Description: Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis), is a perennial herb in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, native to southeastern Canada and the eastern United States. It may bedistinguished by its thick, yellow knotted rootstock. The stem is pu..
Description: Centella asiatica is a small, herbaceous, frost-tender perennial plant of the family Mackinlayaceae or subfamily Mackinlayoideae of family Apiaceae, and is native to wetlands in Asia. It is also known as the Asiatic pennywort or Ind..
Description: Eupatorium purpureum is a herbaceous perennial plant in the sunflower family. It is native to eastern and central North America, from Ontario east to New Hampshire and south as far as Florida, Louisiana, and Oklahoma.Botanical Name:..
Description: Hawthorn Berries is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the family Rosaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia and North America. The name "hawthorn" was originally applied to the species native..
Description: Hibiscus is a genus
of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. The genus is quite large,
comprising several hundred species that are native to warm-temperate,
subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world. Membe..
Description: Horehound, Marrubium vulgare (white horehound or common horehound) is a flowering plant in the mint family (Lamiaceae), native to Europe, northern Africa, and southwestern and central Asia. It is also widely naturalized in many..
Description: Equisetum is a
"living fossil" as it is the only living genus of the entire class
Equisetopsida, which for over one hundred million years was much more diverse
and dominated the understory of late Paleozoic forests. Some Equiseto..
Description: Equisetum is a "living fossil" as it is the only living genus of the entire class Equisetopsida, which for over one hundred million years was much more diverse and dominated the understory of late Paleozoic forests. Some Equise..
Description: Hydrangea is a genus of 70–75 species of flowering plants native to southern and eastern Asia (China, Japan, Korea, the Himalayas, and Indonesia) and the Americas. By far the greatest species diversity is in eastern Asia, notab..
Description: Hyssopus officinalis
or hyssop is a(n) herbaceous plant of the genus Hyssopus native to Southern
Europe, the Middle East, and the region surrounding the Caspian Sea. Hyssop is
a brightly coloured shrub or subshrub that ranges fro..
Description: Hyssopus officinalis or hyssop is a(n) herbaceous plant of the genus Hyssopus native to Southern Europe, the Middle East, and the region surrounding the Caspian Sea. Hyssop is a brightly coloured shrub or subshrub that ranges from 3..
Description: Irish Moss is a species of red algae which grows abundantly along the rocky parts of the Atlantic coast of Europe and North America. In its fresh condition this protist is soft and cartilaginous, varying in color from a greenish-yel..
Description: Lemon Balm Herb is a perennial herbaceous plant in the mint family Lamiaceae and native to south-central Europe, Iran, and Central Asia, but now naturalized in the Americas and elsewhere. It grows to a maximum height of 70–150 cm (2..
Description: Cymbopogon,
better known as lemongrass is a genus of Asian, African, Australian, and
tropical island plants in the grass family. Some species (particularly
Cymbopogon citratus) are commonly cultivated as culinary and medicinal he..
Description: Liquorice, or licorice, is the root of Glycyrrhiza glabra from which a sweet flavour can be extracted. The liquorice plant is a herbaceous perennial legume native to southern Europe and parts of Asia, such as India. It is not b..
Description: A
mandrake is the root of a plant, historically derived either from plants of the
genus Mandragora found in the Mediterranean region, or from other species, such
as Bryonia alba, the English mandrake, which have similar propertie..
Description: Marjoram
(Origanum majorana, syn. Majorana hortensis Moench, Majorana majorana) is a
somewhat cold-sensitive perennial herb or undershrub with sweet pine and citrus
flavors. In some Middle Eastern countries, marjoram is synonymou..
Description: The common mallow is
frequently called "marsh mallow" by country people, but the true
marsh mallow is distinguished from all the other mallows growing in Great
Britain by the numerous divisions of the outer calyx (six to nine cle..
Description: The common mallow is frequently called "marsh mallow" by country people, but the true marsh mallow is distinguished from all the other mallows growing in Great Britain by the numerous divisions of the outer calyx (six to nine cleft)..
Description: Filipendula
ulmaria, commonly known as meadowsweet or mead wort, is a perennial herb in the
family Rosaceae that grows in damp meadows. It is native throughout most of
Europe and Western Asia (Near east and Middle east). It has b..
Descripton: Leonurus cardiaca has a squarish stem which is clad in short hairs and is often purplish, especially near the nodes. The opposite leaves have serrated margins and are palmately lobed with long petioles; basal leaves are wedge shaped ..
Description: Mugwort is a common name for several species of aromatic plants in the
genus Artemisia. In Europe, mugwort most often refers to the species Artemisia
vulgaris, or common mugwort. While other species are sometimes referred to ..
Description: It is a
hairy biennial plant that can grow to 2 m tall or more. Its small, yellow
flowers are densely grouped on a tall stem, which grows from a large rosette of
leaves. It grows in a wide variety of habitats, but prefers well-lit, di..
Description:
When a tree wound penetrates through the bark and into the sapwood, the tree
bleeds a resin. Myrrh gum, like frankincense, is such a resin. When people
harvest myrrh, they wound the trees repeatedly to bleed them
of the gum. Myr..
Description: Azadirachta indica (Neem) is a tree in the mahogany family Meliaceae. It is one of two species in the genus Azadirachta,, and is native to India & the Indian subcontinent including Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. It ..
Description: Urtica dioica,
often called common nettle, stinging nettle (although not all plants of this
species sting) or nettle leaf, is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the
family Urticaceae. It is native to Europe, Asia, northern..