Scientific Name: (Lythrum salicaria, Loosestrife/Lythraceae Family) Common Name: Sage willow, Rainbow weed, Purple willow herb Medicinal Part: The Herb Description: Loosestrife grows from two to four feet high and branches […]

Scientific Name: (Coptis trofolia, Crowfoot Family) Common Name: Mouth Root, Canker Root, Yellow Root Medicinal Part: The root and plant Description: This plant has a small, creeping perennial root of

Scientific Name: (Vernonia fasciculata, Composite Family) Common Name: Common Ironweed Medicinal Part: The Root primarily (notations of seed and flower uses – I may make a bitters vinegar of seed/flower

Scientific Name: (Fucus Vesiculosus,  Fucaceae Family) Common Name:    Bladder Wrack, Gulf Wrack, Black Tang, Rockweed, Bladder Fucus, Sea Oak, Cut Weed, Dyers Fucus, Red Fucus, and Rock Wrack Medicinal

Scientific Name: (Hedera Helix, Ginseng Family) Common Name: True or English Ivy Medicinal Part:  Leaves and Berries Description: A woody climber with evergreen, glossy, rounded heart shaped or kidney-shaped and

Scientific Name: (Punica granatum, Lythraceae Family) Common Name:  Pomegranate Medicinal Part: The Rind of the Fruit and Bark of the Root Description: This is a small tree or shrub.  The

Scientific Name: (Viscum album, Loranthaceae Family) Common Name: Bird Lime, All Heal, Devil’s Fuge, European Mistletoe Medicinal Part: Young Twigs and Leaves, Berries (external) Description: This is an evergreen parasite growing on

(note: Green pitcher plant is endangered and many are rare – please incorporate further research into your studies.) Scientific Name: Sarracenia spp., Nepenthaceae Family Common Name:    Huntsman’s Cup, Eve’s

For anyone who wants to take a deep dive in the Rubus genus, this 30 page guide from the Herb Society of America is a wonderful place to start. A