Soldier's herb

It is quiet in the woods.... feels like time stopped here.
Picking Waybread's leaves today. Later will wash them in the spring water. The young, tender leaves can be eaten raw, and the older, stringier leaves can be boiled in stews and eaten.
Waybread grows in lawns and fields, along roadsides, and in other areas that have been disturbed by humans. It does particularly well in compacted or disturbed soils. The mature plant
contains pliable and tough fibre that can be used to make small cords, fishing line, sutures, or braiding. The seeds are so small that they are tedious to gather, but they can be ground into a flour substitute.
But most important Waybread leaves good to use on wounds, sores, or insect stings, skin irritations including poison ivy and stinging nettle. They also help heal sunburn.
Make poultice, spread on cloth and place over the skin to treat an aching, inflamed, or painful part of the body, can help with snake bite sometimes if applied in time. Easy to find too. Some call it Soldier's herb, since can be used as a dressing . Also one of "Nine herbs charm" of Damacest.