Description: Stellaria media, chickweed, is a
cool-season annual plant native to Europe, but naturalized in many parts of
North America. It is sometimes called common chickweed to distinguish it from
other plants called chickweed.The plant ge..
Description: Common chicory,
Cichorium intybus, is a somewhat woody, perennial herbaceous plant of the
dandelion family Asteraceae, usually with bright blue flowers, rarely white or
pink. It lives as a wild plant on roadsides in its native Eu..
Description: Chili Powder New Mexico, which typically grows from a green to a ripened red, is popular in the cuisines of the Southwestern United States, including Sonoran and Arizonan cuisine, and an integral staple of New Mexican cuisine. It is ..
Description: Chili is the Aztec name for Capsicum annuum. It has been used both as a food and a medicine by Native Americans for over 9000 years. The Capsicum family includes bell peppers, red peppers, paprika, and pimento, but the most famous m..
Description: Chives come from the genus, Allium, and are
closely related to onions, leeks, shallots, and garlic. Chives are the oldest
known edible onions and are the only member of onion family that can be found
growing naturally in both the..
Description: Cinnamon
comes from the inner bark of southeastern Asian evergreen trees. After
harvesting cinnamon bark, it is laid out to dry in the sun, as it dries, it naturally curls in on itself giving cinnamon its “stick” shape. Cinnamon h..
Description: Cinnamon comes from the inner bark of southeastern Asian evergreen trees. After harvesting cinnamon bark, it is laid out to dry in the sun, as it dries, it naturally curls in on itself giving cinnamon its “stick” shape. Cinnamon has..
Description: Cinnamon comes from the inner bark of southeastern Asian evergreen trees. After harvesting cinnamon bark, it is laid out to dry in the sun, as it dries, it naturally curls in on itself giving cinnamon its “stick” shape. Cinnamon has..
Description: Cinnamon comes from the inner bark of southeastern Asian evergreen trees. After harvesting cinnamon bark, it is laid out to dry in the sun, as it dries, it naturally curls in on itself giving cinnamon its “stick” shape. Cinnamon has..
Description: Cleavers are annuals with creeping
straggling stems which branch and grow along the ground and over other plants.
They attach themselves with the small hooked hairs which grow out of the stems
and leaves. The stems can reach up t..
Description: Cloves are the aromatic flower buds of a
tree in the family Myrtaceae, Syzygium aromaticum. They are native to the
Maluku Islands in Indonesia, and are commonly used as a spice. Archeologists
have found cloves in a ceramic vessel..
Description: Cloves are the aromatic flower buds of a tree in the family Myrtaceae, Syzygium aromaticum. They are native to the Maluku Islands in Indonesia, and are commonly used as a spice. Archeologists have found cloves in a ceramic vessel in..
Description: Coarse Rock Salt - Food Grade or Halite, commonly known as rock salt, is a type of salt, the mineral (natural) form of sodium chloride (NaCl).Halite forms isometric crystals. The mineral is typically colorless or white, but may also be l..
Description: Coltsfoot
is a perennial herbaceous plant that spreads by seeds and rhizomes. Tussilago
is often found in colonies of dozens of plants. The flowers, which
superficially resemble dandelions, appear in early spring before dandelion..
Description: The comfrey plant has a history of use in healing wounds and mending broken bones. In fact, in multiple languages, its name can be roughly translated to “grow together”. Farmers often used specially bred comfrey plants to activ..
Description: The comfrey plant has a history of use in healing wounds and mending broken bones. In fact, in multiple languages, its name can be roughly translated to “grow together”.Farmers often used specially bred comfrey plants to activa..
Description: Coriander is native to regions spanning
from southern Europe and northern Africa to southwestern Asia. It is a soft
plant growing to 50 cm (20 in) tall. The leaves are variable in shape, broadly
lobed at the base of the plant, and sle..
Description: Coriander is native to regions spanning from southern Europe and northern Africa to southwestern Asia. It is a soft plant growing to 50 cm (20 in) tall.The leaves are variable in shape, broadly lobed at the base of the plant, and slender..
Description: Coriander is native to regions spanning from southern Europe and northern Africa to southwestern Asia. It is a soft plant growing to 50 cm (20 in) tall.The leaves are variable in shape, broadly lobed at the base of the plant, and slender..
Description: Corn silk is a common name for the shiny,
thread-like, weak fibers that grow as part of ears of corn (maize); the tuft or
tassel of silky fibers that protrude from the tip of the ear of corn. The ear
is enclosed in modified leave..
Description: V. opulus is a deciduous shrub growing to
4–5 m (13–16 ft) tall. The leaves are opposite, three-lobed, 5–10 cm (2–4 in)
long and broad, with a rounded base and coarsely serrated margins; they are
superficially similar to the leav..
Description: Malt is germinated cereal grains that have been dried in a process known as "malting". The grains are made to germinate by soaking in water, and are then halted from germinating further by drying with hot air.Malting grains dev..
Description: Cumin (Cuminum cyminum) is a flowering
plant in the family Apiaceae, native from the east Mediterranean to South Asia.
Its seeds (each one contained within a fruit, which is dried) are used in the
cuisines of many different cultu..
Description: Cumin (Cuminum cyminum) is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native from the east Mediterranean to South Asia. Its seeds (each one contained within a fruit, which is dried) are used in the cuisines of many different cultures..
Description: Damiana is a relatively small, woody shrub
that produces small, aromatic flowers. It blossoms in early to late summer and
is followed by fruits that taste similar to figs. The shrub is said to have a
strong spice-like odor somewh..