Herbaceous Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In Denton

* The peeled roots are cut up and added to soups. A tea is made from the dried leaves and roots. The roasted roots are used with dandelion and chicory roots for making coffee. * A perennial herb with 8" leaves covered with prickly hairs; flowers to 1/2",...

* Centaurea montana ( Perennial Cornflower, Mountain Cornflower, Bachelor's Button, Montane Knapweed or Mountain Bluet ) is a species of Centaurea endemic to Europe . * Mountain cornflower is seldom used in modern herbalism, though it does still have...

The taste somewhat resembles salsify or parsnips. * The root is boiled and eaten like salsify. * Oenothera biennis ( Common evening primrose or Evening star ) is a species of Oenothera native to eastern and central North America , from Newfoundland west...

* In Virginia, Penthorum sedoides grows in habitats such as alluvial swamps, floodplain pools, rocky or sandy shores, fens, marshes, beaver ponds, and disturbed wetlands. * The seeds have been used in making cough syrups.

They are best used with Foeniculum vulgare seeds in order to counteract a tendency to cause gripe. The leaves are harvested before and during flowering, the pods are harvested when fully ripe in the autumn.

A herb tea is made from the leaves. It is used more often than winter savory, as winter savory is thought to have a slightly more bitter flavor. A tangy, marjoram-like flavour. * Summer savory ( Satureja hortensis ) is the better known of the Savory species.

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 wild carrot, when freshly cut, will draw or change color depending on the color of the water it is in.

* The plant is part of a North American formula called essiac which is a popular treatment for cancer. Its effectiveness has never been reliably proven or disproven since controlled studies have not been carried out.

The young leaves and flowers can be eaten raw, boiled, pickled or used in sandwiches. Modern cultivars include leaves with purple, rose, cream, and yellow in many variegated combinations.

The plants are very cold tolerant, but they can be damaged when dormant if the soil is too moist. * Prefers a humus-rich soil, succeeding in a moist border or by water. Plant the roots out very shallowly.

* The peeled roots are cut up and added to soups. A tea is made from the dried leaves and roots. The roasted roots are used with dandelion and chicory roots for making coffee. * A perennial herb with 8" leaves covered with prickly hairs; flowers to 1/2",...

Global interest in chia seed as a food* is based on its high content of protein, ?-3 fatty-acids, and complex carbohydrates, as well as the gelatinous, moisture-retaining qualities of the seed which make it useful in baking and in clothing the American...

* A yellow dye is obtained from the whole plant. It is obtained from the flowers according to other reports. A tea made from the plant has been used as an insecticide. * This is considered a noxious weed in some areas.

Pharmacokinetics: When taken orally, ppd-type ginsenosides are mostly metabolized by intestinal bacteria (anaerobes) to ppd monoglucoside, 20-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-20(S)-protopanaxadiol (M1).

Arctium lappa is the main species used, though this species has similar properties. * Native to Europe, naturalized in North America, tends to be very weedy. * The seed contains arctiin, this excites the central nervous system producing convulsions an...

* The leaves are very rich in vitamins and minerals, especially iron and the vitamins A and C. * A perennial weed, to most, with long curly leaves; develops a deep taproot; seed turns brown and remains conspicuous in winter; birdfood, native to Europe...

It fell out of favour in the nineteenth century but recent research has brought it back to prominence as an extremely valuable remedy for nervous problems. Perforatum is sometimes called Common St John's wort to differentiate it.

* Flax was extensively cultivated in ancient Ethiopia and ancient Egypt . The seed, or the oil from the seed are normally used. In a prehistoric cave in the Republic of Georgia dyed flax fibers have been found that date to 34,000 BC .

* Centaurea montana ( Perennial Cornflower, Mountain Cornflower, Bachelor's Button, Montane Knapweed or Mountain Bluet ) is a species of Centaurea endemic to Europe . * Mountain cornflower is seldom used in modern herbalism, though it does still have...

* 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 .

* The leaves and flower heads contain an analgesic agent spilanthol used to numb toothache. * These curiosities are well worth growing, if only for the conversation factor! * The buds are known as "buzz buttons", "Szechuan buttons", "sansho buttons",...

Give the plants some protection, such as a cloche, until they are growing away well. * Echinocystis lobata is an annual vine that produces stems that can be as long as 8 m (26 ft) and which climb, with the help of coiling, branched tendrils, over shrubs...

It is grown for its fleshy hypocotyl (a fused hypocotyl and taproot), which is used as a root vegetable and a medicinal herb. * Maca (Peruvian Ginseng) seedlings usually emerge about one month after sowing with the onset of the rainy season in October.

* Veratrum album , commonly known as the False Helleborine (also known as White Hellebore , European White Hellebore , White Veratrum ; syn. * Upright stems topped by 1/2-1" flowers in a branched flower head, white, green, or yellowish; grows in wet,...

* Grown as a garden flower due to its unique flower shape. Care should be taken however, because all parts of the plant are poisonous.

* ANNUAL growing to 0.3 m (1ft). It is in flower in June, and the seeds ripen in July. It is native to Europe but has been introduced elsewhere, such as the western and eastern parts of the United States.

The flowers are white, with a five-lobed corolla 10–15 mm across, with an inflated basal calyx which matures into the papery orange fruit covering, 4–5 cm long and broad. It is native from southern Europe east across southern Asia to Japan .