Wild Flower Medicinal Plant For Sale In Akron

* The leaves have been used to weave baskets and mats. * Some native North American Indian tribes used the root as a protection against rattlesnakes. * A fine blue infusion is obtained from the flowers and this can be used as a litmus substitute to test...

* This is considered a noxious weed in some areas. * A yellow dye is obtained from the whole plant. It has also been introduced and is now common in North America . * Linaria vulgaris ( Common Toadflax , Yellow Toadflax , or Butter-and-eggs ) is a species...

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 the plant), but recent research has demonstrated significant absorption...

* Gentian root has a long history of use as a herbal bitter in the treatment of digestive disorders and is an ingredient of many proprietary medicines. It contains some of the most bitter compounds known and is used as a scientific basis for measuring...

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 not used commercially due to the small size of the tree. It bears the alternate common names California fremontia and flannel flower . * The bark can be made into cordage then used in making nets etc.

The flowers have a scent of apricots. Kinmokusei ; also known as Sweet Olive, Tea Olive and Fragrant Olive) is a species of Osmanthus native to Asia , from the Himalaya east through southern China ( Guizhou , Sichuan , Yunnan ) and to Taiwan and to southern...

The plant has been used as a head wash and to treat scabs and eczema. The seed floss can be used as an insulation in shoes etc. * A poultice of the pounded, dampened leaves has been applied to the feet to treat sweaty feet.

Research conducted on mice has offered a degree of confirmation for this use—it was found that wild carrot disrupts the implantation process, which reinforces its reputation as a contraceptive.

The leaves are spirally arranged, lanceolate, 5-12 cm long and 2-3 cm broad. * 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...

Plants often form clumps or mounds. Tahoka-daisy is a low, spreading, 6-12 in. Numerous lavender rays surround a yellow center. The stems are densely covered with sharp-pointed, deeply cut leaves which appear fern-like.

* The name "naked lady" comes from the fact that the flowers emerge from the ground long after the leaves have died back. It works by doubling the chromosome number. * The poisonous alkaloid 'colchicine' is extracted from this plant and used to alter...

* This spring-blooming anemone features cup-shaped, 1.5-2" diameter, fragrant, 5-sepaled, often nodding, white flowers with yellow anthers in the center. It spreads rapidly by root suckers and stolons .

* Bright yellow 3/4" flowers on foot-long stalks before the leaves appear, in very early spring; flowers look like the result of a cross between dandelion and small yellow daisy; slightly lobed roundish leaves to 8"; can spread vigorously and become a...

* A refreshing tea is made from the fresh or dried leaves, flowers and stems. It was formerly very popular either on its own or added to China tea, having a peculiar delicacy and aroma.

* The name basket flower refers to the stiff, straw-colored bracts just beneath the flower head, which are divided at the tip into long, sharp teeth. * The plant is often cultivated for its showy flowers, and can sometimes be found outside its native...

It prefers sandy, well-drained soil and full sun. Robustus has a stem six to ten feet high, with leaves as long as 48 inches, and 4 inches in width, the widest in its genus. * The plant was introduced from Central Asia in 1874 and is popular in gardens.

* A very ornamental and long-lived plant, surviving in gardens for 50 years or more. Plants are tolerant of a wide range of soil conditions, but will not survive if the soil becomes waterlogged or is too dry.

* It is a medium-sized understory tree 15-20 m tall, distinguished from other magnolias by the large leaf size, 25-80 cm long and 11-30 cm broad. * Many of the tree's branches bend under the weight of the large foliage.

* The name basket flower refers to the stiff, straw-colored bracts just beneath the flower head, which are divided at the tip into long, sharp teeth. * The plant is often cultivated for its showy flowers, and can sometimes be found outside its native...

The seed remains viable for many years. * The leaves and young shoots are antihalitosis, antiphlogistic, astringent, depurative, sedative and stomachic. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots when they are large enough to handle and grow them on...

Synonymous with Buphthalmum speciosum. Coarse, aromatic, triangular, doubly-serrate, long-petioled, basal leaves (to 12" long) with cordate bases. Leaves are glabrous above and hairy below.

The flowers are used in syrups and sweet puddings. Noxious weed in California. * A tea is made from the dried leaves, it is a china tea substitute. * Much-branched, round-headed crown; flowers white, very fragrant, may produce some flowers in winter when...

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

* A perennial with striking pink or white five-petaled 2" flowers in summer; often a weed, but a very pretty one; likes sun, grows in grassy places, especially on limestone, often in ditches along roads; native to Europe.

The leaves are broad, ovate, 20-40 cm long and 11-20 cm broad. Officinalis should be treated as a subspecies of M. Biloba, has leaves with a notch at the apex. Officinalis has a rounded base, while that of M.

* It can grow in very alkaline soils, but not in the shade. * The barkcontains aesculin, this has anti-inflammatory, anticoagulant and analgesic actions. The bark also contains fraxetin.This has an inhibitory effect on the central nervous system, is a...