I always used to run when I would see Goldenrod, but now think it is a beautiful plant. The picture below was taken during a recent walk through a the New Jersey Botanical Gardens. It wasn’t being cultivated, just growing wild on the way to one of the woodland paths, just like it grows wild along the road.
It took watching an episode of “Farmer’s Almanac” on television to remind me that Goldenrod and Ragweed are not the same thing. In fact the man speaking mentioned that tea can be made from the Goldenrod flower, aerial parts, that may actually help with some allergies. Often if Ragweed is growing, it won’t be hard to find some Goldenrod nearby. So often the cure for what ails you in one herb will be found growing very close by.
Another example is poison ivy and Jewelweed…my husband is fearful of poison ivy as he gets it so easily, so pointed it out along the same path as we saw the Goldenrod, and I pointed to the Jewelweed that as growing right next to it.
Here is a picture of Goldenrod that I took last weekend.
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