Poisonous Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In Olathe

* 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. It works by doubling the chromosome number.

* The plant is part of a North American formula called essiac which is a popular treatment for cancer. Its effectiveness has never been reliably proven or disproven since controlled studies have not been carried out.

* A shrub with light green leaves, pale yellow flowers before the leaves, which appear very early; fall color can be a good yellow; likes damp shade; Dirr notes that the Indians used the bark to make bow strings, fishing lines, and baskets--leathery indeed;...

* Daphne mezereum is a species of Daphne in the flowering plant family Thymelaeaceae , native to most of Europe and western Asia , north to northern Scandinavia and Russia . * Mezereum has been used in the past for treating rheumatism and indolent ulcers,...

* Digitalis purpurea is an herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial plant. * The foxglove is a widely used herbal medicine with a recognised stimulatory effect upon the heart. The foliage forms a tight rosette at ground level in the first year.

* Oregon cherry or Bitter cherry ( Prunus emarginata ) is a species of Prunus native to western North America , from British Columbia south to California , and east to western Wyoming and Arizona .

A soft and oily texture, the seed has a sweet flavour and tastes somewhat like a large pine nut. The seed can be boiled and used in soups, porridges etc. * Ginkgos are very large trees, normally reaching a height of 20–35 m (66–115 feet), with some...

* Small, delicate plant forms a rounded mound, often loose and open; evergreen; 3" flowers in May, parents of this strain have flowers in variations of pink and purple; acid soil, good drainage; in the U.S. needs light shade in the North, more shade in...

* Orange flowers in late summer; grows well in dry soil; native to eastern U.S. * Pleurisy root is a bitter, nutty-flavoured tonic herb that increases perspiration, relieves spasms and acts as an expectorant.

Plants require more than 14 hours daylight per day in order to induce flowering. * Nicotiana glauca is a species of wild tobacco known by the common name tree tobacco. Ingestion of the leaves can be fatal.

* Aralia spinosa is an aromatic spiny deciduous shrub or small tree growing 2–8 m tall, with a simple or occasionally branched stem with very large bipinnate leaves 70–120 cm long.

The seeds are taken as a laxative. * When the Spanish arrived in Sonora they added this plant to their pharmacopia and called it cardosanto, which should not be mistranslated to blessed thistle (Cnicus benedictus).

* It has greenish yellow flowers in May and the dark green leaves turn yellow to pumpkin-orange in the fall. * A species of buckeye native to the Ohio Valley and Appalachian Mountains of the Eastern United States.

* Common Hogweed ( Heracleum sphondylium ) is an herbaceous biennial plant of the family Apiaceae , which grows in the prairies of Eurasia. * The roots and the leaves are aphrodisiac, digestive, mildly expectorant and sedative.

Perforatum is sometimes called Common St John's wort to differentiate it. It fell out of favour in the nineteenth century but recent research has brought it back to prominence as an extremely valuable remedy for nervous problems.

They are often used to make a sparkling wine. A sweet tea is made from the dried flowers. * Sambucus nigra is a species complex of elder native to most of Europe , northwest Africa southwest Asia, and western North America.

* Ligustrum lucidum ( Glossy Privet , Chinese Privet or Broad-leaf Privet ) is a species of privet native to the southern half of China . Extracts of the plant show antitumour activity.

Germination usually takes place in 1 - 6 months at 15°c. * he plant contains calcium oxalate crystals in all parts, and because of this consumption of the raw plant material results in a powerful burning sensation.

* The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Althaea officinalis Marsh Mallow for irritation of mouth and throat and associated dry cough/bronchitis .

* The common name of bugbane is in reference to the odoriferous insect repellant properties of this plant. The root is analgesic, antibacterial, antiviral, depurative, diaphoretic, diuretic, febrifuge, sedative, tonic.

* Common Hogweed ( Heracleum sphondylium ) is an herbaceous biennial plant of the family Apiaceae , which grows in the prairies of Eurasia. * The roots and the leaves are aphrodisiac, digestive, mildly expectorant and sedative.

* Echinacea angustifolia ( Narrow-leaved purple coneflower , blacksamson echinacea ) is a herbaceous plant species in Asteraceae . They had a very wide range of applications and many of these uses have been confirmed by modern science.

* All parts of the plant have a distinguishing strong odour that is often likened to rotting peanuts or cashews. * Due to the tree of heaven's weedy habit, landowners and other organisations often resort to various methods of control in order to keep...

* Lobelia inflata (Indian tobacco, puke weed) is a species of Lobelia native to eastern North America, from southeastern Canada (Nova Scotia to southeast Ontario) south through the eastern United States to Alabama and west to Kansas.

Germination usually takes place in 1 - 6 months at 15°c. * he plant contains calcium oxalate crystals in all parts, and because of this consumption of the raw plant material results in a powerful burning sensation.

Wood - hard, heavy, strong, close grained. It weighs 46lb per cubic foot. * Ilex vomitoria ( Yaupon Holly , Yaupon , or Cassina ; the latter shared with Ilex cassine ), is a species of holly native to southeastern North America , occurring in United States...

It is used applied externally to burns, bleeding due to traumatic injuries, haemorrhoids and ulcers in the mouth. It is used in the treatment of persistent cough with blood, chronic diarrhoea, spontaneous sweating, night sweats, bloody stool, urorrhoea...