Botanical Name: Ruscus aculeatus Family: Liliaceae Other Names: .Kneeholm, Pettigree, Sweet Broom, Knee Holly, Jew’s Myrtle, Box Holly Parts used: Roots, young aerial parts Description: Indigenous to almost all of Europe, western Asia, and North Africa, the plant is a bushy evergreen perennial, growing to three feet with leaflike, leathery branches having a terminal spine, [...]
Botanical Name: Bidens tripartita Family: Asteraceae Other Names: * Sticktights, Water Agrimony, Beggar’s Ticks, Tickseed, Spanish Needles * Spanish: Aceitilla, Té de Coral, Té de Milpa * Nahuatl: Acocohxihuitl * Maya: Chichik-kul or K’an-mul Parts used: Aerial parts Description: An annual growing to two feet with toothed, lance-shaped leaves, yellow, button-like flower heads and burr-like [...]
Botanical Name: Arctium lappa Family: Asteraceae Other Names: Bardana, Beggar’s Buttons, Burr Seed, Clo-Bur, Cockle Buttons, Cocklebur, Fox’s Clote, Great Burr, Great burdock, Happy Major, Hardock, Hareburr, Lappa, Love Leaves, Personata, Philanthropium, Thorny Burr, Niu bang zi (Chinese) Parts used: Leaves, roots, and seeds Description: Native to Europe and Asia, burdock now grows worldwide and [...]
Botanical Name: Lycopus virginicus Family: Labiatae Common Names: * Sweet Bugle, Water Bugle, Virginia Water Horehound, Gypsywort, Gypsyweed Parts used: Aerial parts Description: A perennial member of the mint family, bugleweed is common throughout North America, thriving close to water and growing to about two feet in height. It has a square stem with lance-shaped [...]
Botanical Name: Ajuga reptans Family: Labiatae Other Names: Bugle, Bugula, Middle Comfrey, Middle Confound, Sticklewort, Carpenter’s Herb Parts Used: Aerial parts Description: Native to Europe, North Africa, and parts of Asia, this low-growing, creeping perennial can reach a foot in height. It has rooting runners, erect hairy stems, oblong to oval leaves, and purplish blue [...]
Botanical Name: * Sarothamnus scoparius syn. Cytisus scoparius * Family: Leguminosae Other Names: * Scotch Broom, Irish Broom/Tops, Broomtops, Besom, Scoparium, Basam, Bizzom, Browme, Brum, Breeam Parts Used: Flowering tops Description: Native to Europe, broom is commonly found on heaths, along roadsides, and in open woodlands. It is naturalized in many temperate regions, including North [...]
Botanical Name: * Borago officinalis * Family Boraginaceae Other Names: * Burrage, Bugloss, Burage, Beebread, Bee plant, Ox’s Tong, cooltankard, Starflower, Borraja (Spanish) Parts Used: Aerial parts, flowers, and seed oil Description: Borage is a common Mediterranean weed thought to have originated from southern Spain and Morocco. A hairy annual or perennial growing to between [...]
Botanical Name: Eupatorium perfoliatum Family: Asteraceae Other Names: Boneset, Agueweed, Crosswort, Feverwort, Indian Sage, Sweating Plant, Teasel, Thoroughwort, Vegetable Antimony, Wild Sage Parts used: aerial parts and root Description: Boneset is native to North America and is found in meadows and marshlands. It is gathered when in flower in summer. Hemp agrimony is native to [...]
Botanical Name: * Peumus boldus * Family Umbelliferae Other Names: Boldu, Boldus, Boldino, Bolde Part used: Leaves Description: It is a strongly aromatic, multibranched, evergreen shrub or tree, growing to about twenty feet in height and producing leathery, egg-shaped leaves, clusters of white or yellow bell-shaped flowers, and small yellow berries. Although it has a [...]
Botanical Name: * Iris versicolor * Family Iridaceae Other Names: * Orris Root, Blue Lily, Iris, Florentine Orris, White Flag Root, Flag Lily, Liver Lily, Poison Flag, Poison Lily, Snake Lily, Water Flag, Wild Iris, Yellow Flag, Yellow Iris, Dragon Flower, Myrtle Flower, Fliggers, Flaggon, Sheggs, Segg, Daggers, Jacob’s Sword, Gladyne, Fleur-de-lis Part used: Rhizome [...]
