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There are 43 plants in blossom on September the 2nd.
Beggar Ticks Bidens frondosa blossoms between Aug 29 and Sep 22
Birdsfoot Trefoil Lotus corniculatus Jun 20 to Sep 05
Bittersweet Nightshade Solanum dulcamara May 30 to Sep 06
Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia serotina Jun 18 to Sep 06
Black Nightshade Solanum nigrum Jun 29 to Sep 06
Boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum Aug 03 to Sep 06
Bouncing Bet Saponaria officinalis Jun 03 to Aug 31
Butter-and-eggs Linaria vulgaris Jul 10 to Sep 20
Celandine Chelidonium majus May 07 to Sep 11
Chicory Cichorium intybus Jun 28 to Oct 24
Common Dodder Cuscuta gronovii Sep 02 to Oct 02
Common Evening Primrose Oenothera biennis Aug 02 to Sep 20
Common Ragweed Ambrosia artemisiifolia Jul 20 to Sep 20
Common St. Johnswort Hypericum perforatum Jun 08 to Sep 26
Daisy Fleabane Erigeron annuus May 30 to Oct 24
Fall Dandelion Leontodon autumnalis Aug 02 to Sep 30
Field Hawkweed Hieracium pratense May 23 to Sep 07
Galinsoga Galinsoga ciliata Aug 01 to Oct 11
Horseweed Erigeron canadensis Aug 12 to Sep 06
Jimson Weed Datura stramonium Jul 22 to Sep 06
Lady's Thumb Polygonum persicaria Aug 12 to Oct 20
Nodding Smartweed Polygonum lapathifolium Aug 12 to Oct 22
Pale Touch-me-not Impatiens pallida Aug 22 to Sep 06
Pink Knotweed Polygonum pensylvanicum Aug 12 to Sep 11
Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea Jul 15 to Sep 06
Queen Anne's Lace Daucus carota Jul 09 to Sep 07
Red Clover Trifolium pratense May 23 to Oct 24
Round-headed Bush Clover Lespedeza capitata Sep 03 to Sep 04
Shrubby Cinquefoil Potentilla fruticosa Jun 03 to Sep 19
Spearmint Mentha spicata Aug 01 to Sep 06
Spotted Knapweed Centaurea maculosa Jul 31 to Sep 20
Spotted Touch-me-not Impatiens capensis Jul 01 to Sep 11
Sweet Everlasting Gnaphalium obtusifolium Aug 28 to Oct 24
Sweet Goldenrod Solidago odora Jul 31 to Sep 20
Tall Rattlesnake Root Prenanthes trifoliata Aug 27 to Sep 06
Tansy Tanacetum vulgare Jul 18 to Sep 11
Three-seeded Mercury Acalypha rhomboidea ....
Beggar Ticks Bidens frondosa blossoms between Aug 29 and Sep 22
Birdsfoot Trefoil Lotus corniculatus Jun 20 to Sep 05
Bittersweet Nightshade Solanum dulcamara May 30 to Sep 06
Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia serotina Jun 18 to Sep 06
Black Nightshade Solanum nigrum Jun 29 to Sep 06
Boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum Aug 03 to Sep 06
Bouncing Bet Saponaria officinalis Jun 03 to Aug 31
Butter-and-eggs Linaria vulgaris Jul 10 to Sep 20
Celandine Chelidonium majus May 07 to Sep 11
Chicory Cichorium intybus Jun 28 to Oct 24
Common Dodder Cuscuta gronovii Sep 02 to Oct 02
Common Evening Primrose Oenothera biennis Aug 02 to Sep 20
Common Ragweed Ambrosia artemisiifolia Jul 20 to Sep 20
Common St. Johnswort Hypericum perforatum Jun 08 to Sep 26
Daisy Fleabane Erigeron annuus May 30 to Oct 24
Fall Dandelion Leontodon autumnalis Aug 02 to Sep 30
Field Hawkweed Hieracium pratense May 23 to Sep 07
Galinsoga Galinsoga ciliata Aug 01 to Oct 11
Horseweed Erigeron canadensis Aug 12 to Sep 06
Jimson Weed Datura stramonium Jul 22 to Sep 06
Lady's Thumb Polygonum persicaria Aug 12 to Oct 20
Nodding Smartweed Polygonum lapathifolium Aug 12 to Oct 22
Pale Touch-me-not Impatiens pallida Aug 22 to Sep 06
Pink Knotweed Polygonum pensylvanicum Aug 12 to Sep 11
Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea Jul 15 to Sep 06
Queen Anne's Lace Daucus carota Jul 09 to Sep 07
Red Clover Trifolium pratense May 23 to Oct 24
Round-headed Bush Clover Lespedeza capitata Sep 03 to Sep 04
Shrubby Cinquefoil Potentilla fruticosa Jun 03 to Sep 19
Spearmint Mentha spicata Aug 01 to Sep 06
Spotted Knapweed Centaurea maculosa Jul 31 to Sep 20
Spotted Touch-me-not Impatiens capensis Jul 01 to Sep 11
Sweet Everlasting Gnaphalium obtusifolium Aug 28 to Oct 24
Sweet Goldenrod Solidago odora Jul 31 to Sep 20
Tall Rattlesnake Root Prenanthes trifoliata Aug 27 to Sep 06
Tansy Tanacetum vulgare Jul 18 to Sep 11
Three-seeded Mercury Acalypha rhomboidea ....
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Detail Pages - Facts and Lore: Bee Balm ~ Oswego Tea ~ Bergamont , Black-eyed Susan , Blue Vervain , Bluets ~ Quaker Ladies ~ Innocence , Boneset ~ Thoroughwort , Celandine , Coltsfoot , Common Dandelion , Common Elder , Dame's Violet ~ Dame's Rocket ~ Garden Rocket , Ground Ivy ~ Gill over the ground ~ Alehoof , Purple Coneflower ~ Echinacea , Queen Anne's Lace , Queen Anne's Lace VS. Water Hemlock , Red Clover , Water Hemlock ,
Detail Pages - Facts and Lore: Bee Balm ~ Oswego Tea ~ Bergamont , Black-eyed Susan , Blue Vervain , Bluets ~ Quaker Ladies ~ Innocence , Boneset ~ Thoroughwort , Celandine , Coltsfoot , Common Dandelion , Common Elder , Dame's Violet ~ Dame's Rocket ~ Garden Rocket , Ground Ivy ~ Gill over the ground ~ Alehoof , Purple Coneflower ~ Echinacea , Queen Anne's Lace , Queen Anne's Lace VS. Water Hemlock , Red Clover , Water Hemlock ,
- Terms:
- Alterative
- A medicinal substance that gradually restores health (f/d)
- Antiscorbutic
- An agent effective against scurvy (f/d)
- Antiperiodic
- Arrests morbid periodic movements (h)
- Antispasmodic
- Preventing or relieving spasms or cramps (f/d)
- Aperient
- Gently laxative without purging (h)
- Cathartic
- A powerful purgative or laxative, causing severe evacuation, with or without pain (f/d)
- Demulcent
- An agent that is locally soothing and softening (f/d)
- Deobstruent
- Removes obstruction (h)
- Diaphoretic
- An agent that induces sweating (f/d)
- Diuretic
- An agent that induces urination (f/d)
- Emetic
- An agent that induces vomiting (f/d)
- Expectorant
- An agent that induces the removal (coughing-up) of mucous secretions from the lungs (f/d)
- Nervine
- An agent that affects, strengthens, or calms the nerves (f/d)
- Purgative
- An agent that causes cleansing or watery evacuation of the bowels, usually with griping (painful cramps) (f/d)
- Sialogogue
- Increases the secretion of saliva (h)
- Spasmolytic
- Checking spasms or cramps (f/d)
- Sudorific
- Inducing sweating (c)
- Stimulant
- An agent that causes increased activity of another agent, cell, tissue, organ, or organism (f/d)
- Tonic
- An ambiguous term referring to a substance thought to have an overall positive medicinal effect of an unspecified nature (f/d)
- Vulnerary
- An agent used for healing wounds (f/d)
- Treatments:
- Clysters
- Enema or injection (c)
- Conditions:
- Erysipelas
- Inflammation and redness of skin
- Gravel
- Sand-like deposit in urine (c)
- Scrofula
- Constitutional condition with glandular swellings and tendency to tuberculosis (c)
- Sources:
- (f/d)
- Peterson Field Guides, Eastern/Central Medicinal Plants,
Steven Foster / James A. Duke, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston 1990 - (h)
- Indian Herbalogy of North America, Alma R. Hutchens,
Shambhala Publications Inc., Boston 1973 - (c)
- Culpepers Color Herbal, ed. David Potterson,
Sterling Publishing Co., New York 1983
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