Herbaceous Understory

Species descriptions, medicinal uses, and recipes to be added soon….

 

Achillea millefolium  – Yarrow 

Actaea racemosa – Black cohosh 

Agastache foeniculum – Anise hyssop 

Agastache (officinalis?) – Hyssop  

Agastache scrophulariafolia – Purple giant hyssop 

Althea – Marshmellow 

Anaphalis margaritacea – Pearly everlasting 

Anemone hupehensis – Japanese anemone 

Arachis hypogaea – Groundnut 

Armoracia rusticana – Big Top Horseradish

Artemisia absinthium or A. afra – Wormwood 

Aremisia vulgaris – Mugwort 

Articum spp. – Burdock 

Asclepias incarnata – Swamp or Rose milkweed 

Asclepias syriaca – Common milkweed 

Asclepias tuberosa – Butterfly weed

Aster azureus – Sky Blue Aster 

Aster laevis – Smooth Aster 

Aster novae-angliae – New England Aster 

Aquilegia canadensis – Columbine 

Calendula officinalis – Calendula 

Calluna vulgaris ‘Firefly’ – Firefly Heather

Calluna vulgaris ‘HE Beale’ – H.E. Beale Heather

Chamomilla recutita – Chamomile 

Cimicifuga racemosa – Black Cohosh 

Digitalis grandiflora – Yellow foxglove 

Dysphania Epazote 

Echinacea purpurea – Coneflower 

Echinops ritro – Thistle 

Equisetum hyemale – Horsetail 

Euphorbia – Spurge 

Eutrochium dubium – Joe Pye weed

Eutrochium purpureum – Joe Pye weed 

Ferula assa-foetida – Asafoetida 

Gaultheria procumbens – Wintergreen

Gentiana (clausa?andrewsii?) – Blue bottle geranium

Geranium maculatum – Wild geranium 

Hibiscus sabdariffa or H acetosella – Sorrel 

Inula helenium – Elecampagne,  (“horse heal” “elfdock”) 

Lavandula angustifolia – Lavender 

Leonurus cardiaca – Motherwort 

Liatris ligulistylls – Blazing Star 

Liatris pyenostachya – Blazing Star 

Lobelia – Cardinal flower/Great Blue 

Marrubium vulgre – Horehound 

Melissa Officinalis – Lemon Balm 

Mentha x piperita – Peppermint 

Mentha pulegium – Pennyroyal 

Monarda didyma – Bee balm (Wild Bergamot) 

Monarda didyma – Bee balm 

Monarda fistulosa – Bee balm 

Monarda punctata – Bee balm 

Ocimum basilicum – Basil 

Ocimum tenuiflorum – Holy basil/Tulsi 

Oenothera – Evening primrose 

Polemonium caeruleum – Jacob’s ladder 

Porteranthus stipulatus – Western Indian Physic

Pycnanthemum – Ashfield Mint 

Rheum rhabarbarum – Rhubarb

Ruta graveolens – Rue 

Salvia officinalis – Sage 

Sedum – Stonecrop 

Origanum majorana – Marjoram

Spilanthes acmella – Toothache plant 

Spilanthes filicaulis – African Power Cress

Symphytum – Comfrey 

Tanacetum parthenium – Fever Few 

Taraxacum officinale – Common Dandelion 

Thymus vulgaris – Thyme 

Trifolium pratense – Red Clover 

Urtica dioica – Nettle 

Valcinium vitis-idaea – Lingonberry Collection

Verbascum thapsus – Mullein 

Vernonia noveboracensis – New York Ironweed 

Veronicastrum virginicum – Culvers Root, “Blackroot” 

Vitis labrusca – Somerset Seedless Grapes

Vitis reliance – Reliance Seedless Grapes

Withania somnifera – Ashwagandha