Yucca schidigera is also known as Adam’s needle and bear’s grass, and is a tree native to tropical America, but … More →

Valeriana officinalis is a perennial plant of Europe and North America, certainly known to Dioscorides after whom one of the … More →

Arctostaphylos uva ursi is a small perennial evergreen shrub, native to Europe and to the northern US, known by other … More →

Curcuma longa is a perennial herb of the ginger family extensively cultivated and used in India, China, Indonesia and other … More →

Thymus vulgaris is a very low shrub native to southern Europe from Greece to Portugal. Its distinctive scent is what … More →

Symphytum officinale has long been known by the name of “comfrey” and is thus often referred to in old scientific … More →

Hypericum perforatum is a perennial shrub with numerous bright yellow flowers, known to the Greeks from at least the time … More →

Schisandra chinensis is a creeping vine with small red berries native to China. It has been used in folk medicine … More →

Serenoa repens is a small palm tree with large pigmented berries, native to the West Indies and the Atlantic coast … More →

Smilax officinalis is a large perennial climber indigenous of tropical America. Its name is from the Spanish sarza, bramble, and … More →