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Skunk Cabbage! Native to Eastern North America, one if the earliest plants of spring is skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus.  Known for its fetid odor and...

And she blooms and begins to drop petals in a single breath...Bloodroot greets us in early spring are the white and yellow...

By Beth Schreibman Gehring Held in the gentle embrace of autumn, as the sun’s warm caress yields to the cool, crisp air, our natural world...

Zizyphus always sounds like an adorable, oversized, fuzzy monster to me 😜 but it's a delicous, medicine fruit commonly consumed here in...

The Herb Society Announces a New Online Society Store

Do you like goji berries? Goji berries and the juice made from them have become popular the U.S., but they are actually...

By Maryann Readal Everyone is familiar with this famous quote from the ancient Arabic folktale, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, where Ali Baba uses...

A recent Frontiers in Pharmacology journal study utilizes bioinformatics, molecular docking, and...

Guo Lao, “venerable national treasure” is the nickname given to licorice (Glycerrhiza uralensis or G. glabra) because of its popularity and its ability to...

By Norma Weinberg All life forms need resources, and the three most important resources needed by monarchs in their annual cycle are: nectar from flowers...