Poisonous Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In San Jose

* Greater celandine has an erect habit, and may reach 30 to 120 cm high. The sap is yellow to orange.The flowers consist of four yellow petals , each about 1 cm long, with two sepals .

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

It is a perennial shrub reaching up to 1.5 m in height. Although it is clump forming rather than spreading it increases freely by self-sowing. * Hypericum androsaemum , commonly known as tutsan , is a plant in the genus Hypericum native to open woods...

This remedy is very toxic and, even when used externally, should only be used under the supervision of a qualified practitioner. * Modern research has shown that yew trees contain the substance 'taxol' in their shoots and bark.

It is sometimes used for furniture because it takes a high polish. An excellent fuel. It is often found in recently disturbed areas, open woods, on nutrient-rich soil. * A green dye can be obtained from the leaves.

Other common names are Bouncing Bet and Sweet William; locally it is simply "the Soapwort" although there are about 20 species of soapworts altogether. * Soapwort's main medicinal use is as an expectorant.

* This plant is commonly used in Chinese herbalism, where it is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs. * Habitats: Woodland Garden Sunny Edge; Dappled Shade; Shady Edge.

Ingestion of plant material can induce auditory and visual hallucinations similar to those of Datura stramonium, with the active compounds being concentrated in the seedpods and roots; concentrations vary widely between samples, and onset is slow.

* Upright stems topped by 1/2-1" flowers in a branched flower head, white, green, or yellowish; grows in wet, grassy subalpine meadows and open woods; flowers in June or July; attractive pleated leaves, to 1' long, 6" wide; native from northern Europe...

Tabacum is sensitive to temperature, air, ground humidity and the type of land. * In their great first voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus and his expedition were introduced to a plant whose smoke was called tobacco by the natives of Hispaniola.

* A beautiful yellow dye is obtained from the flowers. Its specific epithet , meaning "false acorus," refers to the similarity of its leaves to those of Acorus calamus , as they have a prominently veined mid-rib and sword-like shape.

* Plants are sometimes grown as a hedge. * An evergreen shrub with dark green leaves, 2" golden-yellow bowl-shaped flowers in July; native to China, Japan. Wood - close grained, moderately hard.

* The flowers are used to add a muscatel flavour to stewed fruits, jellies and jams (especially gooseberry jam). The leaves are used to impart a green colouring to oils and fats. * A shrub with very strongly scented yellow-white flowers in 4-8" flat-topped...

* Wormwood is a very bitter plant with a long history of use as a medicinal herb. It is valued especially for its tonic effect on the liver, gallbladder and digestive system, and for its vermicidal activity.

* In antiquity the most famous place for the black hellebore was the Phokian city of Antikyra in Greece. Take care since the plant resents disturbance. The large, flat flowers, borne on short stems from midwinter to early spring, are white, or occasionally...

* Common Hogweed ( Heracleum sphondylium ) is an herbaceous biennial plant of the family Apiaceae , which grows in the prairies of Eurasia. It is smaller in size than the Giant Hogweed ( Heracleum mantegazzianum ).

* It is a medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 20-47 m tall. * A species of buckeye native to the Ohio Valley and Appalachian Mountains of the Eastern United States. * It has greenish yellow flowers in May and the dark green leaves turn yellow to pumpkin-orange...

* A lovely evergreen plant for cool, acid, woodsy conditions such as rhododendrons like; 1" flowers in rounded clusters at branch tips, each flower hexagonal, generally pink, sometimes white, red, or purplish; the tips of the stamens are tucked into little...

* A very ornamental plant, it should be planted into its permanent position as soon as possible because it dislikes root disturbance. * The whole plant contains a very aromatic essential oil, giving out a scent somewhat like lemon peel.

The fruit is a dry capsule 15-25 mm long, containing numerous small seeds .There are two subspecies : Rhododendron ponticum subsp. Rhododendron ponticum subsp. Bulgaria east to Georgia.

* A beautiful yellow dye is obtained from the flowers. Its specific epithet , meaning "false acorus," refers to the similarity of its leaves to those of Acorus calamus , as they have a prominently veined mid-rib and sword-like shape.

The fruit is a dry capsule 15-25 mm long, containing numerous small seeds .There are two subspecies : Rhododendron ponticum subsp. Rhododendron ponticum subsp. Bulgaria east to Georgia.

The plants tend to be evergreen in the more southern United States. Male and female plants must be grown if seed is required. It can be boiled and made into a jelly or dried and ground into a powder then used with cereals when making bread etc.

* Grown as a garden flower due to its unique flower shape. Care should be taken however, because all parts of the plant are poisonous.

* A dark red dye is obtained from the leaves. * Nice shiny dark green leaves to 3"; large shrub, small tree; quarter-inch bright red fruit in fall; best of the hardy evergreen hollies, Dirr says; may not do well in hot regions; native to Japan and China.

A rope can be made from the bark fibres. * 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,...

Tabacum is sensitive to temperature, air, ground humidity and the type of land. * In their great first voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus and his expedition were introduced to a plant whose smoke was called tobacco by the natives of Hispaniola.