Stamp of ESTONIA 2004/2006/2007/2019/2021 - Flowers (6 self-adhesive stamps)
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2004 - The dandelion is
a widespread plant. A common weed, it grows at roadsides and in open fields,
but also in vegetable gardens and lawns. Depending on the location and
conditions it can grow from 10 to 40 cm high. The dandelion’s jagged leaves are
arranged in a rosette so that all the water falling on them is conducted to the
root, which is kept constantly moist as a result. The bright golden yellow
flowers grow at the top of hollow stems. The bloom is made up of hundreds of
strap-shaped florets with a tiny tube at the base and each tube filled more
than half with nectar, serving as a hunting ground for various insects among
which the honey bee takes first place. After the whole head has matured, it
turns first into something like a swine’s snout, and then a clock – a myriad of
plumed seeds or pappus, which children like to blow at, spreading the seeds. A
dandelion can have as many as 7,000 seeds. As apart from the seeds it can
multiply also by means of pieces of root, it is very difficult to get fight
against the dandelion. In some countries, the dandelion’s young leaves are
eaten in salads and on sandwiches, but the plant has also medicinal uses.
Dandelion roots are used against various diseases of internal organs, but they
are good also in case of constipation and for raising appetite. Flower stems
are known as a cure against diseases of organs of circulation. The dandelion is
an important food for various wild and domestic animals.
This
is first Estonian self-adhesive stamp.
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2006 - The liverleaf or hepatica (Hepatica nobilis) belongs to the family Ranunculaceae, genus Hepatica. The herbaceous plant, a perennial, grows to 10-20 cm in height, with one flower at the end of each hairy stem. In the wild, one plant usually has from eight to twelve stems. The flower of the hepatica generally measures 2–3 cm across in Estonia, blooming from the end of March until May. As it needs more light when in bloom it must flower before deciduous trees break into leaf, being one of the first flowering plants in the spring. It is shade-tolerant, needing light above all during the flowering season and generally growing in the shade of trees and bushes in the woods. The ideal hepatica habitat is the deciduous forest, which has lots of light in the spring but offers shade in the summer. The hepatica prefers loose humus-rich soil. It is poisonous when taken in large doses and is not recommended for use as a medicinal plant. The hepatica is not a protected species in Estonia.
2007 - Oxeye Daisy. Daisies (Leucanthemum vulgare) are biennial or perennial herbs from the composites family. There are twenty species of daisies, mainly growing in southern and central Europe. Only one species, the oxeye daisy, is found in Estonia. Compared with other composites, herbs with composite flowers of white "ray florets" around a yellow disc, oxeye daisy leaves are not so prominently lobed. The oxeye daisy grows in meadows, baulks and on roadsides and is valued for its beautiful flowers and long period of blossoming. It is often used as a cut flower, but is also planted into beds of perennials in gardens and parks. In folk medicine the plant has been used to treat various diseases.
2007 - The Wig Knapweed. The wig knapweed (Centaurea phrygia), flowering from the end of June to the middle of August, can be found in meadows, sparse woods, logged-over areas, shrubberies, at roadsides and on baulks, growing to 40-100 cm from the ground and sporting its conspicuous violet flowers at the top of ramified stalks. The reference to Phrygia in the Latin name is not to its origin but to its delicately frilled ray flowers reminiscent of the finely embroidered and frilled Phrygian dress. Estonia lies at the northwestern edge of its distribution area; in Latvia the wig knapweed is regarded as relatively rare.
2019 - The liverleaf. The liverleaf or hepatica (Hepatica nobilis) belongs to the family Ranunculaceae, genus Hepatica. The herbaceous plant, a perennial, grows to 10-20 cm in height, with one flower at the end of each hairy stem. In the wild, one plant usually has from eight to twelve stems. The flower of the hepatica generally measures 2–3 cm across in Estonia, blooming from the end of March until May. As it needs more light when in bloom it must flower before deciduous trees break into leaf, being one of the first flowering plants in the spring. It is shade-tolerant, needing light above all during the flowering season and generally growing in the shade of trees and bushes in the woods. The ideal hepatica habitat is the deciduous forest, which has lots of light in the spring but offers shade in the summer. The hepatica prefers loose humus-rich soil. It is poisonous when taken in large doses and is not recommended for use as a medicinal plant. The hepatica is not a protected species in Estonia.
2021 – The Cornflower. Cornflower
(Centaurea cyanus) is an annual or biennial monoicous herbaceous plant. Mainly
grows as noxious weed especially on winter crops fields, but also on road
sides, ditches and barren vegetation areas. Prefers sandy soils but grows
elsewhere as well. Light-loving cornflower can endure shade. Flowers are
primarily blue, but can also be violet blue, in rare cases violet red, purplish
pink or even white. Flowers from June to September (October). Cornflower is an
excellent harvest plant for honeybees and also a known medicinal herb. The
infusion of its flower is used to promote urine and bile excretion, as well as
eye compresses. In folk medicine, flowers of spirit or water have been used to
remedy cough and fever. The plant is rich in vitamin C.
Since
1968, cornflower has been the national flower of Estonia.
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