Wild Flower Medicinal Plant For Sale In St Louis

However, its phytochemistry remains predominatly unstudied. * An edible oil is extracted from the seed. The plant contains beta-carbolines, which (in doses high enough) act as a psychedelic drug .

Note that this effect is only visible on the "head" or flower of the plant. * The flower clusters can be french-fried to produce a carrot-flavoured gourmet's delight. * Daucus carota ( common names include wild carrot , (UK) bird's nest , bishop's lace...

* An interesting garden plant. The leaf texture and dainty flowers are appealing. Use in larger gardens with partial shade.

The scientific genus name is also used as a common name Kerria . * A decoction of the flowering shoots is used in the treatment of coughs and women's complaints. It is named after William Kerr , who introduced the cultivar 'Pleniflora'.

* Ptelea trifoliata is the second-northernmost New World representative of the Rue (Citrus) family after American prickly-ash (Zanthoxylum americanum). It has been mixed with other medicines in order to give added potency.

* Aristolochia clematitis , (European) Birthwort , is a herbaceous plant in the Aristolochiaceae family, which is native to Europe. It is an aromatic tonic herb that stimulates the uterus, reduces inflammation, controls bacterial infections and promotes...

* Established plants are drought tolerant. * A very ornamental plant. * 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...

The basal leaves are long and slender or very narrowly lanceolate. Flower stalks are sturdy and straight, with solitary terminal flowers, and are smooth or slightly hairy. * Echinacea paradoxa ( Bush's purple coneflower , Yellow Coneflower ) is a perennial...

* The flower heads are from ¾ to 3 inches (2 to 7.6 cm) wide with pale rose-purple or nearly white colored petals. * Succeeds in ordinary garden soil but prefers a deep rich loam with plenty of leafmold and a sunny position.

The disc flowers are green to yellowish green, while the rays are pale yellow. * The young stems are cooked and eaten in the spring for 'good health'. This plant grows up to 3 meters tall, with slightly glaucous leaves, and composite flowers .

The plant is anodyne and carminative. * Our previous study demonstrated that 60 % ethanol crude extract of Sambucus williamsii HANCE (SWH) improved bone mass, bone strength and bone micro-structure in both ovariectomised (OVX) rats and mice.

), 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 Veratrum ; syn.

* Can be used as a ground cover plant in a sunny position. * Centaurea montana ( Perennial Cornflower, Mountain Cornflower, Bachelor's Button, Montane Knapweed or Mountain Bluet ) is a species of Centaurea endemic to Europe .

The flowers are white, borne in fall. * Symphyotrichum lateriflorum is a herbaceous plant with alternate, simple leaves , on stiff, purplish stems.

A pea-like flavour, they are very appetizing. * Swamp milkweed is an upright, 100- to 150-centimeter (39- to 59-inches) tall plant, growing from thick, fleshy, white roots . Typically, its stems are branched and the clump forming plants emerge in late...

* Echinacea purpurea ( Eastern purple coneflower or Purple coneflower ) is a species of flowering plant in the genus Echinacea . Plants in this genus were probably the most frequently used of N.

The ants take the seeds to their nest, where they eat the elaiosomes, and put the seeds in their nest debris, where they are protected until they germinate. * The crushed root has been applied to the body as an insect repellent.

* The leaves of fireweed are unique in that the leaf veins are circular and do not terminate on the edges of the leaf, but form circular loops and join together inside the outer leaf margins.

The plants are very cold tolerant, but they can be damaged when dormant if the soil is too moist. * Prefers a humus-rich soil, succeeding in a moist border or by water. A very ornamental plant.

The fallen flower petals are parboiled and sweetened for a teatime delicacy, or cooked in various dishes. * The flowers can be eaten cooked. * Paeonia suffruticosa , the tree peony , is a species of peony native to China .

* A good plant for bees, butterflies and moths. * The flowers are often used in dried-flower arrangements because they retain their colour well. The dye gives a lovely colour to linen, but it is transient.

* The species is employed in African traditional medicine to induce vivid dreams, enabling communication with the spirit world. The inner meat of the seed would be either consumed directly, or the meat would be chopped, dried, mixed with other herbs like...

* Lian Qiao has been used in Chinese herbalism for over 4,000 years and is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs. * Forsythia suspensa (pinyin : lianqiao ) is a flowering plant native to Asia.

Valerian was used as a perfume in the sixteenth century. * Valerian ( Valeriana officinalis , Valerianaceae ) is a hardy perennial flowering plant , with heads of sweetly scented pink or white flowers.

Stratify stored seed for 3 weeks at 1°c and sow in spring. The leaf, stem bark and the seeds are all used as dressings for sores, boils etc. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in a cold...

It is not used commercially due to the small size of the tree. * The California flannelbush ( Fremontodendron californicum , syn. Fremontia californica Torr. * The bark can be made into cordage then used in making nets etc.

* The flowers have a delicate sweet perfume. The seed remains viable for many years. * The leaves and young shoots are antihalitosis, antiphlogistic, astringent, depurative, sedative and stomachic.