Plant Pudina

Stems:The relatively thick flowering stem up to 3 cm across is erect or upright direction and grows 2-6 m tall. They are hollow and greyish-green to yellowish-green in colour.

Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), is a plant native to Europe, Eastern Australia, Asia and Northern Africa. Through history, this plant has been used as a medical herb for the treatment of dysentery, bleeding, wounds, ulcers and sores. The introduction of the Purple Loosestrife, through shipping, has caused disruption of waterflow and the crowding out of native species. Each individual Loosestrife plant can produce up to 2.7 millions seeds , this has helped it overtake native species, such as the cattail. Very costly and difficult to remove, Purple Loosestrife numbers show no sign of decreasing. The Water Chestnut (Trapa natans L.), is an aquatic plant species native to Europe. Introduced much like the Purple Loosestrife, the Water Chestnut is a plant that thrives in shallow depths of rivers and lakes, but can spread to deeper waters. Due to the coverage and over population of the Water Chestnuts, navigation, livable habitat and recreational activities are all affected by the plant. The beds of Water Chestnut also provide a perfect breeding ground for

Pringsheimii Urb.), and a shrubby Lobelia measuring one or two meters, the Lobelia assurgens L., which is found but rarely in Cuba and in Jamaica were blooming. The plant in Haiti closely resembles the Cuban’s (var. santa-clarae McVaugh) than the Jamaican’s (var. jamaicensis Urb.). Their stem leaves are large and membranous… The flowers are dark red and flat (fig. 10).

Stems are long and weak, square in cross section, prickly (spiny) with glands on young parts. Leaves are matt, mid-green, deeply veined and sometimes hairy. The lamina is pear or oval shaped, pointed to broadly-rounded apex, rounded base, round or regular toothed margins with wrinkled and strigose (sharp oppressed rigid bristly hairs) upper surface. When the leaves are crushed, a strong and distinctive odour is exuded. Flower heads have many smaller flowers. Each flower is tubular-shaped and have 4 spreading lobes (petals), changing colour with age. The colours would be a various combinations of white, yellow, orange, red or pink. Fruit is a berry or drupe arranged in clusters. The fruit is green and becomes purple-black when mature. This plant takes over huge areas usually in moist gullies, along drainage lines and around wetlands. It can be found scrambling high into tree tops. The intense growth of the weed restricts any plant to grow beneath it or around it. This results in plant growth being restricted and not allowing plantation to develop.

This zodiac's herbs include Catnip Cedar, Colts Foot, Dandelion, Marsh Mallow Mint Patchouli, Sage, Thyme and Violet.

Texas Sage - Leucophyllum frutescens is an evergreen shrub. It has small purple flowers and can grow to 8 feet with good care. It lives in zones 8 to 11 and is drought tolerant. It was a great idea to implement these to border the front entrance to the house.

Pelage of M. sodalis is fine and downy with a dull, tricolored, and chestnut gray appearance

and when it is mature can be 1.5 metres in width. The stalk of the plant is

This species gets its name from the “blood” (Figure 2) that flows when the stem is broken. The blood produced is poisonous, however, it is said to possess anti-bacterial properties with possible pharmaceutical applications, such as fighting plaque on teeth. Seed dispersal of the S. Canadensis is achieved through a process called myrmecochory, in which ants are attracted to the elaiosomes on seeds (Figure 3). The ants take the seed back to their nest by dragging it by the elaiosome followed by eating it, leaving no way to carry it back out of the nest. Many benefits can be drawn from this process of seed dispersal such as protection from potential predators and adding nutrients that would otherwise not be

an herb found in Ayuverdic medicine, and is used around the world for its cognitive enhancing properties.

3. ISICIA DE SCILLIS VEL DE CAMMARIS AMPLIS. Cammari vel scillae de testa sua eximuntur et in mortario teruntur cum piper et liquamine optimo. Pulpae isicia plassantur.” (Caelius Apicius, De Re Coquinaria “Book II”)

Targetes erecta, often referred to as the African or Aztec Marigold, is not only a lovely plant, but also holds many other functions. The functions include medicinal uses as well as decorative and ceremonial purposes. Its flower, the cempasúchil, is often used in the culinary arts and also holds traditional value in its native land. When discussing its classification, it is as follows; the kingdom is Plantae, the phylum is Tracheophyta, class is Magnoliopsida, order is Asterales, family is Asteraceae, the genus is Tagetes, and finally, the species is Tagetes erecta L (Plants Profile).

The United States Department of Agriculture states that Hawthorn is the common name for any member of the Crataegus Genus

Melissa officinalis (Lemon balm), is a perennial herbaceous plant in the mint family Lamiaceae, native to south-central Europe and is now grown all over the world., North Africa, the Mediterranean region, and Central Asia ( Schhultz V et al, 1998.).It grows to 70–150 cm (28–59 in) tall. The leaves have a gentle lemon scent, related to mint. During summer, small white flowers full of nectar appear. It is not to be confused with bee balm (which is genus Monarda). The white flowers attract bees, hence the genus name Melissa (Greek for 'honey bee') University of Maryland Medical Center. Apr 5, 2011

The African Daisy history goes back to when the ancient Egyptian gardens by their temples. Sometimes the flower where use to treat illness. This flower produces an abundant amount of brilliant colored flowers that attract butterflies. It closes at night and opens in the morning. This daisies leaves are fragrant. Most insects do not like to eat the African daisies although there are a few bugs that like to taste juicy leaves of this plant. These bugs are the Aphids, Whiteflies, and Earwigs. Of course, you will need to kill the slugs which are technically not insects. The African Daisy may grow from 1 to 6 feet tall, with colorful 2 to 3-inch blooms. It is grown as an annual blooming from summer to frost in most hardiness zones except