Herbaceous Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In El Monte

It also lowers the blood pressure by dilating the blood vessels. * The Lesser Burdock , Arctium minus , is a biennial thistle , also known as Burweed, Louse-bur, Common Burdock, and Button-bur.

* The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. They are also used to give colour and flavour to glutinous-rice dumplings (Mochi). This species is also occasionally known as Felon Herb , Chrysanthemum Weed , Wild Wormwood , Old uncle Henry , Sailor's Tobacco...

* Serratula tinctoria , commonly known as Saw-wort , is a species in the genus Serratula . It is a native of Europe. It grows in moist soil, full sun to part shade, and grows up to one meter tall.

* 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. Both the dill "weed" and seed is used.

* Great care should be exercised in the use of this plant, the therapeutic dose is very close to the lethal dose. The leaves are spirally arranged, simple, 10–35 cm long and 5–12 cm broad, and are covered with gray-white pubescent and glandular hairs,...

* This is considered a noxious weed in some areas. A tea made from the plant has been used as an insecticide. It has also been introduced and is now common in North America . It is obtained from the flowers according to other reports.

Tussilago is often found in colonies of dozens of plants. The leaves, which resemble a colt's foot in cross section, do not appear usually until after the seeds are set. Thus, the flowers appear on stems with no apparent leaves, and the later appearing...

* A dramatic plant with big dark green leaves, to 3', and tall flowering stalks in spring, with white or sometimes pink flowers; likes rich, moist soil; can be an attention-getting accent for the large border, a striking contrast to narrow-leaved plants...

* 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 Nepal poppy ( Meconopsis napaulensis ) is a plant of the family Papaveraceae . The plant contains beta-carbolines, which (in doses high enough) act as a psychedelic drug . However, its phytochemistry remains predominatly unstudied.

* The growing plant is an insect repellent, it repels the cabbage white butterfly so is a good companion for brassicas. * Celery is used in weight-loss diets, where it provides low-calorie dietary fibre bulk.

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

* This is considered a noxious weed in some areas. A tea made from the plant has been used as an insecticide. It has also been introduced and is now common in North America . It is obtained from the flowers according to other reports.

The leaves are heart shaped and the flowers are pale yellow and tubular in form. It is an aromatic tonic herb that stimulates the uterus, reduces inflammation, controls bacterial infections and promotes healing.

It is native to Europe but has been introduced elsewhere, such as the western and eastern parts of the United States. It is hardy to zone 6. It is in flower in June, and the seeds ripen in July.

* Malvus sylvestris is a spreading herb , who is an annual in North Africa , biennial in the Mediterranean and a perennial elsewhere . A pleasant mild flavour, with a similar texture to the leaves, they make a pleasant and pretty addition to the salad...

* Yellowish flowers marked with rusty red, particularly on the inside; in spikes; biennial or short-lived perennial; full or part sun, dry, well-drained soil; flowering in summer; native to southern Europe and Turkey.

* 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",...

* The growing plant is an insect repellent, it repels the cabbage white butterfly so is a good companion for brassicas. * Celery is used in weight-loss diets, where it provides low-calorie dietary fibre bulk.

The leaves area safe and effective cathartic. * The leaves and seedpods are cathartic, diuretic and vermifuge. Both are dried for later use. The leaves are harvested before and during flowering, the pods are harvested when fully ripe in the autumn.

Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer or rabbits. * Iris sibirica , the Siberian Iris , is a flowering plant in the genus Iris , native to eastern and central Europe and northern Asia .

* Elecampane , also called Horse-heal ( Inula helenium ) or Marchalan (in Welsh ), is a perennial composite plant common in many parts of Great Britain , and ranges throughout central and Southern Europe , and in Asia as far eastwards as the Himalayas...

* Often grown in the flower garden, feverfew is a short lived perennial but usually self-sows prolifically. * Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium) is a traditional medicinal herb which is found in many old gardens, and is also occasionally grown for ornament.

* A common, invasive perennial weed, to most, with a spreading rootstock; arrowhead-shaped leaves; small reddish flowers throughout summer, produces lots of seed; native to Europe and Asia, common in North America.

Native to moist prairies and sedge meadows. * Liatris spicata , the dense blazing star or prairie gay feather , is an herbaceous perennial plant native throughout most of eastern North America .

Germination usually takes place quickly and freely. * Physalis alkekengi ( Bladder cherry , Chinese lantern , Japanese lantern , or Winter cherry ; Japanese: h?zuki ), is a relative of P.

It was found at the Meseta of BomBom close to Junin Lake in the Andes. They can be slowly baked. * The root is eaten cooked. Sweet and pleasantly flavoured. After being dried they are cooked in water to make a sweet aromatic porridge that is called 'mazamorra'...