Plants

Herbs

Acute sedge

Саrех acuta

Sedge family. Distributed in Europe and Central Asia. The stem, and especially the leaves, of the acute sedge are very rough; one can easily cut oneself on them.

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Aira (carnation-like)

A. caryophyllea L.

Annual plants 5–30 cm tall. Panicles 3–8 cm long, diffuse, with thin, widely spreading branched twigs, bearing pinkish-silvery spikelets 0.2–0.3 cm long on pedicels 0.1–0.4 cm long; the lower floral scales of both flowe…

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Alopecurus, Foxtail

Alopecurus

Family: Poaceae (grasses). Native to the meadows of northern Europe; now naturalized in North America.

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Annual wormwood

A. annua L

Family Asteraceae. Native to the Crimea, Transcaucasia, the Mediterranean, Asia Minor, China, Japan. An annual herbaceous plant forming pyramidal-shaped bushes up to 150 cm tall.

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Aromatic dill

Anethum Graveolens

Family of umbellifers. Common names: cucumber caraway, herb for flatulence. Pharmacopeial name: dill fruits - Anethi fructus (formerly: Fructus Anethi).

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Arundo (reed)

Arundo donax

Arundo (Latin: Arundo) — a small genus of perennial herbaceous plants of the grass family (Poaceae).

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Bearded barley

Н. jubatum L.

Family Poaceae. Native to Eastern Siberia, the Far East, and North America.

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Bitter wormwood

A. absinthium

Family Asteraceae This is the most bitter of the most bitter plants, its bitterness having entered proverbs and sayings; no wonder it is popularly called "widow's herb".

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Blue Sedge

Сarex flacca

Family Cyperaceae. Native to Eastern and Central Europe. An unusually variable perennial species, valued for its ability to grow on poor dry soils.

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Bor

Milium

Family Poaceae. A grass with a wide distribution range - from the forests of the Carpathians to the Far East.

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Bouteloua

Bouteloua

Under the name "bison grass" the literature may also refer to another North American grass - Buchloe (Buchloe dactyloides) - a perennial dioecious long-rhizomed plant that is an excellent substitute for lawn grasses in …

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Buckwheat

Paspalum

Family: grasses. Distributed in the tropical and subtropical zones of the globe; most species are in South America.

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Canary grass

Phalaris canariensis

Family Poaceae. The plant got its name because its seeds are used to feed songbirds.

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Cinchona tree

Cinchona Pubescens Vahl

Family Rubiaceae. Parts used: bark of cultivated trees. Pharmacopoeial name: cinchona bark - Cinchonae succirubrae cortex (formerly: Cortex Chinae).

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Common Fennel

Foeniculum Vulgare

Family Umbelliferae. Common names: apothecary dill. Parts used: ripe fruits, very rarely the root.

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Common hop

Humulus Lupulus

Family Cannabaceae Popular names: brewer's hop, hop flower, hop cone. Used parts: female inflorescences ("cones") and lupulin glands (glandular scales).

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Common horseradish

Armoracia Rusticana Gaertn

Family Brassicaceae. Common names: peasant mustard, meat herb, peppery root, wood radish.

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Common meadow-grass

Poa trivialis L.

Family Poaceae. Perennial grass with a rhizomatous type of tillering. Forms a dense bright-green sward, but in terms of vegetative development is considerably inferior to meadow bluegrass.

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Common reed

Phragmites australis

Perennial plant 1-4 m tall, with long and thick, creeping rhizomes. Forms stands in wet places and along the banks of water bodies. Stems erect, with numerous nodes.

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Common wormwood

Artemisia vulgaris

Family Asteraceae. A frost-hardy perennial. The correct name of this cultivar is 'Janlim', but commercial firms market it under the trade name 'Oriental Limelight'.

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Cortaderia

Cortaderia

A perennial dioecious ornamental plant of the grass family, forming dense and large clumps. Leaves linear, sharp-toothed. Spikelets gathered into large panicles ranging from silvery-white to golden-yellow.

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Cotton

Gossypium

Family Malvaceae. Pharmaceutical name: cotton root bark - Gossypii cortex radicis (formerly: Cortex Gossypii radicis).

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Crested comb

С. cristatus L.

Family: grasses. Grows in meadows and forest clearings in Europe (except the Arctic and steppe regions), in the Caucasus and in Western Asia.

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Cushion sedge

Сarex firma

Family Cyperaceae. In the wild the plant is confined to the subalpine belt of the mountain regions of Europe.