Plant: Evening Primrose
Eastern Indigenous Forest
Genus and Species: Oenothera biennis
Habitat: Dry land
Season: April to June
Active Chemical Structure: Amyrin
Uses and Preparation: Soar throat and raspy cough (tea form leaves and stems)
Reduce swelling (poultice)
Resources: Foster, S. & Duke, J.A. (2014) Peterson Field Guide to Medical Plants and Herbs: of Eastern and Central North America. New York, New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing company.
Habitat: Dry land
Season: April to June
Uses and Preparation: Soar throat and raspy cough (tea form leaves and stems)
Reduce swelling (poultice)
Resources: Foster, S. & Duke, J.A. (2014) Peterson Field Guide to Medical Plants and Herbs: of Eastern and Central North America. New York, New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing company.
Resources: Foster, S. & Duke, J.A. (2014) Peterson Field Guide to Medical Plants and Herbs: of Eastern and Central North America. New York, New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing company.
Plant: Spotted Knapweed
Tall Grass Prairie and Eastern Indigenous Forest
Genus and Species: Centaurea maculusa
Uses and Preparation: Tea for sore throat and appetite remedy
Resources: Tilford, G.L. (1997) Edible and Medicinal plants of the West. Missoula, Montana: Mountain Press Publishing Company.
Uses and Preparation: Tea for sore throat and appetite remedy
Resources: Tilford, G.L. (1997) Edible and Medicinal plants of the West. Missoula, Montana: Mountain Press Publishing Company.
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