Herbs in the botanical sense: plants with soft, non-woody stems that die back each year or hold on through mild winters. This section brings together our profiles of culinary herbs, medicinal species, and wild herbs of field and forest, from household names like cilantro and licorice to obscure species we have raised from field-collected seed. Every entry is written from work with the living plant: where it grows naturally, how its seed germinates, and what it needs in cultivation to thrive. If you want to understand an herb before you sow it, start with its profile here.
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Melilotus suaveolens Seeds | Sweet Clover
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Decaisnea insignis Seeds | Blue Sausage Fruit
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Dioscorea nipponica Seeds | Nippon Yam
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Ficus carica Seeds | Common Fig
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Callerya gentiliana Seeds | Gentil’s Callerya
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Corydalis saxicola Seeds | Rock Corydalis
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Coreopsis basalis Seeds | Golden Tickseed
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Cucumis metuliferus Seeds | Kiwano
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Astragalus adsurgens Seeds | Standing Milkvetch
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Asarum sieboldii Seeds | Xi Xin
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Allium giganteum Seeds | Giant Allium
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Lythrum salicaria Seeds | Purple Loosestrife
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Haloxylon persicum Seeds | Persian Saxaul
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Haloxylon ammodendron Seeds | Saxaul
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Indigofera amblyantha Seeds | Pink Indigo
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Bidens tripartita Seeds | Trifid Bur-marigold
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Artemisia capillaris Seeds | Yin Chen
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Cichorium endivia Seeds | Endive
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Solanum nigrum Seeds | Black Nightshade
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Sonchus asper Seeds | Spiny Sow Thistle
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Sonchus oleraceus Seeds | Smooth Sow-thistle
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Asparagus densiflorus Seeds | Foxtail Fern
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Amaranthus spinosus Seeds | Spiny Amaranth
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Amaranthus blitum Seeds | Purple Amaranth



