Medicinal Plant Seeds For Sale In Chicago

The leaves are lobed and crenate , 30 cm long. Each has an elaiosome , which attracts ants to disperse the seeds ( myrmecochory ). * Greater celandine has an erect habit, and may reach 30 to 120 cm high.

* Tian Nan Xing has been used in Chinese herbal medicine for thousands of years and is valued especially for its beneficial affect upon the chest. When prescribed internally it is always used dried and in conjunction with fresh ginger root.

* Evergreen or nearly so, with small (2") unlobed to three-lobed leaves; showy yellow flowers; Hortus III calls it "magnificent in flower, as the flowers all tend to open at the same time"; native to California, Baja, and western Arizona.

Plants normally grow with one unbranched stem in the wild, but often produce multi-stemmed clumps in gardens. Pallida is similar to E. Angustifolia , but plants often grow taller, ranging from 1.5 to 2.5 ft (45 to 75 cm) tall, with some growing 3 feet...

The leaves are heart shaped and the flowers are pale yellow and tubular in form. * The plant should not be used internally without experienced supervision, externally it is used in the treatment of slow-healing cuts, eczema, infected toe and finger nails...

* It is still used medicinally in the present day; however, there are adverse effects that limit its use. * Lobelia inflata has a long use as a medicinal plant, as an entheogenic, emetic, and a dermatological and respiratory aid.

It is native to southern Europe . * A hardy perennial with gray or blue-gray rather frilly leaves, extremely fragrant (although many dislike the pungent scent); woody base; causes dermatitis in some people, for dry sunny places; also used medicinally...

* The plant from which cultivated red raspberries were derived. * A herb tea is made from the dried leaves. * A purple to dull blue dye is obtained from the fruit. * The fruit is delicious when eaten out of hand, the fruit is also used in pies, preserves...

* The Virginia snakeroot is attracting increasing interest for its medicinal virtues and as a result is becoming uncommon in the wild. The species is commonly known as Virginia snakeroot and is native to eastern North America, from Connecticut to southern...

* 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 America .

* In general, gentians require a moist well-drained soil in a sheltered position, a certain minimum of atmospheric humidity, high light intensity but a site where temperatures are not too high.

* Seed - sow spring in a greenhouse and only just cover the seed. * The leaves and young shoots are antihalitosis, antiphlogistic, astringent, depurative, sedative and stomachic. * Kunzea ericoides (K?nuka, White tea-tree or Burgan) is a tree or shrub...

* Anemone chinensis is a basionym of the currently known Pulsatilla chinensis and is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine. * Bai Tou Weng is thought to clear toxicity and to lower fever.

* The plant from which cultivated red raspberries were derived. * A herb tea is made from the dried leaves. * A purple to dull blue dye is obtained from the fruit. * The fruit is delicious when eaten out of hand, the fruit is also used in pies, preserves...

It contains some of the most bitter compounds known and is used as a scientific basis for measuring bitterness. Other names include 'Yellow Gentian', 'Bitter Root', 'Bitterwort', 'Centiyane', and 'Genciana'.

Lobata, commonly called wild cucumber, prickly cucumber, or balsam apple. Thin the seedlings to the best plant in each pot, grow them on fast and plant them out after the last expected frosts.

Paitan is antiseptic, astringent and haemostatic. It is used in the treatment of persistent cough with blood, chronic diarrhoea, spontaneous sweating, night sweats, bloody stool, urorrhoea and bloody sputum.

An infusion of the plant repels insects, it is also disinfectant and so is used for washing walls, floors etc. * An infusion of the leaves is used as a hair rinse, it treats dandruff and falling hair.

* Trees have extensive root systems and are sometimes planted on the banks of streams in order to prevent erosion.

* In general, gentians require a moist well-drained soil in a sheltered position, a certain minimum of atmospheric humidity, high light intensity but a site where temperatures are not too high.

* 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 America .

* Native to coniferous and mixed forests, thickets, deforested rocks, open slopes; 100-3500 m (but usually at lower elevations than var. Chinensis, especially in the E, typically below 1200 m, ascending to over 3000 m in Sichuan and Yunnan).

* The cooked leaves can be used as a potherb. The erect lower portion of the stem is smooth, but the curved branching inflorescence is covered in glandular hairs. * Penthorum sedoides (known by the common name ditch stonecrop), is a perennial forb native...

* Sow the seed in March/April in a greenhouse only just covering the seed. * A perennial grown for its 2" bright red-orange inflated husk in fall, which encloses an edible red berry; the plant itself is rather lax and weedy, spreading by underground stems;...

It is also antibiotic and helps to relieve allergies. * Echinacea angustifolia ( Narrow-leaved purple coneflower , blacksamson echinacea ) is a herbaceous plant species in Asteraceae .

* Yellow flowers of daisy form, to 4" across, from July to September; leaves to 2'; dried roots sometimes used medicinally; native to Europe and Asia, naturalized in the U.S. * Elecampane has a long history of use as a medicinal herb.

* The seed contains arctiin, this excites the central nervous system producing convulsions an increase in respiration and later paralysis. The dried root of one year old plants is the official herb, but the leaves and fruits can also be used.