{"id":967,"date":"2014-08-10T14:51:16","date_gmt":"2014-08-10T14:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/?p=967"},"modified":"2014-08-10T14:52:00","modified_gmt":"2014-08-10T14:52:00","slug":"dordogne-betony-22-july-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/10\/dordogne-betony-22-july-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Dordogne: Betony (22 July 2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_968\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-968\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSCN1316-Betony-Stachys-officinalis.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-968\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSCN1316-Betony-Stachys-officinalis-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Betony, Stachys officinalis\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSCN1316-Betony-Stachys-officinalis-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSCN1316-Betony-Stachys-officinalis-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-968\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Betony, Stachys officinalis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Betony, <em>Stachys officinalis<\/em>, is as its &#8216;official&#8217; specific name indicates, a medicinal herb used, without scientific proof, &#8220;to treat anxiety, gallstones, heartburn, high blood pressure, migraine and neuralgia, and to prevent sweating. It can also be used as an ointment for cuts and sores&#8221;\u00a0(according to Wikipedia). It is widespread across Europe, but unobtrusive, though its handsomely crenellated leaves with their long stalks, and the largish flower with a tube longer than the calyx, make it a rewarding find. Once you know it, you&#8217;ll see it everywhere.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_969\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-969\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSCN1319-Betony-lower-leaf.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-969\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSCN1319-Betony-lower-leaf-300x138.jpg\" alt=\"Lower leaf of Betony\" width=\"300\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSCN1319-Betony-lower-leaf-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSCN1319-Betony-lower-leaf-1024x472.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-969\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lower leaf of Betony<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lower leaf of Betony: the stalk is longer than the leaf-blade, and the basal leaves form a persistent rosette.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Betony, Stachys officinalis, is as its &#8216;official&#8217; specific name indicates, a medicinal herb used, without scientific proof, &#8220;to treat anxiety, gallstones, heartburn, high blood pressure, migraine and neuralgia, and to prevent sweating. It can also be used as an ointment for cuts and sores&#8221;\u00a0(according to Wikipedia). It is widespread across Europe, but unobtrusive, though its &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/10\/dordogne-betony-22-july-2014\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dordogne: Betony (22 July 2014)<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[474,467],"class_list":["post-967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-natural-history","tag-betony","tag-dordogne"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=967"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":971,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967\/revisions\/971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}