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It thrives in full sun in ordinary garden soil. It is also used in treating kidney diseases. Native to moist prairies and sedge meadows. All spikes of purple flowers appear in July and August.

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.

* A pleasant tasting tea is made from the leaves and flower heads. * Ratibida columnifera , commonly known as Upright Prairie Coneflower or Mexican Hat , is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae , that is native to much of North...

* They should be harvested when under 10 inches for the best flavor. * The fruits are loaded with vitamins and minerals yet low in calories! It is an early bush zucchini that produces a high yield of straight dark green cylindrical fruit.

* Fruits are very narrow, foot-long pods. * Bark of mature trees is fissured, prominently ridged and pale gray-brown. * The leaves are very similar in shape to those of Paulownia tomentosa, having three lobes (two are abruptly truncated on either edge,...

Arctium lappa is the main species used, though this species has similar properties. It also lowers the blood pressure by dilating the blood vessels. * Burdock is one of the foremost detoxifying herbs in both Chinese and Western herbal medicine.

* The yellow rays are strongly downturned and the disk is dark brown. Flower stalks are sturdy and straight, with solitary terminal flowers, and are smooth or slightly hairy. * Echinacea paradoxa ( Bush's purple coneflower , Yellow Coneflower ) is a perennial...

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.

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

It ranges from southern Pakistan eastward throughout India to Myanmar and Thailand and south to Sri Lanka. It is also the state flower of Kerala in India and of immense importance amongst the Malayali population * It is a popular ornamental plant and...

The plant often self-sows. * Succeeds in any moderately fertile well-drained soil in a sunny position. * Phacelia tanacetifolia is a species of phacelia known by the common names lacy phacelia, blue tansy or purple tansy.

Hairy red drupes are produced, which can be brewed into a tea. The mixture should not be boiled since this will release tannic acids and make the drink astringent. It produces yellow flowers in clusters before anthesis.

* The plant contains helenalin, a compound that has shown significant anti-tumour activity. * Bright flowers of daisyish form, yellow ray petals and yellow-brown centers, from July to October; forms large clumps; parent of many hybrids; native to swamps...

It is smaller in size than the Giant Hogweed ( Heracleum mantegazzianum ). * The roots and the leaves are aphrodisiac, digestive, mildly expectorant and sedative. It prefers rich humid soils.

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

They quite probably also apply to this species. An excellent fibre is obtained from the leaf stalks. * Mexican Palmetto reaches a height of 12–18 m (39–59 ft), with a spread of 3–4 m (9.8–13 ft).

A hair wash is made fromthe leaves and fibre. The wood is used for making furniture and coffins. * The Chinese parasol tree or wutong , Chinese : ?? A lotion of the leaves is used in the treatment of carbuncles, haemorrhoids and sores.

* Alnus acuminata (also called Alder is a species of tree in the Betulaceae family. It is found in Argentina , Bolivia , Colombia , Costa Rica , Ecuador , Guatemala , Mexico , Panama , Peru and Venezuela .

In the United States . The fibres are up to 50cm long, they are harvested commercially and used to make brushes, especially where these have to remain stiff in hot water or caustics * The trunks are used to make wharf piles, whilst polished cross-sections...

* Tolerates most soils and conditions, including poor soils and amongst the roots and under the drip of trees. An infusion of the root has been used to cleanse the afterbirth and aid in convalescence.

* The fruit is being investigated as a food that is capable of reducing the incidence of cancer and also as a means of halting or reversing the growth of cancers. * Wild Prairie Rose is the state flower of the U.S. states of Iowa and North Dakota.

All are perennial, with numerous leafy stems growing from the base at the beginning of summer. The plant prefers full sun, good drainage, and moderate weekly watering. Long, in dense, terminal racemes.

* Plants are very vigorous and can be grown as a tall ground cover for large areas. * Rubus odoratus ( Purple-flowering Raspberry , Flowering Raspberry , or Virginia raspberry ) is a species of Rubus , native to eastern North America , from Nova Scotia...

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

American snowbell's showy, white, bell-shaped flowers are borne in pairs from leaf axils. The foliage is bright-green and glossy. Tall, with a wide, wispy, open crown. When in bloom, they cover the plant creating a fragrant, white cloud.

They have been chewed and the juice slowly swallowed to treat sore throats. It typically is one of the first plants to colonize an area after disturbance (such as fire) and rarely persists once shrubs and trees become established.

* Tolerates most soils and conditions, including poor soils and amongst the roots and under the drip of trees. An infusion of the root has been used to cleanse the afterbirth and aid in convalescence.