Herb of the Day: Plantain
Dr. Jennifer Williamson, ND This plant is so common, even city-dwellers can find it. When I taught Herbal Studies at Daemen College in Buffalo, one of the homework assignments was to go out and [...]
Dr. Jennifer Williamson, ND This plant is so common, even city-dwellers can find it. When I taught Herbal Studies at Daemen College in Buffalo, one of the homework assignments was to go out and [...]
Dr. Jennifer Williamson, ND Yesterday I discussed my fears of the Apiaceae family, Sumac has been another of my fears. Anyone who has ever ventured out into the wilderness has heard of the agony [...]
Dr. Jennifer Williamson, ND I’m terrified of the Apiaceae family. Not bad enough to have nightmares or anything, but super-duper cautious to make sure I know the exact plant at which [...]
Dr. Jennifer Williamson, ND Now that I’m on a mission to find new herbs to photograph and describe, I feel surrounded! Everywhere I look is a new plant. This one I’ve seen before so I [...]
We pulled this one from our garden to make way for some veggies, but just because it was in a space we used for a different purpose doesn’t make it useless. This is Meadow Horsetail [...]
Mullein (Verbascum thapsus) is a pretty obvious plant to spot. It’s fuzzy and can grow up to six feet tall. It is a member of the Scrophulariaceae family, whose root word, scrofula, means [...]
Dr. Jennifer Williamson, ND If I asked anyone who isn’t an herbalist or botanist to draw a clover, they would draw the plant in the center of this picture. But it isn’t a clover at [...]
Dr. Jennifer Williamson, ND St. John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum) is one of my favorite plants to show kids. Firstly, the leaves have translucent pinpoint circles in them which you can see [...]
Dr. Jennifer Williamson, ND This flower commonly seen on roadsides, is Chicory (Cichorium intybus). The root is used similarly to Dandelion in that it can help alleviate liver congestion, [...]
Dr. Jennifer Williamson, ND Red Clover (Trifolium praetense) is the state flower of Vermont! The flowers are a favorite for bees (honeybees our are state insect) and if consumed you can taste the [...]