Description: Tarragon
is a species of perennial herb in the sunflower family. It is widespread in the
wild across much of Eurasia and North America, and is cultivated for culinary
and medicinal purposes. One sub-species, Artemisia dracun..
Description: Thyme is an evergreen herb with culinary, medicinal, and ornamental uses. The most common variety is Thymus vulgaris. Thyme is of the genus Thymus of the mint family (Lamiaceae), and a relative of the oregano genus Origanum.Bot..
Description: Thyme is an evergreen herb with culinary, medicinal, and ornamental uses. The most common variety is Thymus vulgaris. Thyme is of the genus Thymus of the mint family (Lamiaceae), and a relative of the oregano genus Origanum.Bot..
Description: Turmeric or tumeric (Curcuma longa) is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant of the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is native to southern Asia, requiring temperatures between 20 and 30 °C (68 and 86 °F) and a considerable a..
Description: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi is a plant species of the genus Arctostaphylos (manzanita). Its specific name uva-ursi means "grape of the bear" in Latin (ūva ursī), just like what the generic epithet Arctostaphylos means in Greek ("bear-gr..
Description: Valerian is a
perennial plant, about 2 to 4 feet high. The yellow-brown, tuberous root-stock
produces a hollow, angular, furrowed stem with opposite, pinnate leaves.Botanical name: Valeriana officinalisCommon names: Garden va..
Description: Valerian is a perennial plant, about 2 to 4 feet high. The yellow-brown, tuberous root-stock produces a hollow, angular, furrowed stem with opposite, pinnate leaves.Botanical name: Valeriana officinalisCommon names: Garden vale..
Description: Vanilla
is a flavoring derived from orchids of the genus Vanilla, primarily from the
Mexican species, flat-leaved vanilla (V. planifolia). The word vanilla, derived
from the diminutive of the Spanish word vaina (vaina itself..
Description: Blue Vervain is a flowering plant in the vervain family, Verbenaceae. It is a herb with opposite, simple leaves which have double-serate margins, borne on stiff, branching square stems. The flowers appear in summer and ar..
Description: Juglans nigra, the eastern black walnut, is a species
of deciduous tree in the walnut family, Juglandaceae, native to eastern North
America. It grows mostly in riparian zones, from southern Ontario, west to
southeast So..
Description: Juglans nigra, the eastern black walnut, is a species of deciduous tree in the walnut family, Juglandaceae, native to eastern North America. It grows mostly in riparian zones, from southern Ontario, west to southeast South Dako..
Description: Quercus alba, the white oak, is one of the pre-eminent hardwoods of eastern and central North America. It is a long-lived oak, native to eastern and central North America and found from Minnesota, Ontario, Quebec, and Nova..
Description: Salix
alba (white willow) is a species of willow native to Europe and western and
central Asia.The name derives from the white tone to the undersides of the
leaves.Botanical Name:
Salix albaCommon Names: White
willow, bai liu
..
Description: Prunus
serotina, commonly called black cherry, wild black cherry, rum cherry, or
mountain black cherry, is a woody plant species belonging to the genus Prunus.
The species is widespread and common in North America and South America.Bo..
Description: Dioscorea
villosa is a species of a twining tuberous vine that is native to eastern North
America. It is common and widespread in a range stretching from Texas and
Florida north to Minnesota, Ontario and Massachusetts.Botanical N..
Description: Dioscorea villosa is a species of a twining tuberous vine that is native to eastern North America. It is common and widespread in a range stretching from Texas and Florida north to Minnesota, Ontario and Massachusetts.Botanical Name..
Description: Gaultheria
procumbens, also called the eastern teaberry, the checkerberry, the boxberry,
or the American wintergreen, is a species of Gaultheria native to northeastern
North America from Newfoundland west to southeastern Manitoba..
Description: Witch-hazels
are a genus of flowering plants in the family Hamamelidaceae, with four species
in North America (H. mexicana, H. ovalis, H. virginiana, and H. vernalis), and
one each in Japan (H. japonica) and China (H. mollis).&nb..
Description: Stachys
officinalis is commonly known as common hedgenettle, betony, purple betony,
wood betony, bishopwort, or bishop's wort. The French common name is betoine,
and betonie in German. It is a perennial grassland herb growing to ..
Description: Artemisia absinthium (absinthe, absinthium, absinthe
wormwood, wormwood) is a species of Artemisia, native to temperate regions of
Eurasia and Northern Africa and widely naturalized in Canada and the northern
United States.Botani..
Description: Achillea millefolium is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Asia, Europe,and North America.It has been introduced as a feed for livestock in places like New Zealand ..
Description: Nutritional yeast is
a deactivated yeast, often a strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which is sold
commercially as a food product. It is sold in the form of flakes or as a yellow
powder and can be found in the bulk aisle of most natu..
Description: Rumex
crispus, the curly dock, curled dock or yellow dock, is a perennial flowering
plant in the family Polygonaceae, native to Europe and Western Asia.Botanical Name: Rumex crispusCommon Names: Curly dock, curled dock or yellow d..
Description: Rumex crispus, the curly dock, curled dock or yellow dock, is a perennial flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae, native to Europe and Western Asia.Botanical Name: Rumex crispusCommon Names: Curly dock, curled dock or yello..
Description: Yerba
mate, Ilex paraguariensis, begins as a shrub and then matures to a tree and can
grow up to 15 metres (49 ft) tall. The leaves are evergreen, 7–110 millimetres (0.3–4.3 in) long and 30–55 millimetres (1.2–2.2 in) wide, with a..
Description: Yerba
mate, Ilex paraguariensis, begins as a shrub and then matures to a tree and can
grow up to 15 metres (49 ft) tall. The leaves are evergreen, 7–110 millimetres
(0.3–4.3 in) long and 30–55 millimetres (1.2–2.2 in) wide, with ..
Description: Yucca is a succulent that grows throughout the southern United States. This evergreen, clump-forming plant behaves seasonally in desert areas, flowering with the rains, which can be years apart. The tall spikes of the scen..