By the wayside, on meadows, close to brooks or river banks, on wasteland and
on dry slopes one can find the Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris).
This composite plant flowers from July to September. In many dishes this plant
is used as a herb. Ripe seeds of this up to 1,5 meters high plant can be gathered
from August to November.
After a short familiarization most budgies and other birds like to eat Mugwort seeds. Those seeds contain essential oils which can be used as a drug against infections with gut worms, some people say.
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