Poisonous Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In Cedar Rapids

The active ingredient Thujone is said to create a clear headed intoxication and is also reputed to be dangerous in excess. * The plant is applied externally to bruises and bites. A warm compress has been used to ease sprains and strained muscles.

Guan mu tong Hocquartia manshuriensis (Komarov) Nakai; Isotrema manshuriense (Komarov) H. * Aristolochia manshuriensis Komarov, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk.

Plants are best spaced about 90cm apart each way. Although it is clump forming rather than spreading it increases freely by self-sowing. It is a perennial shrub reaching up to 1.5 m in height.

It has a longhistory of use as a herbal medicine, though it is very poisonous and should be used with extreme caution. * The use of this plant is subject to legal restrictions in some countries.

The sap is yellow to orange.The flowers consist of four yellow petals , each about 1 cm long, with two sepals . * 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...

* Dirca palustris , or Eastern Leatherwood , is a shrub that grows to a maximum height of about three meters. * Leatherwood was employed medicinally by a number of native North American Indian tribes who used it to treat a wide variety of ailments.

* Great care should be exercised in the use of this plant, the therapeutic dose is very close to the lethal dose. It has a profound tonic effect upon a diseased heart, enabling the heart to beat more slowly, powerfully and regularly without requiring...

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. * Yellowish flowers marked with rusty red, particularly on the inside; in spikes;...

* Oleander grows to 2–6 m (6.6–20 ft) tall, with spreading to erect branches. * An upright bush with evergreen leaves; five-petaled very fragrant flowers at the tips of branches, throughout the year in hot areas; parents of this strain have pink flowers;...

* As an ornamental plant, it is appreciated for its hardiness in dry and nutritionally deficient conditions, popular in subtropical gardens where temperatures never fall below 5 °C to 7 °C, and as a warm-season bedding plant in temperate gardens.

* Argemone mexicana (Mexican poppy, Mexican prickly poppy, flowering thistle, cardo or cardosanto) is a species of poppy found in Mexico and now widely naturalized in many parts of the world.

It is generally confined to soils derived from limestone . The common name is Mezereon . * Lilac or rosy-purple wonderfully fragrant 1/2" flowers in early spring; red fruit in June; may be evergreen or nearly so; native to Europe and western Asia.

* Actaea racemosa (black cohosh, black bugbane, black snakeroot, fairy candle; syn. Racemosa grows in dependably moist, fairly heavy soil. * Cohosh comes from an Algonquin word meaning rough in reference to the appearance of plant rhizomes.

* Kalmia latifolia , commonly called Mountain-laurel or Spoonwood , is a species flowering plant in the blueberry family, Ericaceae , that is native to the eastern United States . * A lovely evergreen plant for cool, acid, woodsy conditions such as rhododendrons...

Produces abundant masses of small (3/4" diameter), fragrant, white fringed flowers in late spring to early summer. A homeopathic remedy is made from the plant. It is used in the treatment of rheumatism and skin eruptions.

* The fruit can be made into jams and preserves.

* Datura wrightii or Sacred Datura is the name of a poisonous perennial plant and ornamental flower of southwestern North America. In clear weather, flowers open at nearly full dark and wither a few hours after sunrise the following morning; in cloudy...

* Taxus chinensis is a species of yew. The leaves are up to 4 centimeters (11?2 inches) long—broader than those of most other yews—and often end in a very small, sharp point. The underside of each leaf has two broad yellow stripes and is densely covered...

An excellent fuel. It is sometimes used for furniture because it takes a high polish. The thin outer bark can be peeled off the tree in the same way as birch trees. * Oregon cherry or Bitter cherry ( Prunus emarginata ) is a species of Prunus native to...

In Germany over 200 pharmaceutical preparations are made from Echinacea. There has been some doubt over the ability of the body to absorb the medicinally active ingredients orally (intravenous injections being considered the only effective way to administer...

* Nicotiana tabacum, or cultivated tobacco, is an annually-grown herbaceous plant. * All parts of the plant contain nicotine, this has been extracted and used as an insecticide. The dried leaves can also be used, they remain effective for 6 months after...

In Germany over 200 pharmaceutical preparations are made from Echinacea. There has been some doubt over the ability of the body to absorb the medicinally active ingredients orally (intravenous injections being considered the only effective way to administer...

However, as it is associated with cemetries, it is not clear whether it is a truly wild plant in Kashmir or an introduction from places unknown. According to Bowley (l.c. 176) it is disturbing that it is only known to be growing wild in the valley of...

* So called because the roots were once ground for snuff. Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine. * The leaves are used as an insect repellent. * The plant can tolerate maritime exposure.

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

The leaves are harvested for use as required and can be used fresh or dried. * The leaves also contain rhodoxanthin, amentoflavone, quercetin, myricetin, carotene, xanthophyll and ascorbic acid.

* The potential age of yews is impossible to determine accurately and is subject to much dispute. * The fruit is very sweet and gelatinous, most people find it delicious though some find it sickly[K].