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Rhamnus frangula
Nowadays Alder Buckthorn is mainly grown to attract Brimstone butterflies. The bark has been used as a laxative after being dried and stored for a year before use (fresh bark is violently purgative.)
Spotted on Aug 19, 2011
Submitted on Aug 24, 2011
4 Comments
Thank you :)
so beautiful
Yeah, they are too tempting for poisonous berries :)
Beautiful Berries!