Are Blandfordia and Comfrey both herbs?
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Blandfordia Blandfordia is a genus of flowering plants, placed in the family Blandfordiaceae of the order Asparagales of the monocots. The genus is native to eastern Australia. Plants in this genus are commonly referred to as Christmas bells due to the shape of their flowers and the timing of their flowering season in Australia. "Blandfordia" was named by English botanist James Edward Smith in 1804 in honour of George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough, the Marquis of Blandford.
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Comfrey Comfrey (also comphrey) is a common name for plants in the genus "Symphytum". Comfrey species are important herbs in organic gardening. It is used as a fertilizer and as an herbal medicine. The most commonly used species is Russian comfrey "Symphytum" × "uplandicum", which is a cross or hybrid of "Symphytum officinale" (common comfrey) and "Symphytum asperum" (rough comfrey).
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Symphytum Symphytum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae. Its species are known by the common name comfrey. There are up to 35 known species. Some species and hybrids, particularly "S. officinale" and "S." × "uplandicum", are used in gardening and herbal medicine.
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Sigesbeckia orientalis Sigesbeckia orientalis, known as eastern St Paul's-wort and common St. Paul's wort, is a species of plant from Asteraceae used in traditional medicine to treat syphilis, leprosy and other skin-related illnesses.
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Blandford, New South Wales This article is about the village and Railway Station in Australia. If you mean the Railway station in Blandford Forum, Dorset, see Blandford Forum railway station
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Houttuynia Houttuynia is a genus of two species in the Saururaceae native to Southeast Asia. One species, "H. cordata", is widely cultivated as a culinary herb. The genus was originally described in 1783 by Carl Peter Thunberg when he formally described "H. cordata" as the only species. It remained a monotypic genus until 2001 when Zheng Yin Zhu and Shi Liang Zhang discovered and described a second species native to China, "H. emeiensis".
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Ulmus × hollandica 'Blandford' The elm cultivar Ulmus × hollandica 'Blandford' was listed by the Urban Forestry Administration (UFA) of the District Department of Transportation in Washington, D.C., as one of its 'street trees' in 2008. However, the UFA has no further documentation to support it, and thus the entry may be spurious.
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Dichorisandra thyrsiflora Dichorisandra thyrsiflora or blue ginger is a tropical plant which resembles ginger in growth and habit, but is actually related to the spiderworts (the genus "Tradescantia"). The plant is native to the tropical woodlands of North, Central and South America, specially in Atlantic Forest vegetation in Brazil. Of the family Commelinaceae, they are cultivated for their handsome spotted stems, large shiny foliage which is held horizontally, surmounted by striking blue flowers.
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Burchardia Burchardia is a genus of herbs that are endemic to Australia. The genus is named for Johann Heinrich Burkhardt, a German botanist.
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Cardiospermum Cardiospermum is a genus of approximately 14 species in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae, which are native to the American, Indian, and African tropics. The genus name is derived from the Greek words καρδία, meaning "heart," and σπέρμα, meaning "seed." Common names of the members of this genus include Balloon Vine, Love in a Puff, Heartseed, and Heartseed Vine. These plants are classified as invasive species in parts of the Southern United States and South Africa.
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Vernonia Vernonia is a genus of about 1000 species of forbs and shrubs in the family Asteraceae. Some species are known as ironweed. Some species are edible and of economic value. They are known for having intense purple flowers. The genus is named for the English botanist William Vernon. There are numerous distinct subgenera and subsections in this genus. This has led some botanists to divide this large genus into several distinct genera. For instance, the "Flora of North America" only recognizes about 20 species in "Vernonia" sensu stricto, 17 of which are in North America north of Mexico, with the others being found in South America.
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Argyroxiphium Argyroxiphium is a small genus of plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae. Its members are known by the common names of silversword or greensword due to their long, narrow leaves and the silvery hairs on some species. It belongs to a larger radiation of over 50 species, including the physically different genera "Dubautia" and "Wilkesia". This grouping is often referred to as the silversword alliance.
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Solms-laubachia Solms-laubachia is a high-altitude genus of perennial herbs in the family Brassicaceae. It is named for the German botanist Hermann zu Solms-Laubach.
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Rochefortia Rochefortia is a genus of flowering plants in family Boraginaceae.
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Yucca glauca Yucca glauca (syn. "Yucca angustifolia") is a species of perennial evergreen plant, adapted to xeric (dry)growth conditions. It is also known as small soapweed, soapweed yucca, Spanish bayonet, Great Plains yucca and beargrass.
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Pearsonia Pearsonia is an African plant genus of some 12 species belonging to the family Fabaceae and occurring south of the equator with 1 species found on Madagascar. The species are usually herbs or shrublets with woody rootstocks. Leaves are usually sessile and 3-foliolate. The inflorescence is a congested or lax terminal raceme. The name of this genus commemorates the South African botanist Henry Harold Welch Pearson.
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Callitriche Callitriche is a genus of largely aquatic plants known as water-starwort. Previously, it was the only genus in the family Callitrichaceae. However, according to the APG II system this family is now included in the Plantaginaceae (plantain family). The family name Callitrichaceae retains its status as "nomen conservandum" (name to be retained).
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Burkea africana The Wild syringa ("Burkea africana"; Bambara: "Siri" ) is a deciduous, medium-sized, spreading, flat-topped tree belonging to the family Caesalpiniaceae. The genus was named in honour of Joseph Burke, the botanist and collector.
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Hilda Leyel Hilda Leyel ("née" Wauton) (6 December 1880 - 15 April 1957), who wrote under the name Mrs. C. F. Leyel, was an expert on herbalism and founded the "Society of Herbalists" (later the "Herb Society") in England in 1927, as well as a chain of herbalist stores called the "Culpeper Shops".
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Eutelia blandiatrix Eutelia blandiatrix is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found across southern, subtropical Africa, from São Tomé and Principe in the West to the islands of the Indian Ocean in the East. Its presence has also been stated in the United Arab Emirates.
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Chinese herb tea Chinese herb(al) tea or medicinal herbal tea ("Leung Cha" in Cantonese) is a kind of infusion made from purely Chinese medicinal herbs in Guangdong, China. It usually tastes bitter or lightly sweet and its colour is typically black or dark brown, depending on what kinds of herbs are used. Although it is referred to as "tea", it seldom contains any part of the tea plant ("Camellia sinensis") and is thus a herbal tea.
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Dalechampia Dalechampia is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae and of the monogeneric subtribe Dalechampiinae. It is widespread across lowland tropical areas (generally below 2,000 m ASL) primarily in the Americas with smaller numbers of species in Africa, Madagascar, and southern Asia. Additional new species are still being described and several are very rare and at risk of extinction.