eupatorium perforatum) is one of my favorite herbs. The other day I was happy to see it blooming along the shores of the pond while I was swimming. Look for boneset lining the edges of bodies of fresh water. In this picture you can see the distinctive way the opposing leaves grow together around the stem, making it easy to identify.

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