Ten plant species with the largest number of medicinal uses.

Medicinal Plants in Petroglyph National Monument: Over 20 plant species found within or near the boundaries of the Monument are known to have been used medicinally: Medicinal Uses of Snakeweed Snakeweed was used by numerous Native American tribes for a variety of reasons. Perennial broomweed or broom snakeweed is a short-lived, perennial half-shrub ranging from 6 inches to about 2 feet tall.

Plant, count Artemisia ludoviciana (White sage), 242 Achillea millefolium (Yarrow), 257 Acorus calamus (Calamus), 259 Rumex crispus (Curly dock), 150 Artemisia tridentata (Sagebrush), 250 Mentha arvensis (Wild mint), 234 Sambucus nigra (Black elderberry), 303 Cornus sericea (Red osier dogwood), 200

The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Insects. The leaves are narrow and threadlike. In bygone times, dry snakeweed tied to sticks also served well as brooms. View photos of the medicinal plant Gutierrezia microcephala (Threadleaf snakeweed), profiled in Medicinal Plants of the American Southwest. Many unbranched, erect stems originate from a woody base and die back when the plant goes dormant. Other Common Names: Common bistort, snakeweed, poor man's cabbage, snakeroot, oderwort, meadow bistort, adderwort, osterick, pink pokers, English serpentary, dragonwort, Easter mangiants, easter-ledges, Easter giants, easterman giants, pudding grass, passion dock, sweet dock, patience dock. Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and prefers well-drained soil. As a wild plant, it is quite common in many parts of the world including India and the West Indies. From their Pueblo neighbors in New Mexico the Hispanic people have also learned the names of local plants. The plant has serrated leaves, white flowers, and grows up to 0.7 m in height.1, 2, 3. Scoparia has been used as a remedy for treating diabetes mellitus in India and hypertension in Taiwan. It is hardy to zone (UK) 8. In the winter, snakeweed dies back, leaving brittle stems that make great kindling; hence, its other common names of "matchweed" and "matchbrush." It is in flower from August to October. Juniper, one-seed Heinrich M, Chan J, Wanke S, Neinhuis C, Simmonds MS. Local uses of Aristolochia species and content of nephrotoxic aristolochic acid 1 and 2--a global assessment based on bibliographic sources.

Botanical Name: Bistorta officinalis, Polygonum bistorta. History. Stachytarpheta cayennensis is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family known by many English language common names, including blue snakeweed, Cayenne snakeweed, dark-blue snakeweed, bluetop, nettle-leaf porterweed, rattail, rough-leaf false vervain, blue rat's tail, Brazilian tea, Cayenne vervain, false verbena, joee, nettleleaf velvetberry, and Cayenne porterweed. The Blackfoot used the roots of broom snakeweed in boiling water and would inhale the herbal steam as a treatment for respiratory ailments. The Comanche had two uses for this plant. S. dulcis is a perennial medicinal herb distributed throughout tropical and subtropical regions. From Mexico have come names and uses borrowed from the Aztecs. J Ethnopharmacol . 2009;125(1):108-144.19505558 Gutierrezia sarothrae is a deciduous Shrub growing to 1 m (3ft 3in). In some areas, the plant was used by Native Americans to polish wooden tools, as it has an abrasive quality. This herb has so many health benefits that in Dominica decoctions of it is drunk as a cure-all. Table 3. Its scientific name is Stachytarpheta jamaicensis.However, the variety found in India is usually regarded as S.indica.Both look almost identical and biologists are not sure whether they are the same species or not.

medicinal uses Porterweed is used in traditional medicine of many distant, mostly tropical countries from Brasil through Ghana, Nigeria, India, Indonesia, the Philippines to Japan and Hawaii. Horsetail, snakeweed Cola de caballo: Scientific classification Family: Equisetacea Genus: Equisetum L. Horsetail or cola de caballo is a plant that is used for a medicinal tea used to treat bladder and kidney infections. Blue Porterweed is a small shrub with tiny purple flowers.

The small yellow flowers are clustered at the branch tips from June to October.