COMMON NAME: ALFALFA LATIN NAME: Medicago sativa FAMILY: Papilionaceae PARTS USED: Leaves, flowers, seeds, and sprouts. REGIONS: Southeast Asia and Southeast Europe SYSTEM …

COMMON NAME: YARROW, woundwort, staunch weed, nosebleed, woundwort, carpenter’s weed LATIN NAME: Achillea millefolium FAMILY: Asteraceae PARTS USED: Aerial parts REGIONS: regions of …

COMMON NAME: PEPPERMINT LATIN NAME: Mentha × piperita FAMILY: Lamiaceae PARTS USED: leaves REGIONS: Widespread SYSTEM AFFECTED: digestive, circulatory, respiratory HARVESTING GUIDELINES: Harvest the …

COMMON NAME: RED RASPBERRY LEAF LATIN NAME: Rubus spp. FAMILY: Rosaceae PARTS USED: leaves, fruit, bark REGIONS: Widespread SYSTEM AFFECTED: digestive, urinary, circulatory …

COMMON NAME: OAT, oatstraw, milky oat, wild oats, oatgrass, catgrass  LATIN NAME: Avena sativa FAMILY: Poaceae, Graminaceae PARTS USED: Milky oat tops; oat …

COMMON NAME: MULLEIN, Flannel Leaf, Mullein Dock, Aaron’s Rod LATIN NAME: Verbascum thapsus FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae PARTS USED: Leaves, flowers, roots REGIONS: Anywhere SYSTEM …

COMMON NAME: CALIFORNIA POPPY, golden poppy, California golden poppy, flame flower LATIN NAME: Eschscholzia californica Cham. FAMILY: Papaveraceae PARTS USED: flowers REGIONS: California …

COMMON NAME: CHAMOMILE LATIN NAME: Matricaria chamomilla FAMILY: Asteraceae PARTS USED: Flower head REGIONS: Southern and Eastern Europe SYSTEM AFFECTED: urinary, nervous, digestive, circulatory …

COMMON NAME: COMFREY knitbone, woundwort, knitback, blackwort, bruisewort, slippery root, boneset, and gum plant LATIN NAME: Symphytum officinale FAMILY: Boraginaceae PARTS USED: Leaves …

COMMON NAME: CRAMP BARK, Squaw bush, black haw. LATIN NAME: Viburnum opulus FAMILY: Adoxaceae (formerly Caprifoliaceae) PARTS USED: Bark REGIONS: Europe, Northern Africa, …

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

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

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 …

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 …

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

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

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

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

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