Linden

Tilia cordata

Malvaceae

Heart-shaped leaves and a honey-bract blossom — the classic European calm-and-cold tea.

European lime-blossom tea. Street trees are often sprayed — pick from a known clean tree.

Parts used: Flower with bract
Traditional notes: Restless evening · Tense cold with a dry throat · Children’s tea folklore
Grow · USDA 6b: Tree, USDA 3–8 A nursery tree. You are planting for a decade. In work: Jun · Jul
Harvest: Blossom as it opens, dry in the shade at once.

Plant it for the century and pick from year six.
Dry the same day. Linden browns and smells of hay if it heats in the basket.
T. cordata is the small-leaved tea lime; silver linden is another street tree.

Safety

Known Tilia allergy (rare) Unverified roadside trees

Lore

Tilleul is the smell of June in a French railway station. The heart-wood tree of European streets is also a nervine blossom. Bees work it until the pavement is sticky. Street trees may be sprayed; the tea wants a tree you can name as clean.

The Herbarium — a teaching catalog, not a clinic. Traditional use is history, not a prescription. USDA 6b dates are a week either way, not a promise. Do not eat, drink, or harvest a plant you cannot name.