Herbaceous Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In Salt Lake City

They should be harvested in the spring before the plant comes into flower. A cucumber flavour they can be added to salads or used as a potherb. It is native throughout the cooler regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe , northern Asia , and northern...

* Secretions from the roots of growing plants have an insecticidal effect on the soil, effective against nematodes and to some extent against keeled slugs. The growing plant repels whitefly and can be grown near tomatoes to keep that crop free of the...

* Digitalis purpurea is an herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial plant. * Great care should be exercised in the use of this plant, the therapeutic dose is very close to the lethal dose.

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

* 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.

The leaves are heart shaped and the flowers are pale yellow and tubular in form. It should not be used by pregnant women. * Birthwort has a very long history of medicinal use, though it has been little researched scientifically and is little used by present-day...

Temperatures of 20–30 °C (68–86 °F) are best for adequate growth; an atmospheric humidity of 80 to 85% and soil without a high level of nitrogen are also optimal. It is found only in cultivation, where it is the most commonly grown of all plants...

* A slender-stemmed, sometimes creeping, semi-woody perennial that may attain a length of 10-12 ft. * A poultice of the pounded, dampened leaves has been applied to the feet to treat sweaty feet.

Plants normally grow with one unbranched stem in the wild, but often produce multi-stemmed clumps in gardens. * Succeeds in ordinary garden soil but prefers a deep rich loam with plenty of leafmold and a sunny position.

Tussilago is often found in colonies of dozens of plants. * 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...

* This plant is an anti-infective herb that lowers fevers and reduces pain. * This species of bugbane is an upright perennial that features ferny, deeply-cut, deep green, 2-3 ternate leaves on branched stems which form a foliage clump typically growing...

Arctium lappa is the main species used, though this species has similar properties. This plant is native to Europe, but is now widespread throughout most of the United States as a common weed.

It is native to southern Europe . The plant contains flavonoids (notably rutin) that reduce capillary fragility, which might explain the plants reputation as an eye strengthener. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant in gardens , especially because...

Veratrum lobelianum Bernh. * Veratrum album , commonly known as the False Helleborine (also known as White Hellebore , European White Hellebore , White Veratrum ; syn. * Upright stems topped by 1/2-1" flowers in a branched flower head, white, green, or...

High, with ovate leaves 2–6 cm long, and flowers are white to mauve. The juice of the fresh plant, or an extract of the dried plant, is used in the treatment of allergic rhinitis and sinusitis.

An infusion is used internally as a blood purifier and externally for treating cuts, burns and bruises. * Blue, pinky-blue, lilac, or lavenderish flowers 1 1/4" wide atop 3' stems; native to meadows and grassy hills, particularly on limestone; good for...

* A refreshing tea is made from the fresh or dried leaves, flowers and stems. It can be drunk hot or cold. * Perennial; small yellow flowers; source of a golden-yellow dye. It was formerly very popular either on its own or added to China tea, having a...

* The Virginia snakeroot is attracting increasing interest for its medicinal virtues and as a result is becoming uncommon in the wild. It merits consideration for cultivation in forest areas.

Growing up to a meter tall, it lives in zones 4 to 9 in moist to wet soils. It produces a spike of zygomorphic flowers in the late summer. * The Great Blue Lobelia ( Lobelia siphilitica ) is a species within the Campanulaceae family.

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. These last two compounds have been shown to have potent anti-retroviral activity without serious...

* Sow the seed in mid spring or late summer to early autumn in a sunny border outdoors and only just cover the seed. * The California poppy ( Eschscholzia californica ) is native to grassy and open areas from sea level to 2,000m (6,500 feet) altitude...

The tea should be infused in a closed container in order to preserve the essential oils, boiling is said to spoil it. * Nepeta cataria (also known as catnip , catswort , or catmint ) is a plant in the Lamiaceae family.

Tolerates semi-shade though fruit production will be reduced. The fresh or dried leaves are used to brew an excellent tea. The seed can take 4 weeks or more to germinate. The fruit can also be dried for later use.

* Yellow flowers of daisy form, to 4" across, from July to September; leaves to 2'; dried roots sometimes used medicinally; native to Europe and Asia, naturalized in the U.S. * Elecampane has a long history of use as a medicinal herb.

It is native to southern Europe . The plant contains flavonoids (notably rutin) that reduce capillary fragility, which might explain the plants reputation as an eye strengthener. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant in gardens , especially because...

It is obtained by macerating the seed in hot water. * Considered to be an indicator of agriculture in pollen diagrams, P. Lanceolata is used frequently in tisanes and other herbal remedies.

* A perennial grass, to 3', with erect stems and leaves, very narrow; flowers and seedheads lax; native to Eurasia. * Stipa capillata is a perennial grass species in the family Poaceae , native to Europe and Asia .