Pete's Walks - Herb Robert
Photo taken 19/04/19 at Ibstone
Excluding orchids, this is my favourite wildflower - one reason being that I probably see it on more of my walks than any other flower as it flowers from April to November. A very pretty and delicate flower, a member of the Geranium family, its distinctively-shaped leaves can turn partly or wholly red. Nobody now seems to know who the Robert was that it was named after. In herbalism it has been used as a cure for toothache and nosebleeds, and has also been used to dress wounds as it has an antiseptic affect.
Photo taken 2/05/20 at Kensworth, Beds.
Photo taken 22/05/07 between Whitchurch Hill and Goring on Day 19 of my second Chiltern Way Walk
Photo also taken 22/05/07 between Whitchurch Hill and Goring on Day 19 of my second Chiltern Way Walk
Photo taken 4/08/06, on path near Pitstone Hill and Incombe Hole.
This photo shows just how red the leaves of Herb Robert can turn.
Photo taken 16/06/09, near Dunstable, Beds.
This photo shows an unusual white form of Herb Robert.