COMMON NAME: MILK THISTLE, Carduus marianus, holy thistle, St. Mary’s thistle, our lady’s thistle,  Marian thistle LATIN NAME: Silybum marianum FAMILY: Asteraceae PARTS USED: Seed,

COMMON NAME: MEADOWSWEET, Queen of the Meadow, Bridewort, Quaker Lady LATIN NAME: Filipendula ulmaria (syn Spirea ulmaria, Spirea tomentosa, Filipendula vulgaris) FAMILY: Rosaceae PARTS USED:

COMMON NAME: LOBELIA, Indian-Tobacco. Pukeweed. Asthma Weed. LATIN NAME: Lobelia inflata L. FAMILY: Campanulaceae PARTS USED: Aerial portions, seeds, root REGIONS: Canada and to the eastern as

COMMON NAME: LEMONBALM, melissa, balm mint, balm, sweet balm LATIN NAME: Melissa officinalis FAMILY: Lamiaceae PARTS USED: whole herb REGIONS: Southern and Central Europe, Mediterranean SYSTEM AFFECTED: digestive,

COMMON NAME: LAVENDER  LATIN NAME: Lavandula spp. FAMILY: Lamiaceae PARTS USED: flowers REGIONS: Mediterranean region, southern Europe, and parts of northern Africa, northeast India, and southeast

COMMON NAME: MARSHMALLOW ROOT, marsh mallow, mallards, mauls LATIN NAME: lthaea officinalis FAMILY: Malvaceae PARTS USED: roots, leaves REGIONS: Europe, western Asia, Africa SYSTEM AFFECTED: digestive, urinary,

COMMON NAME: HOREHOUND, White horehound, marrubio LATIN NAME: Marrubium vulgare FAMILY: Lamiaceae PARTS USED: Leaf and flowering tops REGIONS: Europe, North Africa, Southwestern and Central Asia

COMMON NAME: HIBISCUS, Roselle, Jamaica Sorrel, red sorrel LATIN NAME: Hibiscus sabdariffa FAMILY: Malvaceae PARTS USED: flower, Calyces REGIONS: North Africa, Southeast Asia SYSTEM AFFECTED: digestive,

COMMON NAME: HAWTHORN, Mayblossom, whitethorn, Red Haw; Mayflower LATIN NAME: Crataegus spp. FAMILY: Rosaceae PARTS USED: Fresh or dried berries (technically pomes), flowering tops, leaves

COMMON NAME: ELDER, black elder, blue elderberry, bore tree, common elder, elderberry, elkhorn, sweet elder LATIN NAME: ambucus nigra L. ssp. canadensis (L.) FAMILY: Adoxaceae