Globeflowers
Cae Pwll y Bo
This small damp meadow is known for its spectacular display of globeflowers. The reserve is all that remains of a much larger field that was originally part of Pwll y Bo farm (Hobgoblin pool in Welsh).
Location
Nearest town is Abergwesyn, LD5 4TW
OS Map Reference
SN 854 512
Know before you go
Dogs
When to visit
Opening times
The reserve is open accessBest time to visit
SummerAbout the reserve
The globeflower is a member of the buttercup family and has beautiful, dense, yellow flowers. Over 2055 flowers have been counted here in early summer and this is possibly the largest remaining stand in mid Wales of this attractive plant. Elsewhere in Wales, its numbers have significantly decreased.
Other interesting flowers in the meadow include devil’s-bit scabious and great burnet. According to the “Doctrine of Signatures”, believed in by ancient herbalists, the dark crimson flower heads of great burnet suggested blood, so for centuries this plant was used to staunch wounds and as a remedy for internal bleeding. Its Latin name sanguisorb means “blood absorbing”. More recently, the root was peeled and used to treat burns.
