Liber Herbarum Minor (English)
The incomplete reference-guide to Herbal medicine

Rev.11-03-2021

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Plant Names

English

Latin
(Land) calthropTribulus terrestris
A lady's-mantleAlchemilla xanthochlora
AbelePopulus alba
Abscess rootPolemonium reptans
Alpine lady's mantleAlchemilla alpina
American pokeweedPhytolacca americana
American spikenardAralia racemosa
American wahooEuonymus atropurpureus
AristolochiaAristolochia debilis
Arrow leaf pondweedPontederia hastata
AsafoetidaFerula assa-foetida
Asian jack-in-the-pulpitArisaema thunbergii
Beggar sticksBidens pilosa
Bei chai huBupleurum chinense
Bitter sweetSolanum dulcamara
Black alderAlnus glutinosa
Black cohoshActaea racemosa
Black poplarPopulus nigra
Black walnutJuglans nigra
Blue flagIris versicolor
Bristly sarsaparillaAralia hispida
Broad-leaved dockRumex obtusifolius
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
California nettleUrtica gracilis
Canada frostweedCrocanthemum canadense
Canada horsebalmCollinsonia canadensis
CanscoraCanscora alata
Ceylon ironwoodMesua ferrea
China rootSmilax china
Chinese licoriceGlycyrrhiza echinata
Chinese motherwortLeonurus japonicus
Chinese peonyPaeonia lactiflora
Chinese red sageSalvia miltiorrhiza
Chinese wedeliaSphagneticola calendulacea
CleaversGalium aparine
Common boxBuxus sempervirens
Common duckweedLemna minor
Common madderRubia cordifolia
Common polypodyPolypodium vulgare
Common smilaxSmilax aspera
Common sneezeweedHelenium autumnale
Common soapwortSaponaria officinalis
Common walnutJuglans regia
Cotton treeBombax ceiba
Creeping mahoniaBerberis repens
Cup plantSilphium perfoliatum
Curled dockRumex crispus
Curly plumeless thistleCarduus crispus
Devil's walking stickAralia spinosa
DockRumex
Dooryard dockRumex longifolius
Dutchman's breechesDicentra cucullaria
Eastern purple coneflowerEchinacea purpurea
ElecampaneInula helenium
EsfandPeganum harmala
False black pepperEmbelia ribes
False indigoBaptisia tinctoria
Female ginsengAngelica sinensis
FigwortScrophularia nodosa
Fischer monkshoodAconitum fischeri
Giant dodderCuscuta reflexa
Govan's corydalisCorydalis govaniana
Greater burdockArctium lappa
Greater celandineChelidonium majus
Hairy lady's mantleAlchemilla monticola
Heath speedwellVeronica officinalis
Hemp agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum
Horse chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
India madderRubia manjith
Indian barberryBerberis aristata
Ivy-leaved speedwellVeronica hederifolia
JadwarDelphinium denudatum
Japanese inulaInula japonica
Japanese irisIris ensata
Jiao gu lanGynostemma pentaphyllum
Kusnezoff monkshoodAconitum kusnezoffii
Lady's mantleAlchemilla
Late figwortScrophularia marilandica
Lesser burdockArctium minus
Licorice fernPolypodium glycyrrhiza
LiquoriceGlycyrrhiza glabra
Long pepperPiper longum
Long-bract wild indigoBaptisia bracteata
Manchu tuber gourdThladiantha dubia
Meadow sweetFilipendula ulmaria
Mexican poppyArgemone mexicana
MonkshoodAconitum ferox
Mountain hawthornCrataegus pinnatifida
Narrow-leaved purple coneflowerEchinacea angustifolia
Native pennyroyalMentha satureioides
NecatrinePrunus persica
Northern wolfsbaneAconitum lycoctonum
OldenlandiaScleromitrion diffusum
OnosmaOnosma echioides
Oregon grapeBerberis aquifolium
Pale purple coneflowerEchinacea pallida
Pasque flowerPulsatilla vulgaris
Pig's headCarpesium abrotanoides
Portia treeThespesia populnea
Pot marigoldCalendula officinalis
Quaking aspenPopulus tremuloides
Red cloverTrifolium pratense
SafflowerCarthamus tinctorius
SanicleSanicula europaea
SassafrasSassafras albidum
SatavarAsparagus racemosus
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
ShallotAllium ascalonicum
Shield sundewDrosera peltata
Siberian firAbies sibirica
Sickle-leaved hare's-earBupleurum falcatum
Smooth sumacRhus glabra
SoapweedGypsophila struthium
Southern blue monkshoodAconitum uncinatum
Spanish sageSalvia officinalis subsp. lavandulifolia
Speckled alderAlnus incana subsp. rugosa
SpindleEuonymus europaeus
Squirrel cornDicentra canadensis
Stinging nettleUrtica gracilis subsp. holosericea
Sweet sarsaparillaSmilax glyciphylla
TamarackLarix laricina
Tea treeMelaleuca alternifolia
Three-leaved caperCrateva magna
Tuberous water lilyNymphaea odorata subsp. tuberosa
Umbellate wintergreenChimaphila umbellata
Virginia creeperParthenocissus quinquefolia
Virginia mountain mintPycnanthemum virginianum
Wall speedwellVeronica arvensis
WalnutJuglans regia kamaonia
Water speedwellVeronica anagallis-aquatica
Western dockRumex aquaticus
White cedarThuja occidentalis
White fringetreeChionanthus virginicus
Wild sarsaparillaAralia nudicaulis
Wood sageTeucrium scorodonia
Yellow colchicumColchicum luteum
Yunnan goldthreadCoptis teeta

Source: LiberHerbarum/Sn1448
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