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Feverfew
AKA: Tanacetum parthenium L. Family: Compositae, The Devil’s Daisy, Featherfew, Bachelor’s Button, Featherfoil, Midsummer Daisy,...
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Mar 28, 20233 min read


Purple Dead Nettle (lamium purpureum)
AKA: Dead Nettle, Purple Archangel, Purple Dead Nettle, Red Dead Nettle https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/lamium-purpureum/...
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Mar 21, 20233 min read


Yarrow
AKA: Achillea millefolium, also known as common yarrow, gordaldo, nosebleed plant, old man's pepper, devil's nettle, sanguinary, milfoil,...
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Mar 14, 20232 min read


Mugwort
AKA: Altamisa, Armoise, Armoise Citronnelle, Armoise Commune, Armoise Vulgaire, Artémise, Artemisia, Artemisia Vulgaris, Artemisiae...
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Mar 8, 20233 min read


Yellow Dock
AKA: Acedera, Amalvelas, Broad-Leaved Dock, Chukkah, Curled Dock, Curly Dock, Field Sorrel, Herbe à Cochons, Lengua de Vaca, Narrow Dock,...
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Mar 1, 20233 min read


Golden Seal
AKA: Hydrastis Canadensis L. Family: Ranunculaceae - berberine, eye balm, eye root, goldenroot, ground raspberry, Hydrastis canadensis,...
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Feb 22, 20233 min read


Nettle
AKA: Urtica dioica L. Family: Urticaceae, Common Nettle, Stinging Nettle Propagation/Description: Grows nearly worldwide but is mostly...
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Feb 21, 20233 min read


The Hawthorn
AKA: Crataegus monogyna L. Family: Rosaceae, common hawthorn, hawthorn, May tree, one-seed hawthorn, whitethorn, quick thorn, thornapple,...
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Feb 14, 20233 min read


Chasteberry Tree
AKA: Vitex agnus-castus in the L. Family: Lamiaceae. It is commonly known as the Chasteberry Tree but also as Vitex, Chaste Tree,...
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Feb 7, 20233 min read


FENNEL
AKA: Sweet fennel, wild fennel, Florence fennel, bulb fennel, finocchio, anise, Bitter Fennel, Florence Fennel and almost a 100 more...
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Jan 31, 20232 min read


Echinacea
AKA: Purple Cone Flower, Narrow-Leaf Purple Coneflower, Black Sampson, Comb Flower, Hedgehog, Indian Head, Scurvy Root, Snakeroot, Widows...
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Jan 26, 20233 min read


Marshmallow Plant
AKA: Altea, Alteia, Althaea officinalis, Althaea taurinensis, Althaeae Folium, Althaeae Radi, Althea, Althée, Guimauve, Guimauve...
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Dec 27, 20224 min read


Poinsettia
AKA: Christmas Flower, Easter Flower, Étoile de Noël, Euphorbia poinsettia, Euphorbia pulcherrima, Fleur Pentecôte, Flor de Pascua,...
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Dec 20, 20223 min read


Ginger
AKA: Amomum Zingiber, Ardraka, Black Ginger, Cochin Ginger, Gan Jiang, Gingembre, Ginger Essential Oil, Ginger Root, Imber, Jengibre,...
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Dec 13, 20223 min read


Cardinal Flower
AKA: Lobelia C ardinalis, Indian Pink, Cardinal-flower, Cardinalflower, Cardinal Lobelia, Red Lobelia, and Slinkweed....
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Nov 29, 20223 min read


Black Berry
AKA: Bramble, Dewberry, Gout berry, Thimbleberry, and many other names around the world. Description: Blackberry is part of the Rose...
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Nov 22, 20222 min read


African Daisy
Interest in flowers/plants is as fascinating as herbs and other consumable plants. I will be exploring our native foliage as well as...
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Nov 17, 20222 min read


Sweet Calendula
Calendula AKA: Marigold, English marigold, poet’s marigold, Husbandman’s Dial, Marybud, Merrybud, Marygold, Summer’s Bride Description &...
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Apr 19, 20223 min read


Comfrey
AKA: Black Root, Blackwort, Bruisewort, Common Comfrey, Gum Plant, Healing herb, Knitbone, Prickley Comfrey, Salsify, Slippery Root,...
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Jan 13, 20222 min read


Pipsissewa
Pipsissewa AKA: Chimaphila Umbellate, The King’s Cure, prince’s pine pyrola, rheumatism weed, bitter wintergreen, ground holly,...
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Dec 31, 20213 min read
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