Spignel (Mezhreben)
Meum athamanticum
About Spignel (Mezhreben)
Spignel (Mezhreben) (Meum athamanticum) is a herb used in the Russian & Siberian Folk Medicine tradition to help with Digestive Issues, Menstrual Issues, Respiratory Issues, and Arthritis. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Meum athamanticum is a glabrous, highly aromatic (aroma compound), perennial plant - the only species (monotypic) in the genus Meum, belonging to the family Apiaceae. Common names in the U.K. include Baldmoney, Spignel,(also Spiknel and Spikenel) and Meu. It is a plant of grassland, often on limestone, in mountain districts of Western Europe and Central Europe, its range extending as far south as the Sierra Nevada (Spain) of Andalucia, and central Bulgaria in the Balkans. It...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist