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
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Botanical Name: Turnera aphrodisiaca, T. diffusa | Family: Turneraceae Common name(s): Damiana, Mexican Holly GROWING Shrub | Zone 9-11 | 3-6 feet tall | Serrated green leaves, yellow flowers, sweet-smelling fruit 4-6 hours
Botanical Name: Cnicua benedictus | Family: Compositae Common name(s): Blessed thistle, Holy thistle GROWING Annual; herbaceous | Zone 5-9 | 10-30 inches tall | Hairy leaves and stems. Stems are 5-sided.
Botanical Name: Artemisia Vulgaris | Family: Compositae Common name(s): Mugwort, Moxa, Cronewort GROWING Perennial; herbaceous | Zone 4-8 | 4-5 feet tall | Spikes of whitish green flowers on top of purple stems.
Botanical Name: Achillea millifolium | Family: Compositae Common name(s): Yarrow, Chipmunk’s tail, Soldier’s woundwort, Milfoil, Nosebleed GROWING Perennial; herbaceous | Zone 3-9 | 2-3 feet tall | White* flowers in mid- to late summer
Botanical Name: Chamaelirium lutem | Family: Liliaceae Common name(s): False Unicorn, Helonias, Colic root, Devil’s bit, Fairy wand, Star grub root, Grub root GROWING Evergreen herb | Zone 5-8 | 1
Botanical Name: Mitchella repens | Family: Rubiaceae Common name(s): Squaw Vine, Patridgeberry, Twinberry, Deerberry GROWING Evergreen herb | Zone 4-9 | 1 foot tall | White flowers in late spring/early summer followed by
Botanical Name: Viburnum opulus | Family: Caprifoliaceae Common name(s): Cramp Bark, High Cranberry, Snowball Tree, Guelder Rose, Squaw Bush GROWING Perennial; shrub | Zone 2-7 | 8-15 feet tall | White flowers in
Botanical Name: Angelica sinensis (syn. A. polymorpha) | Family: Umbelliferae (syn. Apiaceae) Common name(s): Dong quai, Chinese angelica, Dong qui, Dang gui, Tang quei, Female ginseng Related: Angelica, which can
Botanical Name: Caulophyllus thalictroides | Family: Berberidaceae Common name(s): Blue Cohosh, Squawroot, Papoose Root GROWING Perennial; herbaceous | Zone 3-8 | 1-3 feet tall | Leaves dark purple when they emerge then they turn
Botanical Name: Cimicifuga racemosa (syn. Actaea racemosa) | Family: Ranunculaceae Common name(s): Black Cohosh, Rattleroot, Squawroot, Snakeroot, Bugbane GROWING Perennial; herbaceous | Zone 3-8 | 3-9 feet tall | Small white flowers in wand-like
Botanical Name: Leoncrus cardiaea | Family: Labiatae Common name(s): Motherwort, Lion’s-tail GROWING Perennial; herbaceous | Zone 4-8 | 2-4 feet tall | Lavender flowers in whorls along the stem from June-September Full sun to
Botanical Name: Vitex angus-castus | Family: Verbenaceae Common name(s): Vitex, Chasteberry, Chaste Tree, Monk’s Pepper, Hemp Tree GROWING Woody, perennial | Zone 6-9 | 2-10 feet tall | Lavender-colored spikes of
Botanical Name: Disoscorea villosa | Family: Dioscoreaceae Common name(s): Wild Yam, Colicroot, Rheumatism root GROWING Vine, perennial | Zone 5-9 | Up to 30+ tall | Heart-shaped alternate leaves (a set of
Botanical Name: Rubus idaeus, R. strigosus | Family: Rosaceae Common name(s): Raspberry Leaf, Red Raspberry Leaf GROWING Shrub; biennial, deciduous | Zone 4-9 | 8-15 feet tall | Pale green leaves
Botanical Name: Eleutherococcus senticosus | Family: Araliaceae Common name(s): Siberian Ginseng, Eleuthero Root, Devil’s Shrub | Purple (male) and yellow (female) flowers in early summer. GROWING Shrub; perennial | Zone
Botanical Name: Panax Ginseng (and other Panax varieties) | Family: Araliaceae Common name(s): Ginseng GROWING (for this and the harvesting section, I am going to focus on American Ginseng,
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.
