Marsh woundwort

This beautiful wild plant has important edible and medicinal properties. The plants can grow up to 1m tall and bloom from summer to early autumn with bright lilac-pink flower clusters with beautifully marked labiate flowers. The young shoots are edible: cook them as a substitute for asparagus; tip: grow them in the dark to get blanched shoots. Although the scent is not always perceived as pleasant, the taste certainly is!
The tubers, which form in autumn, are a nutritious and pleasant delicacy both raw and cooked: mildly nutty in taste, comparable to its relative the Crosne. Ground, dried tubers can be added to bread flour.
For use as a medicinal herb (wound healing, antispasmodic, and much more), we recommend doing thorough research first.

Denominations:
Latin: Stachys palustris
Dutch: Moerasandoorn
English: Marsh Woundwort, Marsh Hedgenettle