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Asset: 2005_05_04_JD_0136.jpg
Species: Anemopsis californica (Nutt.) Hooker & Arnott
Common: Yerba Mansa, Lizard's Tail, Hierba de Manso, False Anemone
Syn.: Anemopsis californica (Nutt.) Hook. & Arn. var. subglabra L. Kelso
Range: Kansas south to Texas and west to California, Oregon [San Diego Co., CA]
Tax.: Saururaceae > Piperales > Polycarpicae (=Magnoliidae)
Note: E. Yerba mansa has been used by many southwestern native peoples, including the Pima, Mayo, Yaqui, M...
KW: native plants of California, medicinal plants

© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2005_05_04_JD_0138.jpg
Species: Anemopsis californica (Nutt.) Hooker & Arnott
Common: Yerba Mansa, Lizard's Tail, Hierba de Manso, False Anemone
Syn.: Anemopsis californica (Nutt.) Hook. & Arn. var. subglabra L. Kelso
Range: Kansas south to Texas and west to California, Oregon [San Diego Co., CA]
Tax.: Saururaceae > Piperales > Polycarpicae (=Magnoliidae)
Note: F. Although yerba mansa is not related to golden seal chemically or botanically it can be used simil...
KW: native plants of California, medicinal plants

© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2005_05_04_JD_0140.jpg
Species: Anemopsis californica (Nutt.) Hooker & Arnott
Common: Yerba Mansa, Lizard's Tail, Hierba de Manso, False Anemone
Syn.: Anemopsis californica (Nutt.) Hook. & Arn. var. subglabra L. Kelso
Range: Kansas south to Texas and west to California, Oregon [San Diego Co., CA]
Tax.: Saururaceae > Piperales > Polycarpicae (=Magnoliidae)
Note: F. In the deserts of California yerba mansa is being used as turf in public parks and ground cover i...
KW: native plants of California, medicinal plants

© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2003_07_18_JD_0037.jpg
Species: Artemisia tridentata Nutt.
Common: Trilobed Sage, Big sagebrush
Syn.: None; several subspecies are valid.
Range: Western states
Tax.: Asteraceae
Note: F. The Diné (Navajo Nation) use the sagebrush for such purpose as herbal medicine. Sagebrush...
KW: medicinal or ethnobotanical uses, native plants of North America, Southwestern cultural uses

© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2003_07_18_JD_0039.jpg
Species: Artemisia tridentata Nutt.
Common: Trilobed Sage, Big sagebrush
Syn.: None; several subspecies are valid.
Range: Western states
Tax.: Asteraceae
Note: F. The Diné (Navajo Nation) use the sagebrush for such purpose as herbal medicine. Sagebrush...
KW: medicinal or ethnobotanical uses, native plants of North America, Southwestern cultural uses

© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2003_04_30_JD_3895.TIF
Species: Asarum canadense L.
Common: Wild ginger, Canadian wildginger, Canadian Snakeroot, Indian Ginger
Syn.: Asarum acuminatum (Ashe) Bickn.; Asarum canadense L. var. acuminatum Ashe; Asarum canadense L. var. ...
Range: native to the northeastern quarter of the U.S.
Tax.: Aristolochiaceae > Aristolochiales > Polycarpicae > Dicotyledoneae (=Magnoliopsida)
Note: F. Native Americans used it as a birth control agent, and for a variety of ailments as the roots c...
KW: native American medicinal plants, wildflowers of Michigan, native North American plants flowers

© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2003_04_30_JD_3897.TIF
Species: Asarum canadense L.
Common: Wild ginger, Canadian wildginger, Canadian Snakeroot, Indian Ginger
Syn.: Asarum acuminatum (Ashe) Bickn.; Asarum canadense L. var. acuminatum Ashe; Asarum canadense L. var. ...
Range: native to the northeastern quarter of the U.S.
Tax.: Aristolochiaceae > Aristolochiales > Polycarpicae > Dicotyledoneae (=Magnoliopsida)
Note: F. Native Americans used it as a birth control agent, and for a variety of ailments as the roots c...
KW: native American medicinal plants, wildflowers of Michigan, native North American plants flowers

© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2003_04_30_JD_3899.TIF
Species: Asarum canadense L.
Common: Wild ginger, Canadian wildginger, Canadian Snakeroot, Indian Ginger
Syn.: Asarum acuminatum (Ashe) Bickn.; Asarum canadense L. var. acuminatum Ashe; Asarum canadense L. var. ...
Range: native to the northeastern quarter of the U.S.
Tax.: Aristolochiaceae > Aristolochiales > Polycarpicae > Dicotyledoneae (=Magnoliopsida)
Note: F. Native Americans used it as a birth control agent, and for a variety of ailments as the roots c...
KW: native American medicinal plants, wildflowers of Michigan, native North American plants flowers

© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2003_04_30_JD_3900.TIF
Species: Asarum canadense L.
Common: Wild ginger, Canadian wildginger, Canadian Snakeroot, Indian Ginger
Syn.: Asarum acuminatum (Ashe) Bickn.; Asarum canadense L. var. acuminatum Ashe; Asarum canadense L. var. ...
Range: native to the northeastern quarter of the U.S.
Tax.: Aristolochiaceae > Aristolochiales > Polycarpicae > Dicotyledoneae (=Magnoliopsida)
Note: F. Native Americans used it as a birth control agent, and for a variety of ailments as the roots c...
KW: native American medicinal plants, wildflowers of Michigan, native North American plants flowers

© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2003_04_30_JD_3901.TIF
Species: Asarum canadense L.
Common: Wild ginger, Canadian wildginger, Canadian Snakeroot, Indian Ginger
Syn.: Asarum acuminatum (Ashe) Bickn.; Asarum canadense L. var. acuminatum Ashe; Asarum canadense L. var. ...
Range: native to the northeastern quarter of the U.S.
Tax.: Aristolochiaceae > Aristolochiales > Polycarpicae > Dicotyledoneae (=Magnoliopsida)
Note: F. Native Americans used it as a birth control agent, and for a variety of ailments as the roots c...
KW: native American medicinal plants, wildflowers of Michigan, native North American plants flowers

© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 1200_02_03_06_11.tif
Species: Brugmansia
Common:  
Syn.: LOW RESOLUTION SAMPLE IMAGE
Range: Rio Napo, Ecuador
Tax.:  
Note: F.
KW: medicinal plants, curandero, shaman, native cultures, native healers

© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 1200_02_03_06_12.tif
Species: Brugmansia
Common:  
Syn.: LOW RESOLUTION SAMPLE IMAGE
Range: Rio Napo, Ecuador
Tax.:  
Note: F.
KW: medicinal plants, curandero, shaman, native cultures, native healers

© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 1200_02_03_06_13.tif
Species: Brugmansia
Common:  
Syn.: LOW RESOLUTION SAMPLE IMAGE
Range: Rio Napo, Ecuador
Tax.:  
Note: F.
KW: medicinal plants, curandero, shaman, native cultures, native healers

© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 1200_02_03_06_14.tif
Species: Brugmansia
Common:  
Syn.: LOW RESOLUTION SAMPLE IMAGE
Range: Rio Napo, Ecuador
Tax.:  
Note: F.
KW: medicinal plants, curandero, shaman, native cultures, native healers

© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2002_06_01_JD_2067.TIF
Species: Brugmansia aurea Lagerh. 1893
Common: Angel's Trumpet, Brugmansia, Toé; Floripondio; Maricahua; Campana; Borachero; Toa; Maikoa (Ji...
Syn.: n/a
Range: Columbia, Venezuela and Ecuador
Tax.: SOLANACEAE > Solanales > Asteridae
Note: F. All plant parts are very poisonous. Poultices made of the leaves are applied to arthritic or rhe...
KW: tropical plants flowers, medicinal plants, poisonous plants

© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2002_06_01_JD_2068.TIF
Species: Brugmansia aurea Lagerh. 1893
Common: Angel's Trumpet, Brugmansia, Toé; Floripondio; Maricahua; Campana; Borachero; Toa; Maikoa (Ji...
Syn.: n/a
Range: Columbia, Venezuela and Ecuador
Tax.: SOLANACEAE > Solanales > Asteridae
Note: F. spasmolytic, anti-asthmatic, anticholinergic, narcotic and anesthetic. All plant parts are ve...
KW: tropical plants flowers, medicinal plants, poisonous plants

© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2002_06_01_JD_2069.TIF
Species: Brugmansia aurea Lagerh. 1893
Common: Angel's Trumpet, Brugmansia, Toé; Floripondio; Maricahua; Campana; Borachero; Toa; Maikoa (Ji...
Syn.: n/a
Range: Columbia, Venezuela and Ecuador
Tax.: SOLANACEAE > Solanales > Asteridae
Note: F. leaves are smoked to relieve asthma. A steambath is prepared from the leaves for bad coughs and ...
KW: tropical plants flowers, medicinal plants, poisonous plants

© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2003_03_02_JD_2134.JPG
Species: Bursera simaruba
Common: Gumbo Limbo, Kamalamee or Gamalamee (Bahamas), Tourist tree (for peeling red bark)
Syn.: n/a
Range: Common in the Caribbean
Tax.: Burseraceae
Note: F. Sap used medicinally for skin rashes
KW: medicinal plants, tropical trees, Trees of the Caribbean

© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2003_03_02_JD_2135.JPG
Species: Bursera simaruba
Common: Gumbo Limbo, Kamalamee or Gamalamee (Bahamas), Tourist tree (for peeling red bark)
Syn.: n/a
Range: Common in Central America, the Caribbean and Florida
Tax.: Burseraceae
Note: F. Sap used medicinally for skin rashes, much in the same way as Aloe vera gel. Used as "liv...
KW: medicinal plants, tropical trees, Trees of the Caribbean

© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2003_03_02_JD_2136.JPG
Species: Bursera simaruba
Common: Gumbo Limbo, Kamalamee or Gamalamee (Bahamas), Tourist tree (for peeling red bark)
Syn.: n/a
Range: Common in the Caribbean
Tax.: Burseraceae
Note: F. Sap used medicinally for skin rashes
KW: medicinal plants, tropical trees, Trees of the Caribbean

© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2004_06_50_JD_0037.jpg
Species: Calendula officinalis
Common: Common marigold, Marigold, garden marigold, holigold, Mary bud, pot marigold, Calendula
Syn.: none
Range: [my garden 2004, Ann Arbor, MI]
Tax.: Asteraceae
Note: F. Plant has inherent insecticidal properties, a natural form of pest control. Calendula flowers w...
KW: organic pest control, garden flowers, gardening

© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2004_06_50_JD_0041.jpg
Species: Calendula officinalis
Common: Common marigold, Marigold, garden marigold, holigold, Mary bud, pot marigold, Calendula
Syn.: none
Range: [my garden 2004, Ann Arbor, MI]
Tax.: Asteraceae
Note: F. Plant has inherent insecticidal properties, a natural form of pest control. Calendula flowers w...
KW: organic pest control, garden flowers, gardening

© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 20010914D7277.jpg
Species: Calotropis gigantea (L.) (L.) W.T. Aiton 1811
Common: Crown Flower, giant swallow-wort, Madar (India), pua-kalaunu (Hawai‘i), tahinu (French Polynesia), c...
Syn.: Asclepias gigantea L., Periploca cochinchinensis Lour., Streptocaulon cochinchinense (Lour.) G. Don
Range: Sri Lanka, India, China and Malesia (Forster et al., 1996).
Tax.: ASCLEPIADACEAE > Gentianales > Asteridae
Note: F. Calotropis is used as a traditional Ayurvedic medicinal plant (Rastogi and Mehrotra 1991; Oudhia...
KW: tropical plants, Flowers of Maui, medicinal or ethnobotanical uses

© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2002_05_27_JD_1372.TIF
Species: Camassia quamash (Pursh) Greene
Common: Small camas lily, Blue camas lily, Common Camus lily
Syn.: LOW RESOLUTION SAMPLE IMAGE
Range: W. USA: meadows
Tax.: LILIACEAE > Liliales > Liliidae > Monocotyledoneae (=Liliopsida) > Angiospermae > Sp...
Note: F. A celebrated flower in frontier literature and native American culture. This plant was a major f...
KW: California wildflowers, native plants, Sierra Nevada


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