Biennial Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In Riverside

It is grown for its fleshy hypocotyl (a fused hypocotyl and taproot), which is used as a root vegetable and a medicinal herb. * Maca is mainly grown for the nutritional and health value of its root.

* The leaves are cardiac, stimulant and tonic. They are often used in the treatment of certain heart complaints. * Yellowish flowers marked with rusty red, particularly on the inside; in spikes; biennial or short-lived perennial; full or part sun, dry,...

* Milk thistle has been grown as a medicinal plant in monastery gardens since ancient times. Should not be used by people who suffer from ragweed allergies. Let stand 30 minutes before drinking.

* The flowers can be added to salads or used as a garnish. A pleasant mild flavour, with a similar texture to the leaves, they make a pleasant and pretty addition to the salad bowl.

* Plants self-sow freely when grown in a suitable position. Although the Sweet William is a perennial species, it is quite short-lived and degenerates after its second year. It is best treated as a biennial in the garden.

The dried root of one year old plants is the official herb, but the leaves and fruits can also be used. This plant is native to Europe, but is now widespread throughout most of the United States as a common weed.

* The flower clusters can be french-fried to produce a carrot-flavoured gourmet's delight. The aromatic seed is used as a flavouring in stews etc. The dried roasted roots are ground into apowder and are used for making coffee.

The inflated bladder like flowers are interesting. It is considered a noxious weed in the state of Washington and seems to be tolerated most others. * This plant is commonly seen along roadsides and in disturbed places in North America.

To produce seed for future years the bulbs need to be left in place and mulched heavily over winter and allowed to grow until the second summer when they will produce flowers and seed.

Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine. * Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. * The leaves are used as an insect repellent. * So called because the roots were once ground for snuff.

Sinensis has in vitro effects that may be indicative of antiallergic activities, possibly due to the saponins in fruits. Studies in mice suggest that Gleditsia sinensis ethanolic extract could be an effective therapeutic agent for the treatment of allergic...

* Lobelia inflata (Indian tobacco, puke weed) is a species of Lobelia native to eastern North America, from southeastern Canada (Nova Scotia to southeast Ontario) south through the eastern United States to Alabama and west to Kansas.

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.

It is also antibiotic and helps to relieve allergies. * Plants in this genus were probably the most frequently used of all North American Indian herbal remedies. They had a very wide range of applications and many of these uses have been confirmed by...

A tea made from the plant has been used as an insecticide. It is obtained from the flowers according to other reports. * A yellow dye is obtained from the whole plant. It has also been introduced and is now common in North America .

* The poisonous alkaloid 'colchicine' is extracted from this plant and used to alter the genetic make-up of plants in an attempt to find new, improved varieties. It works by doubling the chromosome number.

The inflated bladder like flowers are interesting. It is considered a noxious weed in the state of Washington and seems to be tolerated most others. * This plant is commonly seen along roadsides and in disturbed places in North America.

Its main use in present day herbalism is for relieving the pain and inflammation of pleurisy. It was much used by the North American Indians and acquired a reputation as a heal-all amongst the earlier white settlers.

In clinical trials about 67% of patients with mild to moderate depression improved when taking this plant. * The plant contains many biologically active compounds including rutin, pectin, choline, sitosterol, hypericin and pseudohypericin.

It is water soluble. The dried flower heads were attached to spindles, wheels, or cylinders, sometimes called teasel frames, to raise the nap on fabrics (that is, to tease the fibres).

Needles (to 6” long) in bundles of two are an attractive dark green. Yous?ng in Mandarin) is a pine native to northern China from Liaoning west to Inner Mongolia and Gansu , and south to Shandong , Henan and Shaanxi , and also northern Korea .

* Ptelea trifoliata is the second-northernmost New World representative of the Rue (Citrus) family after American prickly-ash (Zanthoxylum americanum). It has been mixed with other medicines in order to give added potency.

It is smaller in size than the Giant Hogweed ( Heracleum mantegazzianum ). It is an umbelliferous plant, in the same group as fennel, cow parsley, elder and giant hogweed. Umbelliferous plants are so named because of the umbrella-like arrangement of flowers...

* Artemisia absinthium ( absinthium , absinthe wormwood , wormwood , common wormwood , or grand wormwood ) is a species of wormwood , native to temperate regions of Eurasia and northern Africa .

* This plant is commonly used in Chinese herbalism, where it is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs. * Securinega suffruticosa (Pall.) Rehder = Flueggea suffruticosa (Pall.) Baill.

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).

* It inhabits prairies , plains, roadsides, and disturbed areas from southern Canada through most of the United States to northern Mexico . * A pleasant tasting tea is made from the leaves and flower heads.