Plant Medicine

The state flower of California, Eschscholzia californica — California Poppy — blazes across the hillsides and valleys of the American West each spr...

One of the sun's most faithful followers, Calendula officinalis — Calendula, or Pot Marigold — opens its golden petals at sunrise and closes them a...

Named for the delicate shape of its electric-blue blossoms, which mirror the petals of a butterfly's wing, Clitoria ternatea — Butterfly Pea Flower...

A climbing vine that winds through the tropical forests of Thailand, Myanmar, and Indochina, Butea superba — also known as Red Kwao Krua — has been...

A low-growing, prickly evergreen shrub native to the Mediterranean coast and southwestern Europe, Ruscus aculeatus — Butcher's Broom — takes its na...

A tenacious biennial herb whose seed heads (the original inspiration for Velcro) cling to animal fur and human clothing alike, Arctium lappa — Burd...

Endemic to the fynbos biome of South Africa's Western Cape — one of Earth's most botanically diverse and ancient ecosystems — Agathosma betulina an...

A cheerful blue-flowered herb native to the Mediterranean, Borago officinalis — Borage — has been celebrated for its spirit-lifting properties sinc...

Growing in the dry, rocky hillsides of Chile and coastal South America, Peumus boldus — Boldo — is one of the most widely consumed medicinal herbs ...

A tall, graceful wetland plant of North American prairies and riverbeds, Verbena hastata — Blue Vervain — shares its genus with European Vervain (V...

A woodland herb native to the deciduous forests of eastern North America, Caulophyllum thalictroides — Blue Cohosh — was among the most important w...

Honored by medieval monks who cultivated it in monastery gardens and named it Cnicus benedictus — 'the blessed one' — Blessed Thistle was considere...

Clinging to the rocky shores and tidal pools of the North Atlantic and Pacific coasts, Fucus vesiculosus — Bladderwrack — has been harvested by coa...

Found growing wild across the temperate forests, hedgerows, and hillsides of Europe, North America, and Asia, Rubus fruticosus — Blackberry — has b...

All tea — white, green, oolong, and black — comes from the same plant: Camellia sinensis, native to the mountains of Yunnan Province in southwest C...

Found in the tomb of the Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun and mentioned in the Bible as the 'healing black cumin,' Nigella sativa, Black Seed, has been...

Long before it found its place in the 19th-century Eclectic herbal tradition, Viburnum prunifolium — Black Haw — was used by Cherokee, Creek, and o...

A close cousin of the North American blueberry, Vaccinium myrtillus — Bilberry — grows wild across the forests and moorlands of northern Europe and...

Formed over millions of years from the weathering of volcanic ash in ancient sea beds, Bentonite Clay — named for Fort Benton, Wyoming, where large...

Cultivated along the Mediterranean coast for over 4,000 years, Beta vulgaris — Beet Root — was prized by ancient Romans as both food and medicine b...

Native to the wetlands and sandy coasts of North America, Morella cerifera, Bayberry Bark and Root, has been used by Indigenous peoples and early A...

Woven into the laurel wreaths that crowned victorious Roman generals and revered Greek poets alike, Laurus nobilis, Bay Leaf, is one of history’s m...

With a healing tradition stretching back more than 3,500 years, Berberis vulgaris, Barberry Root, was documented in ancient Mesopotamian clay table...

A foundational herb in Traditional Chinese Medicine for over 2,000 years, Astragalus membranaceus, known in Chinese as Huang Qi, meaning "Yellow Le...