News of August 2024!
What happened in August 2024 at Phyto-info… we tell you everything!
Hello everyone 🌿
The cornflower, a discreet flower that has marked history…
Moved by the suffering endured by the wounded of the First World War, Suzanne Lenhardt and Charlotte Malleterre founded workshops in 1916 where they made artificial cornflowers, which allowed them to regain an active role in society. The cornflower then became the symbol of reintegration through work, and later, the symbol of memory and solidarity in France.
The cornflower, also known as blue knapweed or Centaurea cyanus, owes its name to the intense colour of its flowers. While the yellow centaurea – yellow by the way and also toxic to horses – is considered an invasive plant, the cornflower is an endangered species in some regions and is the subject of conservation programs. Therefore, if you are lucky enough to come across it on a walk, take the time to admire it, but without picking it, which will give it a little head start to reproduce and spread again.
This month, other knapweeds are also honoured, the benedicta, calcitrapa, the jacea, montana, nigra and solstitialis. While the cornflower is widely represented in our reference works, the nigra for example is mentioned in only one book, and even then in a very succinct way. So why, you may ask, incorporate it into the database? We explain our reasoning in our next newsletter 🥰
Updates 👏
The field cornflower is, as we have seen, much more than just a flower. In addition to its symbolic, aesthetic and melliferous roles, it has, among other things, soothing properties that make it a very popular natural remedy for relieving irritated and tired eyes.
- Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)
Re-discover its benefits and precautions for use on our platform.
Added plants 👏
- Blessed thistle (Centaurea benedicta)
- Purple starthistle (Centaurea calcitrapa)
- Brown knapweed (Centaurea jacea)
- Mountain cornflower (Centaurea montana)
- Black knapweed (Centaurea nigra)
- Yellow centaurea (Centaurea solstitialis)
Discover their traditional uses and terms of use on our platform.
Celebration 👏
We have passed the milestone of 50 plants in our database, next goal… 60 🎉
Concerning the addition of plants, remember that we give our members the possibility of choosing the plants to include in our search tool; Do not hesitate to let us know your preferences by email.
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This was the news of our month of August, if you are interested in our search tool, more info on phyto-info.com.
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Next newsletter in a month! Stay tuned!