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* It is said to be of great use when applied externally to stimulate hair growth and is an ingredient of many hair lotions and ointments. * Flowering period during the summer is long, attrracting many pollinators.

It is used in the treatment of persistent cough with blood, chronic diarrhoea, spontaneous sweating, night sweats, bloody stool, urorrhoea and bloody sputum. It is used applied externally to burns, bleeding due to traumatic injuries, haemorrhoids and...

* The flower color is variable, ranging from lavender to blue to white. * New England American-aster is large and showy, growing to 6 or more ft. A pink variety of this species is sometimes grown commercially.

Echinacea paradoxa is native to Missouri , Arkansas , Oklahoma , and Texas , and is listed as threatened in Arkansas. Flower stalks are sturdy and straight, with solitary terminal flowers, and are smooth or slightly hairy.

* Gerbera jamesonii is a species of flowering plant in the genus Gerbera. * It was named in honor of the German naturalist Traugott Gerber, a friend of Carolus Linnaeus. Start seeds indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost date.

The flowers are a rich source of nectar and is occasionally grown commercially as a crop for bees. * It is also attractive to hoverflies (family Syrphidae), which are useful as biological pest control agents because they eat aphids and other pests.

Thrives in full sun so long as the soil does not dry out, otherwise it is best grown in partial shade. * A decoction of the leaves and stems has been used as a herbal steam bath for chest and back soreness.

* Established plants are drought tolerant. * A good bee plant. * A very ornamental plant. * Thistley plants for full sun and poor dry soil; the half-inch flower heads, also like thistles, can be a fine metallic blue or blue purple; flowers in mid to late...

The leaves are ground in a mortar to obtain a kind of "green cotton wool". This is mixed with the same amount of vegetable oil and rubbed on the affected area two or three times a day.

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 .

* It is fragarnt and attracts bees and butterflies! * It is a short lived perennial or biennial but will self seed. * It tolerates a wide range of soil types and will grow in full sun or partial shade.

* The plant is said to be extremely efficacious when used as a local application in the treatment of sore throats and gonorrhoea. All spikes of purple flowers appear in July and August.

They usually bloom in September in the Northern hemisphere . Flowers give way to attractive, plume-like seed heads. The blooms are nicely fragrant and visited by bees. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated...

Diameter, red fruits that are pleasantly flavored and used as a substitute for limes. Large with an agreeably acid flavour, theymake good preserves and a refreshing lemonade-like drink.

* Lance-leaved coreopsis produces yellow flowers in late summer. It is commonly kept as an ornamental plant. * The lance-leaved coreopsis , Coreopsis lanceolata , is a species of coreopsis (Tickseed).

It is grown as a horticultural annual in zones 3-5. * Trifolium pratense is the national flower of Denmark and the state flower of Vermont. It has become naturalised in many temperate areas, including the Americas and Australasia as an escape from cultivation.

Moschata acts as the genetic bridge within the genus and is closest to the genus' progenitor. * The ancestral species of the genus Cucurbita were present in the Americas before the arrival of humans.

Echinacea paradoxa is native to Missouri , Arkansas , Oklahoma , and Texas , and is listed as threatened in Arkansas. Flower stalks are sturdy and straight, with solitary terminal flowers, and are smooth or slightly hairy.

Diameter, red fruits that are pleasantly flavored and used as a substitute for limes. Large with an agreeably acid flavour, theymake good preserves and a refreshing lemonade-like drink.

* The wood is strong, hard, durable,and takes a good polish. It grows in forests near the coast on moderate to fertile soils in a protected, sunny position. It has many commercial uses.

The common name is Mezereon . In southern Europe it is confined to medium to higher elevations and in the subalpine vegetation zone, but descends to near sea level in northern Europe.

* The plant has one simple erect stem, which is green with purple dots or longitudinal dashes. * It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1.5–3 m (5–10 feet) tall, found in moist, rich soil alongside ditches and marshes, or in wet forests.

* Leaves to 6"; branches brown and fuzzy; small clusters of 7-10 flowers; rounded fruit; native to northeast Asia.

It is an upright annual (sometimes biennial or perennial ) native to most of North America , and is one of a number of plants with the common name Black-eyed Susan with flowers having dark purplish brown centers.

They are taken both internally and externally in the treatment of syphilitic, cancerous and other foul ulcers. Growing usually on the margins of woodland areas, it is native to Eastern, Southern and Central Europe .

They quite probably also apply to this species. An excellent fibre is obtained from the leaf stalks. The trunk reaches 12–15 m (39–49 ft) in length and 30 cm (12 in) in diameter.

* This is one of ther best species for soil stabilization and reviatalization in cold arid zones where few plants will survive. It is good fodder for animals, improves the soil, allows natural vegetation to become established, and prevents soil erosion...