Biennial Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In Hayward

* The stalks should be peeled, they can be used like celery. * The plants have a pervading aromatic odour. A liquorice-like flavour, they can be used as a flavouring in mixed salads.

* Scabiosa ochroleuca, commonly called cream scabious, is a species of scabiosa with creamy yellow flower heads. It is native to Europe and western Asia.

* The stalks should be peeled, they can be used like celery. * The plants have a pervading aromatic odour. A liquorice-like flavour, they can be used as a flavouring in mixed salads.

It is pollinated by evening flying insects and provides seed as food for finches in the winter. * This plant is commonly seen along roadsides and in disturbed places in North America.

Note that this effect is only visible on the "head" or flower of the plant. Carnation also exhibits this effect. Chinese studies have also indicated that the seeds blockprogesterone synthesis, which could explain this effect.

* Scabiosa ochroleuca, commonly called cream scabious, is a species of scabiosa with creamy yellow flower heads. It is native to Europe and western Asia.

* The Lesser Burdock , Arctium minus , is a biennial thistle , also known as Burweed, Louse-bur, Common Burdock, and Button-bur. Arctium lappa is the main species used, though this species has similar properties.

When prescribed internally it is always used dried and in conjunction with fresh ginger root. * The root is harvested when the plant is dormant in the autumn or winter and is dried for later use.

* The thornapple is a bitter narcotic plant that relieves pain and encourages healing. * The leaves can be used as a very powerful mind-altering drug, they contain hyoscyamine and atropine.

The leaves are heart shaped and the flowers are pale yellow and tubular in form. Use with caution, internal consumption can cause damage to the kidneys and uterine bleeding. * Aristolochia clematitis , (European) Birthwort , is a herbaceous plant in the...

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...

They are therefore more difficult to grow in areas with hot summers and in such a region they appreciate some protection from the strongest sunlight. * Gentiana acaulis ( Stemless gentian ) is a small gentian native to central and southern Europe from...

* The usually deep-red roots of garden beet are eaten boiled either as a cooked vegetable, or cold as a salad after cooking and adding oil and vinegar. They also are harvested long before the beets so you get two crops instead of one! * Mineral Rich in:...

110 days to harvest. Great for slicing and fresh eating! * Also make very good fried onion rings and can be used in cooking where a mild onion flavor is desired. * Generally grown as an annual to produce desired onions for eating.

* The Virginia snakeroot is attracting increasing interest for its medicinal virtues and as a result is becoming uncommon in the wild. The species is commonly known as Virginia snakeroot and is native to eastern North America, from Connecticut to southern...

It contains some of the most bitter compounds known and is used as a scientific basis for measuring bitterness. Other names include 'Yellow Gentian', 'Bitter Root', 'Bitterwort', 'Centiyane', and 'Genciana'.

* It can grow in very alkaline soils, but not in the shade. * A small ash native to China with 1 1/2" leaflets on compound leaves and 1" seeds. * The barkcontains aesculin, this has anti-inflammatory, anticoagulant and analgesic actions.

* Leonotis nepetifolia is known in Trinidad as shandilay and the leaves are brewed as a tea for fever, coughs, womb prolapse and malaria. * It is native to tropical Africa and southern India.

* Summer savory ( Satureja hortensis ) is the better known of the Savory species. A herb tea is made from the leaves. It is an annual, but otherwise is similar in use and flavor to the perennial Winter savory .

They are therefore more difficult to grow in areas with hot summers and in such a region they appreciate some protection from the strongest sunlight. * Gentiana acaulis ( Stemless gentian ) is a small gentian native to central and southern Europe from...

The erect lower portion of the stem is smooth, but the curved branching inflorescence is covered in glandular hairs. The plant is noted for its effectiveness in treating catarrhal problems of many kinds and has also been used successfully in treating...

It is widespread and common in the more southerly mountain ranges of Europe, but is rarer in the north. * Centaurea montana ( Perennial Cornflower, Mountain Cornflower, Bachelor's Button, Montane Knapweed or Mountain Bluet ) is a species of Centaurea...

It is common in Middle Eastern , European , and American cooking . The plants prime use is as a diuretic where it is effective in ridding the body of stones and in treating jaundice, dropsy, cystitis etc.

* A delicious tea is made by steeping the green or dried twigs inboiling water until they turn an amber or pink colour. * The stems of most members of this genus contain the alkaloid ephedrine and are valuable in the treatment of asthma and many other...

* A perennial with tubular reddish-purple flowers in small terminal clusters; native to Europe, North Africa, and Siberia. * Serratula tinctoria , commonly known as Saw-wort , is a species in the genus Serratula .

* The leaves lose their flavour if the are cooked for any length of time and so are best used raw or added to cooked dishes only a few minutes before the cooking is complete. * In Poland, where dill is called "koper," it is one of the most popular herbs...

* Marsh mallow is a very useful household medicinal herb. * The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Althaea officinalis Marsh Mallow for irritation of mouth and throat and associated dry cough/bronchitis .