Tormentil
A small yellow-flowered herb of damp acid grassland and heath; it blooms for months but gives little nectar or pollen, a minor bee source.
- Nectar
- Low
- Pollen
- Low
- Flowering
- JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
- Height
- 0,1-0,4 m
- Life cycle
- Perennial
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Tormentil is a short herb, common in moist, acid meadows, heathland, the edges of bogs and open woodland. Unlike most cinquefoils, its flower usually has four petals. Its small, yellow, shallow flowers offer small amounts of nectar and pollen; the main visitors are small wild bees and flies. Honey bees call in occasionally.
Flowering
It flowers from May to September, never in great numbers but without interruption. This continuity makes it a small supplementary source on heathland and mountain meadows.
Honey and pollen
No monofloral honey is produced; its share in mixed meadow and heather honeys remains small.
Note for the beekeeper
In Turkey it grows on moist mountain pastures and in forest clearings in northern Anatolia. It is not a deciding plant when choosing an apiary site, but it can be seen as an indicator of wild bee diversity. Because the root contains tannin, it was formerly used in dyeing.