Photo: Populus balsamifera.

Dried leaf buds - just in case somebody is still trying to sell fluffy poplar sweepings as "balm of gilead" buds. That's fluff, this is the real thing. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Processed. 2005-09-28.
Populus balsamifera L. Engl.: balsam poplar, eastern balsam poplar, balm of Gilead, balm of Gilead buds, black cottonwood, hackmatack, tacamahac, tacomahaca, western balsam poplar. Deu.: Balsampappel, Östliche Balsampappel. Suom.: kartanopoppeli, palsamipoppeli. Sven.: balsampoppel, äkta balsampoppel. Fran.: peuplier baumier. Pharm.: populi gemmae. Bot. syn.: Populus candicans Ait., Populus hastata Dode, Populus michauxii Dode, Populus tacamahaca P. Mill., Populus tristis Fisch., Populus x candicans auct.
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Photo: Populus balsamifera.