Annual yellow-woundwort
A weed that flowers in cereal stubble after harvest; in Central Europe it is one of the main late-summer flows and gives its own honey.
- Nectar
- Good
- Pollen
- Low
- Flowering
- JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
- Height
- 0.1-0.4 m
- Life cycle
- Annual
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Annual yellow-woundwort is a weed that flowers in the stubble of cereal fields after harvest. In Central Europe, especially in Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, it is regarded as one of the most important late-summer flows. Nectar secretion increases in hot weather and on calcareous fields that have had rain after the harvest.
Flowering
Flowers can be seen from June to October; the main flow is in July-September, after the cereal harvest. Early ploughing of stubble and herbicide spraying have greatly reduced this source in many places.
Honey and pollen
In Central Europe a monofloral honey is produced from it; it is described as light-coloured and pleasantly fragrant. Little pollen is collected.
Note for the beekeeper
It also occurs along field edges in Turkey, but its value for beekeeping there has not been studied separately. In areas where stubble is ploughed late, it is worth watching as a late-summer source.