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The spiny bracts on the flower head were eaten in the past like globe artichoke, and the stems (after peeling) can be soaked overnight to remove bitterness and then stewed. * For therapeutic purposes drink 1 cup of tea/day.

Chamomile is used to sooth widely for children's ailments, infantile colic, and even asthma. In particular it is an excellent herb for treating various digestive disorders, nervous tension and irritability and is also used externally to treat skin problems.

* A strong tincture of the fresh seed is used externally to kill lice and nits in the head and pubic hair.It is also effective against aphids and thrips. Delphinium consolida ) is an annual plant in the Buttercup family Ranunculaceae .

This tea is given to mothers in Egypt when they are nursing. The seeds should be planted as soon as the ground warms up in spring. * Anise plants grow best in light, fertile, well drained soil.

The spiny bracts on the flower head were eaten in the past like globe artichoke, and the stems (after peeling) can be soaked overnight to remove bitterness and then stewed. * For therapeutic purposes drink 1 cup of tea/day.

In China, it, and other false hellebore species are collectively called "li lu". * Veratrum nigrum ( Black Hellebore ) is a medicinal plant and poisonous plant native to Asia and Europe .

* It was the favorite flower of John F. * Cornflowers were also used in the funeral wreath made for Pharaoh Tutankhamun. * The flowers are often used in dried-flower arrangements because they retain their colour well.

The underside of each leaf has two broad yellow stripes and is densely covered with minute projections. (Taxus celebica), a large, ornamental evergreen shrub or tree of the yew family (Taxaceae), widespread in China at elevations up to 900 meters (3,000...

* The dried leaves can be ground and used as a sweetener or soaked in water and the liquid used in making preserves. * The leaves contain 'stevioside', a substance that is 300 times sweeter than sucrose.

* Nicotiana tabacum, or cultivated tobacco, is an annually-grown herbaceous plant. * All parts of the plant contain nicotine, this has been extracted and used as an insecticide. It is found only in cultivation, where it is the most commonly grown of all...

* Fruits ripen throughout the season. * Meaty beefsteak fruits have few seeds and little cracking. * The heirloom tomato that started a movement! * Pink fruits grow to 1-2 lbs. * Potato leaf plants.

Roughly 85 days after germinating, acorn squash are ready to be harvested. * As the name suggests, its shape resembles that of an acorn. Seeds directly sown are placed one inch deep, 5-6 to a hill; hills are 6 feet in all direction from other hills.

The root or the fruit is decocted as a contraceptive. It does not however grow well in hot climates. It is commonly grown in gardens in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, the Southeastern and Pacific Northwestern United...

Numerous lavender rays surround a yellow center. Flowers violet blue or white. A.k.a. Aster tanacetifolia * Branched stems with fern-like leaves ending in flower heads with many bright purple, very narrow rays surrounding a yellow central disk.

This plant is often used as an ornamental plant in gardens. * Annual or biennial; parent is dwarfish, dark blue flowers throughout summer; does well in hot, dry sun. * Cynoglossum amabile is a flowering plant native to Asia , which is also called Chinese...

* The common name of bugbane is in reference to the odoriferous insect repellant properties of this plant. * This plant is an anti-infective herb that lowers fevers and reduces pain.

* The cooked leaves can be used as a potherb. The erect lower portion of the stem is smooth, but the curved branching inflorescence is covered in glandular hairs. * Penthorum sedoides is 10 to 80 centimeters tall.

There are also traces of scopolamine, a potent cholinergic-blocking hallucinogen,which has been used to calm schizoid patients. * The leaves can be used as a very powerful mind-altering drug, they contain hyoscyamine and atropine.

The seeds are perfectly safe to eat, containing very little if any of the narcotic principles. * An annual poppy with lovely shiny gray-blue foliage and white, pink, red, or purple flowers, often double; easy to grow; may self-seed prolifically; numerous...

It acts principally on the digestive and nervous systems, easing flatulence, stomach cramps, colic and indigestion. Most culinary and ornamental basils are cultivars of the species Ocimum basilicum , but other species are also grown and there are many...

It has a slightly sour and salty taste and is eaten throughout much of Europe, the middle east, Asia, and Mexico * Although purslane is considered a weed in the United States, it may be eaten as a leaf vegetable.

* St John's wort (traditionally pronounced /se?nt?d??nz ?w?rt/ , now sometimes the spelling pronunciation /?w?rt/ ) is the plant species Hypericum perforatum, also known as Tipton's Weed , Chase-devil , or Klamath weed , but, with qualifiers, is used...

A saffron substitute, it is used to colour and flavour rice, soups etc. The dried petals have a more concentrated flavour and are used as a seasoning in soups, cakes etc. * Fresh petals are chopped and added to salads.

* Many 3" nodding blue, red, purple, or white nodding flowers on a branching stem; forms basal rosette of 20" leaves; monocarpic--blooms and dies; native to eastern Himalayas, western China.

The name comes from German edel (meaning noble ) and weiss (meaning white ). The scientific name, Leontopodium , means " lion's paw" and is derived from the Greek words leon (lion) and podion (diminutive of pous , foot).

Used as a cereal, it is probably best known as the breakfast cereal porridge but it can also be used in many other ways. They prefer a poor dry soil and tolerate cool moist conditions.

Oval to round fruit with red sweet flesh and small seeds, maturing in 85 days. * It was an All American winner in 1964. * Crimson Sweet is a heirloom variety that has been around a long time.