Here is new face from the wonderful Wet Meadow. Meet Allegheny Monkeyflower or Mimulus ringens. This blue beauty grows in the slow moving stream that cuts a chasm through the bog, mirroring the late summer sky. It was hard to get this picture leaning over the soft edge, standing in the masses of Boneset, Goldenrod and Sweet Joe Pye.
On Saturday I walked this field with my student Donna. We stood in the hot sun, sweat pouring off our faces and bodies, in a sea of plant bloom and insect droning. It was heaven. Today I walked the same field of beauty with student Deb Mercier, the herbalist at Greenwood Herbals where I taught an introductory class in flower essences on Sunday. What a joy to share this place with kindreds who understand the importance of this special landscape.
There is one more hidden species in the understory of the grasses and larger medicinals. Lycopus virginicus, also known as Bugleweed or Water Horehound, is a botanical that can be used to calm hyperthyroid conditions.
Asters are beginning to open at the Meadow's edge. This is the Flat Topped Aster, Aster umbellatus. Fall is coming. Winter is ahead. Harvest your magick and your medicine while you can.
gorgeous glimpses into this special place. Have never seen that species of monkeyflower before - what a beauty!!!!
Posted by: Acey | August 16, 2007 at 12:59 PM