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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Ephedra sinica Seeds | Ma Huang
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Elettaria cardamomum Seeds | Cardamom
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Oroxylum indicum Seeds | Midnight Horror Tree
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Peganum harmala Seeds | Harmal Syrian Rue
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Momordica cochinchinensis Seeds | Gac
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Rehmannia glutinosa Seeds | Chinese Foxglove
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Stachys affinis Seeds | Chinese Artichoke Chorogi Knotroot Artichoke
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Crocus sativus Seeds | Saffron Crocus
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Forsythia suspensa Seeds | Weeping Forsythia
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Sterculia lychnophora Seeds | Boat-fruited Sterculia
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Sapindus mukorossi Seeds | Soap Nut Soapberry
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Eucommia ulmoides Seeds | Hardy Rubber Tree
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Saposhnikovia divaricata Seeds | Saposhnikovia
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Anemarrhena asphodeloides Seeds | Zhi Mu
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Indigofera australis Seeds | Native Indigo Pseudotinctoria
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Lycium chinense Seeds | Chinese Wolfberry
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Platycladus orientalis Seeds | Oriental Arborvitae
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Boehmeria nivea Seeds | Chinese Herb Ramie
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Schisandra chinensis Seeds | Herb Chinese Magnolia Vine
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Vaccaria hispanica Seeds | Cowherb
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Silybum marianum Seeds | Milk Thistle
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Coptis chinensis Seeds | Chinese Goldthread
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Rheum palmatum Seeds | Chinese Rhubarb Herb Officinale Da-huang
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Ziziphus jujuba var. spinosa Seeds | Wild Jujube



