Tag: Skin Soothing

Iceberg rose is best known as a graceful garden rose, but its petals also fit into a broader tradition of culinary and gentle medicinal...

The hummingbird plant (Dicliptera suberecta) is a striking perennial herb admired for its vivid orange tubular flowers that attract hummingbirds and pollinators. Native to...

Houseleek, Sempervivum tectorum, is a hardy succulent best known for growing on stone walls, dry roofs, and sunny garden edges, but its story is...

Honeysuckle, in this case Lonicera caprifolium, is the fragrant European climbing species often called Italian honeysuckle or perfoliate honeysuckle. Many people know it as...

Henbit, botanically known as Lamium amplexicaule, is a small spring herb in the mint family that many people notice first as a lawn weed...

Helichrysum (Helichrysum italicum), often called immortelle or curry plant, is a fragrant Mediterranean herb prized for its yellow flowers, resinous aroma, and long traditional...

Hedgehog cactus, Echinocereus engelmannii, is a striking desert cactus best known for its vivid magenta flowers and small red fruits that have long been...

Hedge violet, botanically known as Viola reichenbachiana, is a small woodland violet best known as an early spring flower rather than a mainstream medicinal...

Despite the title, Stachys byzantina is not the same plant most readers picture when they hear “nettle.” It is better known as lamb’s ear...

Heartsease, botanically known as Viola tricolor, is a small flowering herb recognized for its delicate purple, yellow, and white blossoms. Though often admired as...

Haworthia, especially Haworthia limifolia, is best known as a ridged ornamental succulent, yet in parts of southern Africa it also has a history as...

Hamamelis, better known as American witch hazel, is one of those herbs that sits at the boundary between traditional herbal medicine and modern skin...

Hairy galingale, botanically known as Cyperus pilosus, is a grass-like sedge rather than a culinary spice. It belongs to the Cyperaceae family, a group...

Gale, better known as sweet gale or bog myrtle, is an aromatic shrub that grows in cool, wet landscapes across northern Europe, parts of...

Fuzzy Weed, here referring to Salvia leucophylla, is a soft-leaved, strongly aromatic California sage more commonly known as purple sage or San Luis purple...

Furze, more widely known as gorse, is a bright yellow, strongly spined shrub with a surprisingly complex place in traditional plant use. It has...

Frostweed, Helianthemum canadense, is a small North American wildflower with a much larger herbal story than its size suggests. Also known as Canada frostweed,...

Frogfruit, botanically known as Phyla nodiflora, is a creeping herb that grows close to the ground in warm, moist places and has a long...

Fringed spiderflower, botanically known as Cleome rutidosperma, is a small flowering herb that grows widely in tropical and subtropical regions and is often treated...

French Rose, botanically known as Rosa gallica, is one of the oldest cultivated roses in Europe and a classic medicinal flower in traditional Western...

French marigold, Tagetes patula, is one of those plants people often recognize before they truly know. It is familiar in borders and containers for...

Freedom Flower, Leonotis leonurus, is a striking member of the mint family best known for its bright orange whorled flowers and its long history...

Four O' Clock, better known to botanists as Mirabilis jalapa, is one of those plants that sits at an interesting crossroads: it is a...

Forget-me-not, especially Myosotis sylvatica, is best known as a soft blue woodland flower, but it also has a modest place in older folk herbal...