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Edible parts
- Flowers for tea or as flavouring
- Young leaves for tea
Recognition
- Large plumes of cream-white tiny flowers
- Almond/marzipan-like scent (salicylic acid)
- Compound leaves, coarser side lobes
- Grows in wet meadows, ditch sides, marshes
Preparation tips
- Tea: fresh floral scent, lightly sweet
- Add flowers to desserts or drinks
- NOT for aspirin allergy
Medicinal use
- Contains salicylates (basis for aspirin — plant was formerly Spiraea → aspirin)
- Analgesic and fever-reducing
- Gastroprotective — opposite effect to aspirin
- Traditional use for stomach ulcer and heartburn
Never eat a plant you can't identify with certainty. If in doubt, leave it.
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