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Plant Part Identifier To view images of specific parts of a plant select a tab below. Reset All Seed Seedling Leaf Stem Flower Fruit # 1 2 HITS This is Your Page Edit Page Add Images unidentified Biocentric333 # 2 19 HITS purple pokey ball flower octoberust # 3 19 HITS Sunflower The Sunflower is valuable from an economic, as well as from an ornamental point of view. Every part of the plant may be utilized for some economic purpose. The leaves form a cattle-food and the stems contain a fiber which may be used successfully in making paper. The seed is rich in oil, which is said to approach more nearly to olive oil than any other vegetable oil known and to be largely used as a substitute. In prewar days, Sunflower seed was sometimes grown in this country, especially on sew Thunder # 4 42 HITS RedBud Early settlers sometimes used redbud blossoms as a salad food. Redbud bark was used to treat common maladies and sometimes even leukemia. Medicinal Uses: A tea made from the inner bark is highly astringent. Used in the treatment of fevers, diarrhea and dysentery, it is also a folk remedy for leukemia. A cold infusion of the roots and inner bark have been used to treat various chest complaints including whooping cough and congestion. Bark of redbud has been used as an astringent in the tre Thunder # 5 49 HITS Yellow flowers Photo shot on August 8. tofalvip # 6 94 HITS # 7 6 HITS This is Your Page Edit Page Add Images # 8 5 HITS This is Your Page Edit Page Add Images small 5 lobed red wildflower fordfish # 9 79 HITS Seems like a Judas-tree, but it is NOT tofalvip # 10 56 HITS California Mountain Lilac, Ceanothius concha [[]]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceanothus[[]] Biocentric333 # 11 34 HITS jlosey # 12 67 HITS # 13 5 HITS This is Your Page Edit Page Add Images jlosey # 14 62 HITS Yucca Fruit Desert_Sage # 15 111 HITS Cleome hassleriana mercury996 # 16 110 HITS # 17 7 HITS This is Your Page Edit Page Add Images Tansy Tansy is considered to be invasive to many areas across the United States and can cause liver damage to cattle and horses. However, it has many natural gardening benefits. It makes an effective insecticide. It is also used in companion planting with cucumbers, squash, roses, and berries. The flowers and leaves have medicinal value. However, in higher doses it is extremely toxic. Its Wikipedia page also points out Tansy's "emmenagogue effects, to bring on menstruation or end an unw Biocentric333 # 18 71 HITS Deptford Pink The plant was given its English name by the 17th century herbalist Thomas Johnson in a celebrated case of mistaken identity. In fact, what Johnson found and described in 1633 was probably maiden pink Dianthus deltoides. As the first name given to a plant is generally the one botanists stick to, the East End of London is 'famous' for a species that has not grown there in historical times, and possibly not at all. The Oxford English Dictionary gives a reference from 1597 to "A Wilde cr Thunder # 19 62 HITS variegated spurge, whitemargined spurge This annual shrub is native to parts of North America with temperate climates. It grows to be anywhere between 18-24" (45-60 cm)in height with bloom times from mid Summer to early Fall. Beware of this plant if you have any allergies to rubber. The plant is also toxic if ingested. [[]]http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/221/[[]] [[]]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eu phorbia_marginata[[]] [[]]http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch?keywordquery=Euphorbia+marginata &mode=sciname Biocentric333 # 20 56 HITS # 21 4 HITS This is Your Page Edit Page Add Images Goldenrain tree Medicinal Uses: The flowers are ophthalmic. They are used in the treatment of conjunctivitis and epiphora Food Uses: The seeds are edible when roasted, but not commonly consumed Other Notes: In some areas, notably the eastern United States and particularly in Florida, it is considered an invasive species. yellow dye is obtained from the flowers. A black dye is obtained from the leaves. The seeds are used as beads in necklaces etc Cultivation details: Succeeds in any g Thunder # 22 114 HITS # 23 4 HITS This is Your Page Edit Page Add Images Deeply lobed leaves brandypayson # 24 77 HITS # 25 6 HITS This is Your Page Edit Page Add Images Unknown 5 Petal Pink Yellow Flower heidbenati # 26 92 HITS # 27 6 HITS This is Your Page Edit Page Add Images # 28 11 HITS This is Your Page Edit Page Add Images # 29 11 HITS This is Your Page Edit Page Add Images Yarrow The purple portion of the root from the white yarrow plant is a natural numbing agent when crushed. Native Americans would often chew this portion of the plant if they had painful open sores in their mouth. In Roman times it was called herba militaris and much valued for treating wounds. Medicinal Uses: Yarrow is a very valuable medicinal herb, with much scientific evidence of use in alternative medicine as an antiseptic, antispasmodic, astringent, carminative, diaphoretic, digesti Thunder # 30 144 HITS

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