Tinkturenpresse

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Rubiaceae - lady's bedstraw, yellow bedstraw, Echtes Labkraut, Bettstroh, Gelbes Käselab

Perennial herb, native to Europe and West Asia, naturalized in North America; 30-60cm high, leaves narrow-linear, to 8-10 in whorls; flowers numerous, small, bright yellow.

„The flowering period extends from May to September. The relatively small, golden to lemon yellow, arranged in paniculate inflorescences, flowers smell strongly of honey.“ http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galium_verum

„In the past, the dried plants were used to stuff mattresses, as the coumarin scent of the plants acts as a flea killer. The flowers were also used to coagulate milk in cheese manufacture and, in Gloucestershire, to colour the cheese Double Gloucester.“ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galium_verum