Aniseed or anise (Pimpinella anisum) is an annual herb of the family Umbelliferae, native to the eastern Mediterranean region, with an erect, branched, ribbed stem, which bears long-stalked, lobed, cordate and coarsely toothed lower leaves and finely divided, feathery, ternate or pinnate upper leaves. The flowers are small, white in colour and arranged in compound umbels. The fruit is a ribbed, roundish double achene. Aniseed was first cultivated and used as a spice by the ancient Egyptians and later by the Greeks and Romans. Research Aniseed
Bloodroot or Tormentil (Potentilla erecta) is a perennialherb of the family Rosaceae native to Britain, Europe and western Asia. It has a stout rhizome and ascending or almost erect, on-rooting branched stems. The basal leaves are stalked, coarsely-toothed, termate and arranged in a rosette. The stem leaves are sessile, ternate and have a pair of palmately lobed leafy stipules. The flowers are yellow, long-stalked and arranged in loose terminal cymes, having only four petals and sepals. The astringentroot is used in medicine as an analgesic, for tanning, and in dyeing. Research Bloodroot
Masterwort (Peucedanum ostruthium) is a perennialherb of the family Umbelliferae with a stout, knotted rhizome, a rosette of basal leaves, and a tall, furrowed, hollow stem terminated by large compound umbels of whitish or pinkish coloured flowers. The leaves are ternate or biternate, the segments broadly ovate and serrate. The fruit is a broadly winged ribbed achene. Research Masterwort
Peony (Paeonia officinalis) is a poisonous perennialherb of the family Paeoniceae with tuberous fleshy roots and a stout, erect, branched, glabrous stem. The leaves are ternate or biternate and have ovate to lanceolate segments, dark-green above and a lighter colour below. The flowers are terminal, showy, and red or white in colour with eight petals and five petal- like sepals. The fruit is a capsule with shiny black seeds. Research Peony
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