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Popular cultivar 'Blue Spire', which has darker blue flowers, may actually be a hybrid of P. atriplicifolia and P. abrotanoides, although it is typically marketed as P. atriplicifolia. the flowers are eaten fresh the leaves are smoked like tobacco for its euphoriant properties. |
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Native Australian tuffed 'grass' with long strapy leave. Bright purple/blue star shaped flowers followed by pea sized edible berries. Please note that only this species is known to have edible fruit. Dianella Tasmanica which looks very similar is not edible and is rumored to not be very tasty either! |
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This photo was taken by the caretaker of the plant, and I can ask for closeups if necessary. |
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Beans are one of the longest-cultivated plants, broad beans having been grown at least since ancient Egypt, and the common bean for six thousand years in the Americas. Medicinal Uses: Diuretic Bean pods are effective in lowing blood sugar levels and can be used (with the concurrence of a doctor) for mild cases of diabetes. A bean pod diet for this purpose would mean eating 9-16 lb. of pods per week (they can be cooked like vegetables). The pods are most effective before the beans are ripe, and |
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Medicinal Uses: Basil has been occasionally used for mild nervous disorders and for the alleviation of wandering rheumatic pains- the dried leaves, in the form of snuff, are said to be a cure for nervous headaches. An infusion of the green herb in boiling water is good for all obstructions of the internal organs, arrests vomiting, and allays nausea. The seeds have been reckoned efficacious against the poison of serpents, both taken internally and laid upon the wound. They are also said to cure |
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Naturalized in America after the discovery of that country by the Spaniards. Francisco de Mendosa transplanted it from the East Indies into Spain, where Spanish-Americans cultivated it vigorously, so that in 1547 they exported 22,053 cwt. into Europe. Ginger is of course one of the oldest spices known and references to its uses can be found in all the early medicinal texts and as early as 3000BC in Greek Literature. From the University of Salerno in Italy, a pioneering medical School in the mid |
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Passionflower has been used by Native Americans for centuries, the Cherokee valued it for its healing properties and as food, using the herb for religious ceremonies. The fruit, flowers and leaves were fermented to make a social drink. Delicious edible it is high in niacin and flavonoids, the fruit and flowers can be eaten raw or cooked in jellies, jams, young leaves are used as a cooked vegetable or eaten in salads. The historical use of passion flower is not dissimilar to its current use as a |
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A number of the species flower in the morning and when the sun shines on the flowers in the afternoon they close up, but the flowers can remain open on cloudy days until evening. Other names used for various species include Spider-lily, Cradle-lily, Oyster-plant and Flowering Inch Plant. The cells of the stamen hairs of some Tradescantia are colored blue, but when exposed to sources of ionizing radiation such as gamma rays, the cells mutate and change color to pink; they are one of the few tis |
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Native Americans made a tea from the leaves of spotted horsemint to treat flu, colds, and fever. It increases sweating. Essential oils from horsemint are high in thymol, which is an effective fungicide and bactericide and also used to expel hookworms. Medicinal Uses: Dotted horsemint was used by the Meskwaki to treat colds and catarrh in a mixture with the leaves of Ranunculus delphinifolius and the disk florets of Helenium autumnale. This plant, along with other plants were ground into a powde |
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Today the leaves and stems of Salvia apiana are gathered, dried, and used for smudging by many tribes around the country. The Chumash and other California Indian people are concerned about over-harvesting and disrespect of this plant for commercial purposes. Medicinal Uses: The Cahuilla, Costanoan, Diegeño, Kawaiisu, and Maidu tribes of California used white sage or chia seeds to clean and heal their eyes (Strike 1994). One method was to place a few Salvia seeds in their eyes at bedtime. |
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Considered an invasive, noxious weed Purple loosestrife was introduced to the northeastern U.S. and Canada in the 1800s, for ornamental and medicinal uses. It is still widely sold as an ornamental, except in states such as Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois where regulations now prohibit its sale, purchase, and distribution. acts as a typhus antibiotic, a sore throat gargle, and is given for fever and liver problems. Although scarcely used at present, Loosestrife has been highly esteemed by ma |
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The leaves are edible and high in vitamin C. It tastes lemony. |
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Chamerion Rosebay Willowherb It's called Fireweed because of it's ablility to establish itself after fires. It can also survive oil spills. It is a "Pioneer species". The leaves of fireweed are unique in that the leaf veins are circular and do not terminate on the edges of the leaf, but form circular loops and join together inside the outer leaf margins. Edible leaves when young and tender. As the plant matures the leaves become tough and somewhat bitter. good source of vitamin C |
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