Medicinal Plant Seeds For Sale In Cedar Rapids

* The common name of bugbane is in reference to the odoriferous insect repellant properties of this plant. * This plant is an anti-infective herb that lowers fevers and reduces pain.

* Greater celandine has an erect habit, and may reach 30 to 120 cm high. The sap is yellow to orange.The flowers consist of four yellow petals , each about 1 cm long, with two sepals .

The plants grow 40 to 70 centimetres (16 to 28 in) tall with spindle-shaped taproots that are often branched. They had a very wide range of applications and many of these uses have been confirmed by modern science.

It is a common weed of cultivated land. Something that is considered to be an indicator of grazing in that area. Lanceolata is used frequently in tisanes and other herbal remedies.

Yous?ng in Mandarin) is a pine native to northern China from Liaoning west to Inner Mongolia and Gansu , and south to Shandong , Henan and Shaanxi , and also northern Korea . It tends to develop a somewhat flattened and spreading crown with age, hence...

It makes part of the undergrowth of the Mississippi river valley, and is found most frequently on rocky slopes. * The fruit is also used as a hop substitute when making beer and it is added to yeast to make it rise more quickly when making bread.

The bark also contains fraxetin.This has an inhibitory effect on the central nervous system, is a stronger and safer anodyne than aspirin and has some antibacterial activity. * It can grow in very alkaline soils, but not in the shade.

* The species, from central Europe and Russia, has blue-purple, lavender, or white flowers, but there are dozens of cultivars, in a varied range of splendid blues, purples, pinks, and whites, including some of the most striking and elegant of all iris;...

A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of kidney complaints and TB. The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern Ontario; in northern Ontario it occurs farther...

They are often used in the treatment of certain heart complaints. * An easily grown plant, succeeding in ordinary garden soil, especially if it is rich in organic matter. * The leaves are cardiac, stimulant and tonic.

* The leaves are used as an insect repellent. * The plant can tolerate maritime exposure. * Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine.

The species is commonly known as Virginia snakeroot and is native to eastern North America, from Connecticut to southern Michigan and south to Texas and Florida. * Use Ornamental: Showy, Ground cover Conspicuous Flowers: yes Attracts: Butterflies Larval...

* Bai Tou Weng is thought to clear toxicity and to lower fever. It is most commonly taken as a decoction to counter infection within the gastro-intestinal tract. * Anemone chinensis is a basionym of the currently known Pulsatilla chinensis and is one...

It has also been introduced and is now common in North America . * This is considered a noxious weed in some areas. * A yellow dye is obtained from the whole plant. A tea made from the plant has been used as an insecticide.

* The poisonous alkaloid 'colchicine' is extracted from this plant and used to alter the genetic make-up of plants in an attempt to find new, improved varieties. * The species is commonly cultivated in temperate areas.

It is an annual, but otherwise is similar in use and flavor to the perennial Winter savory . A herb tea is made from the leaves. The flowering shoots contain about 0.5% essential oil, this is used as a food flavouring.

* Bright green stems in winter, bright yellow 1 1/2" flowers in spring, bright green leaves in summer; flowers in full shade, although it gets sloppy and gangly if not tended to, at least in the U.S. North; does well in the South; native to central and...

* The welcome wildflower of early spring; sap and root are red, hence the common name. The seeds have a fleshy organ called an elaiosome that attracts ants. * The crushed root has been applied to the body as an insect repellent.

* Many 3" nodding blue, red, purple, or white nodding flowers on a branching stem; forms basal rosette of 20" leaves; monocarpic--blooms and dies; native to eastern Himalayas, western China.

A very safe herb to use, it is suitable for the old and the young and especially useful when the patient is debilitated. * Yellow flowers of daisy form, to 4" across, from July to September; leaves to 2'; dried roots sometimes used medicinally; native...

The common name "Blueberry haw" refers to the appearance of the fruit, which are almost blue, and not to their taste. Douglasii or C. * Crataegus brachyacantha is one of the "black-fruited" species of hawthorn , but it is only very distantly related to...

Genista juncea ), also known as Weaver's Broom , is a perennial, leguminous shrub native to the Mediterranean region in southern Europe , southwest Asia and northwest Africa , where it is found in sunny sites, usually on dry, sandy soils.

* The bark and the leaves are mildly diuretic, expectorant and stimulant. The bark is pale greenish-grey and smooth on young trees with dark grey diamond-shaped lenticels , becoming dark grey and fissured on older trees.

Okennonii , have also been associated with considerable taxonomic confusion, despite the statement from Cronquist et al. * Crataegus saligna is a species of hawthorn known by the common name willow hawthorn that is seldom cultivated and rather rare in...

This species is lime tolerant. In Chinese ; pinyin : shao or bai shao ; bai meaning "white"), and common garden peony is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Paeoniaceae , native to central and eastern Asia from eastern Tibet across northern...

* A strong tincture of the fresh seed is used externally to kill lice and nits in the head and pubic hair.It is also effective against aphids and thrips. Delphinium consolida ) is an annual plant in the Buttercup family Ranunculaceae .

They are also added to herbal medicines in order to disguise obnoxious flavours. ; Japanese : ??? Sweet osmanthus is also the 'city flower' of Hangzhou , China. * The unripe fruits are preserved in brine like olives.