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Heliotrope About the Plant: Heliotrope Heliotropium indicum[Common Names; Cherry Pie Flower, Garden Heliotrope, Monkey Tail, Seaside Heliotrope, Quail Plant, Salt Heliotrope, and Chinese Parsley. Heliotropium indicum, also known as Indian heliotrope or Indian turnsole, is a plant with a long history of medicinal and magical uses. It belongs to the Boraginaceae family and is native… Continue reading Herb of the Month: Heliotrope

Sugar Maple About the Plant: Sugar Maple [Acer saccharum][genus Acer L.][Family Aceraceae][Common Names; Sugar Maple, Florida Maple, Rock Maple, head maple, sugar tree, bird’s-eye maple, and hard maple] Native Americans used sugar maple sap for sugar and candies, as a beverage, fresh or fermented into beer, and soured into vinegar and used to cook meat.… Continue reading Herb of the Month: Sugar Maple

Herb of the Week: White Pine This week’s herb is White Pine. White Pine( pinus strobus ) Family: Pinaceae, Common names: soft pine, eastern white pine, northern white pine, and Weymouth pine. White pine was used medicinally by many  North American Indian tribes who valued it, especially for its antiseptic and vulnerary qualities. It was… Continue reading Herb of the Week

Herb of the Week: Elder This week’s herb is Elder. Elder( Sambucus nigra) Family: N.O. Caprifoliaceae Common names: Black Elder. Common Elder. Pipe Tree. Bore Tree. Bour Tree, fairy tree, bat tree, sweet elder, tree of doom The fragrant elder tree, with its abundance of white flowers, is found almost everywhere in Europe, West Asia,… Continue reading Herb of the Week

Herb of the Week: Ginger This week’s herb is Ginger. Ginger(Zingiber officinale) Family: N.O. Zingiberaceae Native to parts of Asia, such as China, Japan, and India, ginger has a leafy stem and yellowish-green flowers. The spice comes from the rhizome (underground stem) of the plant. Ginger is a perennial root that creeps and increases underground, in… Continue reading Herb of the Week