Wild Flower Medicinal Plant For Sale In Boston

* A fine blue infusion is obtained from the flowers and this can be used as a litmus substitute to test for acids and alkalis. Some tribes even used to chew the root and then hold rattlesnakes with their teeth and were not bitten so long as the scent...

Excellent for attracting birds and butterflies. * This is the white flowering form. It is commonly grown in gardens for its showy purple flowers (pink or white in some cultivars). All spikes of purple flowers appear in July and August.

Note that this effect is only visible on the "head" or flower of the plant. * A teaspoon of crushed seeds has long been used as a form of natural birth control; its use for this purpose was first described by Hippocrates over 2,000 years ago.

Common names include meadow buttercup and tall buttercup . Children can't resist testing their friends to see if they like butter. The plant is also known as an introduced species across much of the rest of the world, including Australia .

* Thistley plants for full sun and poor dry soil; the half-inch flower heads, also like thistles, can be a fine metallic blue or blue purple; flowers in mid to late summer; in rich soil the plants grow too fast and need staking; may make a big clump of...

* This plant is an anti-infective herb that lowers fevers and reduces pain. The root is analgesic, antibacterial, antiviral, depurative, diaphoretic, diuretic, febrifuge, sedative, tonic.

Cats relish the intoxicating leaves and the tea is a popular night cap. * The plant is drought-tolerant and deer-resistant. The names catnip and catmint are derived from the intense attraction most cats have towards them.

* Anemone chinensis is a basionym of the currently known Pulsatilla chinensis and is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine. * Bai Tou Weng is thought to clear toxicity and to lower fever.

They are used externally in the treatment of dermatitis and internally for the treatment of hypertension, rheumatoid arthritis, joint pain, numbness and paralysis. It is native to China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and India.

* Anemone sylvestris ( snowdrop anemone ) is a perennial plant flowering in spring, native to meadows and dry deciduous woodlands of central and western Europe . It spreads rapidly by root suckers and stolons .

* 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.

* A good butterfly and moth plant. * It is native to France and Spain but it can be found growing wild in other parts of the world as an introduced species and sometimes a garden escapee.

Veratrum lobelianum Bernh. ), is a medicinal plant of the Liliaceae (lily family) or Melanthiaceae which is native to Europe . * Veratrum album , commonly known as the False Helleborine (also known as White Hellebore , European White Hellebore , White...

Juicy and acid with a pleasant flavour. * Because it tolerates a wide variety of sites, this species can be used to stabilize banks, for shelterbelts, and to give protection from wind and water erosion.

It is a perennial plant growing to 0.6-2 m (1 -2 feet) tall, with clustered orange or yellow flowers from early summer to early fall. Its main use in present day herbalism is for relieving the pain and inflammation of pleurisy.

Magnolia biondii is generally distinguished by its smaller size, narrower leaves, and smaller flowers. * The dried flower buds of Magnolia biondii are used medicinally in China and Japan.

* It has been in cultivation in China for at least a thousand years, and was introduced to English gardens in the mid 18th century. * Evidence of Gardenia jasminoides in cultivation in China dates to the Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD), where both wild and...

It is an aromatic tonic herb that stimulates the uterus, reduces inflammation, controls bacterial infections and promotes healing. The leaves are heart shaped and the flowers are pale yellow and tubular in form.

* This plant is an anti-infective herb that lowers fevers and reduces pain. The root is analgesic, antibacterial, antiviral, depurative, diaphoretic, diuretic, febrifuge, sedative, tonic.

The dye gives a lovely colour to linen, but it is transient. * It was the favorite flower of John F. Thin out to 8 to 12 inches apart. Kennedy and was worn by his son, John F. Kennedy, Jr. at his wedding in tribute to his father.

It is widespread and common in the more southerly mountain ranges of Europe, but is rarer in the north. * Can be used as a ground cover plant in a sunny position. * Centaurea montana ( Perennial Cornflower, Mountain Cornflower, Bachelor's Button, Montane...

* Native Americans used black cohosh to treat gynecological and other disorders, including sore throats, kidney problems, and depression. It is native to eastern North America from the extreme south of Ontario to central Georgia, and west to Missouri...

Delphinium consolida ) is an annual plant in the Buttercup family Ranunculaceae . * The roots grow into the soil up to a depth of 50 centimetres (20 in), so the plant can survive long periods of drought.

* The species, from central Europe and Russia, has blue-purple, lavender, or white flowers, but there are dozens of cultivars, in a varied range of splendid blues, purples, pinks, and whites, including some of the most striking and elegant of all iris;...

* Telekia is a rhizomatous, sunflower-like perennial that is native primarily to mountainous areas in southern Europe, the Ukraine, the Balkans, the Caucusus and Turkey. Synonymous with Buphthalmum speciosum.

* Aristolochic acid can also be used in the treatment of acute and serious infections such as TB, hepatitis, liver cirrhosis and infantile pneumonia. Last updated: 09-Mar-2004 * The fruit and its capsule are antiasthmatic, antiseptic, antitussive and...

* The species is grown as an ornamental tree for its strongly fragrant flowers. * Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils, prefers well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor soil.