Herb & Plant Profiles
SOLOMON'S SEAL (POLYGONATUM ODORATUM) PLANT GUIDE AND LORE
Solomon's Seal plant with arching stems, oval green leaves, and small cream bell-shaped flowers hanging underneath
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DULSE (PALMARIA PALMATA): ATLANTIC RED SEAWEED LORE
Meet dulse, the red Atlantic seaweed of Irish fairs, Fundy tides, and rocky shores, with botany, folklore, compounds, and harvest lore today.
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SWEETBAY MAGNOLIA: MAGNOLIA VIRGINIANA HERBAL GUIDE
Sweetbay magnolia with creamy white flowers and glossy green leaves showing silvery undersides near a wetland
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BUPLEURUM CHINENSE: CHAI HU ROOT AND YELLOW UMBELS
Bupleurum chinense plant with slender green leaves, yellow umbels, seeds, and exposed brown root
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SMALL FLOWER WILLOWHERB: PLANT PROFILE AND LORE GUIDE
Small Flower Willowherb with pale pink flowers and narrow leaves growing along a damp ditch edge
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TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS: GOATHEAD, BURRS, AND OLD LORE
Tribulus terrestris puncturevine with small yellow flowers and spiny goathead burrs on dry soil
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SELFHEAL (PRUNELLA VULGARIS): FOLKLORE AND BOTANY
Selfheal plant with purple flower spikes growing low in meadow grass
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BLACK ELDERBERRY: FLOWERS, FOLKLORE, AND BERRIES
Black elderberry shrub with creamy elderflowers and dark purple berries along a hedgerow.
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GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE: GURMAR VINE OF INDIA'S GREEN FORESTS
Gymnema sylvestre vine with paired green leaves climbing through warm forest shrubs.
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ANDROGRAPHIS - THE KING OF BITTERS IN THE HERB GARDEN
Andrographis paniculata with narrow green leaves and small white flowers marked with purple streaks
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