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