Botanical Name: Curcuma longa | Family: Zingiberaceae Common name(s): Turmeric, Jiang huang, Haldi GROWING Perennial; herbaceous | Zones 10 – 11 (if grown inside, minimum temperature is
Botanical Name: Zanthoxylum americanum | Family: Rutaceae Common name(s): Prickly Ash, Toothache Tree, Yellow Wood, Suterberry GROWING Shrub; perennial | Zone 3-7 | 8-15 feet tall | Small greenish flowers before leaves
Botanical Name: Stillaria media | Family: Caryophyllaceae Common name(s): Chickweed, Starweed, Starwort, Stitchwort (and more!) GROWING Annual; considered a weed | Zones 3-8 | Grows along ground, 6-15 inches | Very
Botanical Name: Plantago species | Family: Plantaginaceae Common name(s): Plantain (there are over 200 varieties) GROWING The psyllium seed produced commercially is from a cultivated variety of plantain native
Botanical Name: Hydrastis Canadensis | Family: Ranunculaceae Common name(s): Goldenseal, Puccoon Root, Yellowroot GROWING Perennial; herbacious woodland plant | Zones 3-9 | 10 – 15 inches | Greenish white flowers in spring,
Botanical Name: Mahonia Aquifolium (a.k.a. Berberis Aquifolium) and related species| Family: Berberidaceae Common name(s): Oregon Grape, Mountain Grape, holly leaved barberry GROWING Evergreen shrub | Zones 4/5 – 8 | 6 feet tall, 3-5
Botanical Name: Larrea Tridenta | Family: Zygophyllaceae Common name(s): Chaparral, Creosote bush, Greasewood, Hediondilla, Governadora, Guamis GROWING Perennial; Evergreen shrub | dessert areas of the Southwest | 3-6 feet | yellow flowers
Botanical Name: Echinacea Augustifolia & Echinacea Purpurea | Family: Compositae Common name(s): Purple Coneflower GROWING Perennial; herbaceous | zones 3-9 | 2-4 feet (Purperea is taller) | pinkish purple flowers
Botanical Name: Rumex Crispus | Family: Polygonaceae Common name(s): Yellow Dock, Curly Dock, Broad-leaved Dock GROWING Perennial | zones 3-9 | 1-3 feet | numerous pale green drooping flowers, from June – July. Plant seeds
Botanical Name: Arctium Lappa | Family: Compositea (thistle group) Common name(s): Burdock, Common Burdock, Lappa, Rox’s Clote, Thorny Burr, Beggar’s Buttons, Cockle Buttons, Clot-Bur GROWING Biennial, herbacious
Botanical Name: Sassafras Officianale / Sassafras Albidum / Sassafrass Varifolium | Family: Lauraceae Common name(s): Sassafras, Saxifras, Tea Tree, Mitten Tree, Cinnamonwood GROWING Tree, deciduous |
Botanical Name: Taraxacum Officianale | Family: Compositae Common name(s): Dandelion GROWING Perennial, herbaceous, broad-leaf | zones 3-9 | full sun to part shade | 8 –
Botanical Name: Plantago Major | Family: Plantaginaceae Common name(s): Common Plantain, Greater Plantain, Broad-leaved Plantain, Ripple Grass, Englishman’s foot, Ribwort GROWING Perennial, herbaceous, broad-leaf | Temporate
Botanical Name: Trifolium Pratense | Family: Leguminosae Common name(s): Red Clover, Trebol (Spanish) GROWING Perennial, herbaceous | Zones 5-9 | Full sun, partial shade | 12-15″
Botanical Name: Urtica Diocia | Family: Urticaceae Common name(s): Nettle, Stinging Nettle, Ortiga (Spanish) GROWING Perennial, herbaceous | Zones 5-9 | Full sun, partial shade |
Dandelion Forest is physically a little corner of the world in central Massachusetts, nestled in the woods, where dandelions and other miracles of nature abound. But it’s more than the physical. It’s the idea of living connected to the natural world and all it provides us.
