by Nick Boswell | Jan 12, 2018
Mullein The plant has a long history of use as a herbal remedy. Although this plant is a recent arrival to North America, Native Americans used the ground seeds of this plant as a paralytic fish poison due to their high levels of rotenone. Verbascum flowers have been...
by Nick Boswell | Jan 12, 2018
Mugwort Mugwort is a common name for several species of aromatic plants in the genus Artemisia. In Europe, mugwort most often refers to the species Artemisia vulgaris, or common mugwort. While other species are sometimes referred to by more specific common names, they...
by Nick Boswell | Jan 12, 2018
Motherwort Motherwort is an herbaceous perennial plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It grows anywhere from 2ft – 5ft tall, with either three or five pointed, veiny leaves growing up along the stem. The pink or purple flowers are only about 1/3 inch long, and appear...
by Nick Boswell | Jan 12, 2018
Mate Mate was first consumed by the indigenous Guaraní and also spread by the Tupí people who lived in that part of southern Brazil and Northeast Argentina, including some areas that were Paraguayan territory before the Paraguayan War. Therefore, the scientific name...