Herbaceous Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In Grand Rapids

* So called because the roots were once ground for snuff. Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine. * Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. * The plant can tolerate maritime exposure.

* Centaurea montana ( Perennial Cornflower, Mountain Cornflower, Bachelor's Button, Montane Knapweed or Mountain Bluet ) is a species of Centaurea endemic to Europe . * Can be used as a ground cover plant in a sunny position.

* So called because the roots were once ground for snuff. Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine. * Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. * The plant can tolerate maritime exposure.

The sap is yellow to orange.The flowers consist of four yellow petals , each about 1 cm long, with two sepals . * Greater celandine has an erect habit, and may reach 30 to 120 cm high.

* 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 flower heads are from ¾ to 3 inches (2 to 7.6 cm) wide with pale rose-purple or nearly white colored petals. Plants normally grow with one unbranched stem in the wild, but often produce multi-stemmed clumps in gardens.

* Sanguisorba officinalis ( Great Burnet ) is a plant in the family Rosaceae , subfamily Rosoideae . The fresh or dried leaves are used as a tea substitute. They should be harvested in the spring before the plant comes into flower.

It works by doubling the chromosome number. * Contrary to what the name suggests, neither a crocus nor the source of saffron; foliage emerges in spring, fades in early summer; flowers, pale rosy purple, spring up in October among fallen leaves.

A herb tea is made from the leaves. The flowering shoots contain about 0.5% essential oil, this is used as a food flavouring. It is used more often than winter savory, as winter savory is thought to have a slightly more bitter flavor.

Arctium lappa is the main species used, though this species has similar properties. It also lowers the blood pressure by dilating the blood vessels. * Native to Europe, naturalized in North America, tends to be very weedy.

Thin the seedlings to the best plant in each pot, grow them on fast and plant them out after the last expected frosts. * Prefers a sunny position in a well-drained rich soil with abundant moisture.

* The foliage was burned by the Cherokee as a natural insecticide, to smoke out gnats. * It is still used medicinally in the present day; however, there are adverse effects that limit its use.

It is smaller in size than the Giant Hogweed ( Heracleum mantegazzianum ). * Common Hogweed ( Heracleum sphondylium ) is an herbaceous biennial plant of the family Apiaceae , which grows in the prairies of Eurasia.

Temperatures of 20–30 °C (68–86 °F) are best for adequate growth; an atmospheric humidity of 80 to 85% and soil without a high level of nitrogen are also optimal. The dried leaves can also be used, they remain effective for 6 months after drying.

The seed can be ground into a meal and made into bread, biscuits, cakes etc, usually in a mix with cereal flours. The seed is a good source of protein and easily digested fats. Chia fresca is a popular regional drink, and the Mexican state of Chiapas...

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

* ANNUAL growing to 0.3 m (1ft). * Adonis aestivalis ( Summer pheasant's-eye ) is a medicinal and ornamental plant . The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and requires well-drained soil.The plant prefers acid, neutral...

The flowers, which superficially resemble dandelions , appear in early spring before dandelions appear. * Coltsfoot is a perennial herbaceous plant that spreads by seeds and rhizomes .

* Artemisia vulgaris ( mugwort or common wormwood ) is one of several species in the genus Artemisia which have common names that include the word mugwort. They are also used to give colour and flavour to glutinous-rice dumplings (Mochi).

In Chinese ; pinyin : shao or bai shao ; bai meaning "white"), and common garden peony is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Paeoniaceae , native to central and eastern Asia from eastern Tibet across northern China to eastern Siberia...

* Ginseng has a history of herbal use going back over 5,000 years. * The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Panax ginseng for lack of stamina.

* 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.

Caution is advised. * The crushed root has been applied to the body as an insect repellent. The ants take the seeds to their nest, where they eat the elaiosomes, and put the seeds in their nest debris, where they are protected until they germinate.

* This is common dill that is used in pickles and for flavoring. * The leaves are eaten raw or cooked, used as a flavouring in salads etc. * In Canada, dill is a favorite herb to accompany poached salmon.

* Linaria vulgaris ( Common Toadflax , Yellow Toadflax , or Butter-and-eggs ) is a species of toadflax ( Linaria ), native to most of Europe and northern Asia , from the United Kingdom south to Spain in the west, and east to eastern Siberia and western...

States, as far north as southern Utah, in open land with well-drained soils. * The flowers are the most striking feature, being sweetly fragrant white trumpets up to 20 cm (8 inches) long, often tinted purple, especially at the margin.

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. These last two compounds have been shown to have potent anti-retroviral activity without serious...