Medicinal Plant Seeds For Sale In Tacoma

An infusion of the leaves alone, or the leaves and stems, has been used as a hair wash to prevent gray hair. Flowers are followed by a fragile, plumed seedhead. A cold infusion of the plant can be used as a lotion on swollen knees and ankles.

In China, it, and other false hellebore species are collectively called "li lu". * Veratrum nigrum ( Black Hellebore ) is a medicinal plant and poisonous plant native to Asia and Europe .

* The leaf is emetic and is used in the treatment of ague fits, serving to break the fit. Bilateral sham-operated mice acted as controls. The plant is anodyne and carminative. A decoction of the root is used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.

* 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...

This plant is native to Europe, but is now widespread throughout most of the United States as a common weed. * The seed contains arctiin, this excites the central nervous system producing convulsions an increase in respiration and later paralysis.

* In Virginia, Penthorum sedoides grows in habitats such as alluvial swamps, floodplain pools, rocky or sandy shores, fens, marshes, beaver ponds, and disturbed wetlands. The erect lower portion of the stem is smooth, but the curved branching inflorescence...

* 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 . Each has an elaiosome , which attracts ants to disperse the seeds ( myrmecochory ).

Fortunei is a shrub or small tree growing to as high as 20 m with a diameter at breast height of about 20 cm. * Cephalotaxus fortunei, commonly called the Chinese Plum Yew, simply Plum Yew, Chinese Cowtail Pine or in Chinese as San Jian Shan (Chinese:...

America where it is often gathered in quantity from the wild. Once established, it succeeds in excessively moist soils and also tolerates drought. It is sometimes commercially available at farm stands or specialty southern food stores.

* Crataegus vulsa , the "Alabama hawthorn" is a rare species of hawthorn from northeastern Alabama and northwestern Georgia .

Pallida is similar to E. * Succeeds in ordinary garden soil but prefers a deep rich loam with plenty of leafmold and a sunny position. * The flower heads are from ¾ to 3 inches (2 to 7.6 cm) wide with pale rose-purple or nearly white colored petals.

It is native to the southwestern United States , in Utah , Nevada , Arizona , western New Mexico , western Colorado , Wyoming , southern Montana , southern Idaho and eastern California .

* Flowers of Magnolia biondii are small and white and have strong fragrance associated to them. Its early flowering nature gives it the name of the Hope for Spring Flower. * The dried flower buds of Magnolia biondii are used medicinally in China and Japan.

* It can grow in very alkaline soils, but not in the shade. * The barkcontains aesculin, this has anti-inflammatory, anticoagulant and analgesic actions. * A small ash native to China with 1 1/2" leaflets on compound leaves and 1" seeds.

* honouring Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede tot Draakestein (1637–1691). * The plant is also used as a topical ointment against jaundice, toothache, ulcers and to treat muscular-skeletal problems.

* The stem bark is made into a lotion for cancer. * The flowers are arranged in a corymb and are densely spotted with pink. Very resistant to atmospheric pollution. The specific epithet honors the botanist Alexander Bunge, who collected the specimens...

Both the dill "weed" and seed is used. * Depending on where it is grown, is either a perennial or annual herb. * In Poland, where dill is called "koper," it is one of the most popular herbs used in the kitchen, and, along with parsley and chives, is used...

* Wormwood is a very bitter plant with a long history of use as a medicinal herb. Vincent van Gogh and Ernest Hemingway were Absinthe drinkers. A warm compress has been used to ease sprains and strained muscles.

It is planted in the grounds of temples in Japan, and also on tombs. * Star anise is the major source of the chemical compound shikimic acid, a primary precursor in the pharmaceutical synthesis of anti-influenza drug oseltamivir (Tamiflu).

* Ephedra nevadensis ( Nevada ephedra ) is a species of Ephedra native to dry areas of western North America. * The stems of most members of this genus contain the alkaloid ephedrine and are valuable in the treatment of asthma and many other complaints...

They are therefore more difficult to grow in areas with hot summers and in such a region they appreciate some protection from the strongest sunlight. * In general, gentians require a moist well-drained soil in a sheltered position, a certain minimum of...

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. It merits consideration for cultivation in forest areas.

* It is a medium-sized tree growing to 20 m tall. Arizonica: The largest is 33.8 m tall, 133 cm dbh, near Ruidoso, New Mexico. Arizonica occurs in Arizona and New Mexico. In other respects it is like var.

* The pod is used as a soap substitute. A lupane acid extracted from the thorns showed in vitro anti-HIV activity. The thorns of Gleditsia sinensis are used as a medicinal herb in China and Korea and may have antitumor properties.

In a prehistoric cave in the Republic of Georgia dyed flax fibers have been found that date to 34,000 BC . * Linseed has a long history of medicinal use, its main effects being as a laxative and expectorant that soothes irritated tissues, controls coughing...

* An essential oil obtained from the plant is antiseptic. * Because of its elegance of habit, appealing odour, and amenity to clipping by the topiarius, as much as for sacred associations, the myrtle was an indispensable feature of Roman gardens.

Suksdorfii , and C. Its native range is wet areas of western Colorado and northeastern Utah . It is a handsome shrub or small tree with delicate-looking leaves, small flowers, small black fruit, and beautiful reddish bark.