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Arctium lappa is the main species used, though this species has similar properties. This plant is native to Europe, but is now widespread throughout most of the United States as a common weed.

It is a good general tonic, treating various disorders of the digestive and respiratory systems. * Marjoram ( Origanum majorana , Lamiaceae ) is a somewhat cold-sensitive perennial herb or undershrub with sweet pine and citrus flavours.

* The root is diaphoretic, diuretic and stomachic. * The flowering heads are also much prized by flower arrangers because they keep their colour almost indefinitely when dried. * It differs from the wild type in having stouter, somewhat recurved spines...

* It produces up to 30 pink flowers in characteristic allium umbels in the mid to late summer and grows to between 8" and 40" in height. * German garlic is an ornamental onion which is noted for its unusual swirling and twisting leaves.

* This is an annual herb which grows erect to a maximum height near 100 centimeters. * It was originally native to the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico, but it is now used in many places in agriculture as a cover crop, a bee plant, an attractant...

Appreciates some afternoon shade in hot summer climates. * A flower, the Barberton daisy ( Gerbera jamesoni ) was discovered in Barberton , Mpumalanga Province , South Africa (1889) by Robert Jameson .

* Erythranthe guttata is pollinated by bees, such as Bombus species. Inbreeding reduces flower quantity and size and pollen quality and quantity. A slightly bitter flavour, they are added to salads.The leaves are used as a lettuce substitute.

* Agrimonia eupatoria is a species of agrimony that is often referred to as common agrimony , church steeples or sticklewort . * Perennial; small yellow flowers; source of a golden-yellow dye.

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 .

* Erythranthe guttata is pollinated by bees, such as Bombus species. Inbreeding reduces flower quantity and size and pollen quality and quantity. A slightly bitter flavour, they are added to salads.The leaves are used as a lettuce substitute.

* The fully ripe fruit is pleasantly acid with a flavour resembling green apples. * Red-brown bark, pink flowers, bright green leaves. It can be dried, ground into a powder then used in making cakes etc.

It is the type species of the subgenus Padus with flowers in racemes , which are hermaphroditic and pollinated by bees and flies; it is a deciduous small tree or large shrub 8–16 m tall.

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 root is diaphoretic, diuretic and stomachic. * The flowering heads are also much prized by flower arrangers because they keep their colour almost indefinitely when dried. * It differs from the wild type in having stouter, somewhat recurved spines...

* The flowers and leaves are diaphoretic, diuretic and rubefacient. Produces abundant masses of small (3/4" diameter), fragrant, white fringed flowers in late spring to early summer.

Annua), has flowers with bright red petals. According to the Metamorphoses of Ovid the anemone, also of the family Ranunculaceae, was created when Venus sprinkled nectar on his blood.

It is the type species of the subgenus Padus with flowers in racemes , which are hermaphroditic and pollinated by bees and flies; it is a deciduous small tree or large shrub 8–16 m tall.

* A good bee plant. * A very ornamental plant. * Established plants are drought tolerant. * 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...

It is native to North America including much of Canada and Alaska and the western and central United States. It is a bushy shrub which grows up to three meters tall, the stems studded with prickles .

Obtusifolia) and Coffee Senna (S. * Clusters of light yellow to orange flowers atop a sparsely branched perennial or in axils of compound leaves. Two other species, Sicklepod (S. Marilandica) is a more southern species with fewer flowers and bigger leaflets.

Arctium lappa is the main species used, though this species has similar properties. This plant is native to Europe, but is now widespread throughout most of the United States as a common weed.

The flowers are pink, borne in summer. * Rosa palustris is a shrub with alternate, pinnately compound leaves , on thorny stems.

* The green pods are commonly used as a vegetable, they have a mild flavour and should only be cooked for a short time. Flowering is reduced once the seeds begin to form inside the pods.

Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang [Japan (Ryukyu Islands)]. * Native to forests; 100-800(-1600) m.

* Fruits are very narrow, foot-long pods. * The leaves are very similar in shape to those of Paulownia tomentosa, having three lobes (two are abruptly truncated on either edge, with a third, central, slightly acute, pointed lobe forming the leaf apex),...

It is covered in red flowers in the winter and spring. The genus is named in honour of John Templeton, an Irish naturalist and botanist. * Templetonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.

The leaves are often blanched (by excluding light from the growing plant) before use. The stems can be glabrous or are sparsely covered with short hairs. * The leaves are eaten raw or cooked.