Medicinal Plant Seeds For Sale In Irvine

* The root is harvested when the plant is dormant in the autumn or winter and is dried for later use. When prescribed internally it is always used dried and in conjunction with fresh ginger root.

* 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. * Contrary to what the name suggests, neither a crocus nor the source of saffron; foliage...

* Aristolochic acid can also be used in the treatment of acute and serious infections such as TB, hepatitis, liver cirrhosis and infantile pneumonia. Last updated: 09-Mar-2004 * The fruit and its capsule are antiasthmatic, antiseptic, antitussive and...

Angustifolia , but plants often grow taller, ranging from 1.5 to 2.5 ft (45 to 75 cm) tall, with some growing 3 feet (90 cm) or more tall. Plants normally grow with one unbranched stem in the wild, but often produce multi-stemmed clumps in gardens.

Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer or rabbits. * 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,...

* Securinega suffruticosa (Pall.) Rehder = Flueggea suffruticosa (Pall.) Baill. * This plant is commonly used in Chinese herbalism, where it is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs.

* Many Adenophora species have been used in traditional Chinese medicine. * Adenophora (Lilyleaf Ladybell) is a genus of flowering plant within the family Campanulaceae. * Use for border garden.

S.-Peterburgsk. Spiraea chinensis Maximowicz, Trudy Imp. Zhong hua xiu xian ju Shrubs 1.5–3 m tall. Branchlets arched, red-brown and yellow tomentose initially, black-brown and glabrous when old; buds ovoid, 2–5 mm, with several scales, pubescent,...

HARALD RIEDL and YASIN J. Type: Described from Siberia. 1972, Qureshi & Chaudhri, l.c. (Fig. Foetida heave sparse to dense glandular stems. Fl.Per: May-June. 1:30, 1972, Conventry, Wild Flow.

It is an aromatic tonic herb that stimulates the uterus, reduces inflammation, controls bacterial infections and promotes healing. The leaves are heart shaped and the flowers are pale yellow and tubular in form.

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

* 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. * A small tree but often a shrub of a few spreading stems.

* The plant can tolerate maritime exposure. * So called because the roots were once ground for snuff. * Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. * The leaves are used as an insect repellent.

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

Gather the flowers in the summer. Dried Chamomile flowers make a sedative and delicious tea that is calming to the stomach and improves digestion. A few drops of oil in the bath or ointment is good for wounds or to sooth the skin.

* Centaurea montana ( Perennial Cornflower, Mountain Cornflower, Bachelor's Button, Montane Knapweed or Mountain Bluet ) is a species of Centaurea endemic to Europe . It is widespread and common in the more southerly mountain ranges of Europe, but is...

A red to brown dye can be obtained from the root bark. * Cercocarpus montanus is common in the chaparral, on mesas and on the lower foothills of the south eastern Rocky mountains of North America.

It is also sometimes called moon daisy or dog daisy. * The oxeye daisy ( Leucanthemum vulgare , syn. Chrysanthemum leucanthemum ), also known as the marguerite , is a widespread flowering plant native to Europe and the temperate regions of Asia .

* Aristolochic acid can also be used in the treatment of acute and serious infections such as TB, hepatitis, liver cirrhosis and infantile pneumonia. Last updated: 09-Mar-2004 * The fruit and its capsule are antiasthmatic, antiseptic, antitussive and...

* Modern research has shown that it contains the substance 'taxol' in its shoots and bark. * It is a small to medium-sized evergreen tree, growing 10-15 m tall and with a trunk up to 50 cm diameter, rarely more.

* The flowers appear from late spring to summer in umbelliform cymes of about 4 flowers.The seeds are small and black, borne in a long capsule . The leaves are lobed and crenate , 30 cm long.

* Centaurea montana ( Perennial Cornflower, Mountain Cornflower, Bachelor's Button, Montane Knapweed or Mountain Bluet ) is a species of Centaurea endemic to Europe . It is widespread and common in the more southerly mountain ranges of Europe, but is...

* Ginseng has a history of herbal use going back over 5,000 years. * It has gained an almost magical reputation for being able to promote health, general body vigour and also to prolong life.

* The Lebanon Cedar is the national emblem of Lebanon, and is displayed on the Lebanese flag and coat of arms. * The crown is conic when young, becoming broadly tabular with age with fairly level branches.The shoots are dimorphic, with long shoots and...

Vincent van Gogh and Ernest Hemingway were Absinthe drinkers. * This is the main botanical ingredient in Absinthe, an alcoholic spirit that has a long and interesting history. The active ingredient Thujone is said to create a clear headed intoxication...

* Shoots with a dense, rust-colored pubescence; leaves 1.5-3 cm long with slightly revolute margins; cone bracts exserted, broad and tapering to a short cusp. * Bark first smooth, brown-gray, with age becoming dark brown and longitudinally fissured.

* A perennial herb with 8" leaves covered with prickly hairs; flowers to 1/2", yellowish white, pink, or purplish, in summer, in nodding clusters; rather coarse; likes rich, moist, limestone soils; native to Europe, where it is used medicinally; a weed...