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The name comes from German edel (meaning noble ) and weiss (meaning white ). * Edelweiss (pronounced /?e?d?lva?s/ ; Leontopodium alpinum ), is one of the best-known European mountain flowers , belonging to the sunflower family (Asteraceae).

The roasted roots are used with dandelion and chicory roots for making coffee. However, internal consumption, such as in the form of herbal tea , is discouraged, as it can cause serious liver damage.

It is an herbaceous, perennial dicot native to eastern and central Canada and United States. Growing up to a meter tall, it lives in zones 4 to 9 in moist to wet soils. * The Great Blue Lobelia ( Lobelia siphilitica ) is a species within the Campanulaceae...

The name comes from German edel (meaning noble ) and weiss (meaning white ). * Edelweiss (pronounced /?e?d?lva?s/ ; Leontopodium alpinum ), is one of the best-known European mountain flowers , belonging to the sunflower family (Asteraceae).

Due to their mucilaginous property they are often sprouted on clay or other porous materials. The sprouted seeds are eaten in salads, sandwiches, soups, stews etc. It was cultivated by the Aztec in pre-Columbian times, and was so valued that it was given...

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

* An easily grown and undemanding plant, it does best in a deep rich soil, preferably neutral or slightly alkaline, doing quite well in sun or light shade. This species is lime tolerant.

It is hardy to zone 6. * 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 and basic...

* Marsh mallow is a very useful household medicinal herb. * A confection made from the root since ancient Egyptian time evolved into today's marshmallow treat. * The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Althaea...

* A hot and aromatic flavour, it is an important ingredient in curries, and is also often used as a flavouring in biscuits, cakes and bread where it also helps in improving the digestion.

It is used more often than winter savory, as winter savory is thought to have a slightly more bitter flavor. A herb tea is made from the leaves. * The leaves can be used fresh or dried.

* Prefers a humus-rich soil, succeeding in a moist border or by water. The plants are very cold tolerant, but they can be damaged when dormant if the soil is too moist. Grows well in heavy clay soils.

* 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".

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

They make an excellent flavouring in salads. The leaves are used as a flavouring in vinegar. Corresponding to its species name, a common term for the plant is "dragon herb." It is native to a wide area of the Northern Hemisphere from easternmost Europe...

* Prefers a humus-rich soil, succeeding in a moist border or by water. The plants are very cold tolerant, but they can be damaged when dormant if the soil is too moist. Grows well in heavy clay soils.

Perforatum is sometimes called Common St John's wort to differentiate it. 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.

Children can't resist testing their friends to see if they like butter. Common names include meadow buttercup and tall buttercup . The plant is also known as an introduced species across much of the rest of the world, including Australia .

* Flowering period during the summer is long, attrracting many pollinators. It is perhaps best known for its use as a hair tonic whilst the root is also taken internally as a treatment for non-malignant swollen glands and especially for mastitis.

It differs from other similar species in that it has 4 lobed flowers, whereas Small Scabious and Field scabious have 5 lobes and hence it has been placed in a separate genus in the same family .

The roasted roots are used with dandelion and chicory roots for making coffee. However, internal consumption, such as in the form of herbal tea , is discouraged, as it can cause serious liver damage.

Europe, Caucasus, western Siberia. An infusion is used internally as a blood purifier and externally for treating cuts, burns and bruises. * The whole plant is astringent and mildly diuretic.

* Fragaria vesca, commonly called wild strawberry, woodland strawberry, Alpine strawberry, European strawberry, or fraise des bois, is a perennial herbaceous plant that grows naturally throughout much of the Northern Hemisphere, and that produces edible...

It is native from southern Europe east across southern Asia to Japan . 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.

* 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 and fences or trail across the ground.

* The flowers appear from late spring to summer in umbelliform cymes of about 4 flowers.The seeds are small and black, borne in a long capsule . * Greater celandine has an erect habit, and may reach 30 to 120 cm high.

* 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",...