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It is smaller in size than the Giant Hogweed ( Heracleum mantegazzianum ). * The roots and the leaves are aphrodisiac, digestive, mildly expectorant and sedative. The plant is little used in modern herbalism but has been employed in the treatment of laryngitis...

The shoots are rich in vitamin C. An infusion is used internally in the treatment of stomach complaints, diarrhoea and dysentery, anaemia, the spitting up of blood and to treat vomiting.

* The root is said to have a beneficial effect on the liver, stomach and spleen and may be taken to relieve indigestion and counteract liver malfunction. * A poultice of the bruised root has been used as a dressing and salve on burns, inflammations and...

* The young shoots are eaten cooked. * The root contains about 30% gum (an arabinic acid derivative) and this makes a goodquality glue. The bulb is dried and powdered and then used for sizing cloth, bookbinding etc.

In some middle-eastern countries, Marjoram is synonymous with Oregano, and there the names Sweet Marjoram and Knotted Marjoram are used to distinguish it from other plants of the genus Origanum .

The dried root of one year old plants is the official herb, but the leaves and fruits can also be used. It also lowers the blood pressure by dilating the blood vessels. Arctium lappa is the main species used, though this species has similar properties.

It is smaller in size than the Giant Hogweed ( Heracleum mantegazzianum ). * The roots and the leaves are aphrodisiac, digestive, mildly expectorant and sedative. The plant is little used in modern herbalism but has been employed in the treatment of laryngitis...

Two smaller, bushier species have been introduced from Europe into eastern North America: Woodland Germander (T. Botrys), an annual with purplish flowers. The common name germander was originally altered from a Greek name for ground oak, chamaidrys.

The basal leaves are long and slender or very narrowly lanceolate. Flower stalks are sturdy and straight, with solitary terminal flowers, and are smooth or slightly hairy. Echinacea paradoxa is native to Missouri , Arkansas , Oklahoma , and Texas , and...

A very ornamental plant, it prefers a continental climate with hot summers and cold winters. * Tolerant of dry alkaline soils. * This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on the roots and fix atmospheric...

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.

* The young shoots are eaten cooked. * The root contains about 30% gum (an arabinic acid derivative) and this makes a goodquality glue. The bulb is dried and powdered and then used for sizing cloth, bookbinding etc.

Paitan is antiseptic, astringent and haemostatic. * An excrescence produced on the leaf by an insect Melaphis chinensis or M. It is used in the treatment of persistent cough with blood, chronic diarrhoea, spontaneous sweating, night sweats, bloody stool,...

* Lilac flowers in nodding terminal clusters to 6"; leaves to 6"; native to China. The panicles often hang limply, which is how the plant got its common name; the clusters look as though they are nodding.

* The fragrant flowers emerge in early summer and are light pink in color. * The fruit skins have been eaten in the treatment of stomach complaints. * It is a fairly good source of essential fatty acids, which is fairly unusual for a fruit.

Raised beds should be considered in areas with poorly-drained soils. * The flag and coat of arms of the Province of Mpumalanga include a depiction of this flower. * Grow in average to organically rich, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun.

The plant reproduces sexually by seed and vegetatively by sprouting from the root crown, layering , and by producing root suckers . It grows in a variety of habitat types, including disturbed areas.

* It inhabits prairies , plains, roadsides, and disturbed areas from southern Canada through most of the United States to northern Mexico . * A pleasant tasting tea is made from the leaves and flower heads.

This perennial is a native plant found throughout the eastern part of the United States and in many parts of the western U.S., Canada , and Mexico . * The lance-leaved coreopsis , Coreopsis lanceolata , is a species of coreopsis (Tickseed).

Sativus) was formerly widely used in textile processing, providing a natural comb for cleaning, aligning and raising the nap on fabrics, particularly wool. It is water soluble. * The dried flower heads are used for carding wool and as a clothes brush...

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

It is similar in appearance to Tilia japonica except, in the words of Flora of China, it has "smaller leaves and bracts and a shorter cyme." Acuminate, broad-ovate to ovate-orbicular, green leaves (to 2.5" long) have sharply serrate margins, cordate bases...

* 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 summer; in rich soil the plants grow too fast and need staking; may make a big clump of...

* An herbaceous perennial, forming a basal rosette to 1', from which arise 3' flowering stems with purplish blue (rarely pink or white) flowers resembling scabiosa; likes moist, peaty soil in sun or part shade; native to Europe, north Africa, east to...

* It is naturalized almost everywhere and is usually found in disturbed areas, especially in soil rich in nitrogen. It is commonly cultivated in Japan where it gives its name to a particular construction technique, burdock piling.

* It will also tolerate more moist conditions if it is given well drained soil. It is covered in red flowers in the winter and spring. * Templetonia is a dryland shrub that grows 3-7 feet tall.

They quite probably also apply to this species. * Mexican Palmetto reaches a height of 12–18 m (39–59 ft), with a spread of 3–4 m (9.8–13 ft). * The leaves are used for making baskets, chair seats or thatch.