Photo: Populus balsamifera 4.
Photo: Populus balsamifera 3.
Photo: Populus balsamifera 1.
Photo: Populus balsamifera 0.
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.