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Meadowsweet - Fillipendula ulmaria

It was apparently Queen Elizabeth 1st favourite perfume.

Like willow it contains Salicylic acid which was used to make the original aspirin, later it was synthesized. In its day it was seen as a kind of cure all.

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Uploaded on July 12, 2024
Taken on July 10, 2024