Scientific

Name

Common
Name

Uses

Location

Claytonia
Virginica

Fairy Spud

-all parts of plant

can be eaten raw
or cooked (taste
like radishes)

Mesic Forests

Stellaria Pubera

Star Chickweed

-expel worms in
children and
young adults

Rich Woods and

Shaded Bluffs

Dentaria
Diphylla

Toothwort

-gargle for sore

and irritated
throats
-roots can be
added to salads

Rich Wooded
Slopes

Erythronium
Americanum

Trout Lily

Rich Woods

Viola Sororia

Blue Violet

Trillium Erectum

Bethroot

-roots can be
made into teas to
break fever
-crushed leaves
can heal wounds
and burns
-crushed roots
can be used as a
soak for corn to
repel insects
-roots and leaves
can be used to
make tea that
soothes coughs
-leaves and roots
can be made into
teas to reduce
congestion and
inflammation
-poultice of fresh
leaves can relieve
itchiness of bug
bites

Woodlands and
Thickets

Rich Woods

Eupatorium
Purpureum

Joe Pye Weed

-treats fevers and

kidney stones

Wet Meadows

Sassafras Albidum

Sassafras

Thick Woodlands

Tiarella Cordifolia

Foam Flower

Hydrastis
Canadensis

Golden Seal

-use rootbark, bark,

and leaves to treat
chronic skin
conditions like
eczema and
psoriasis, to relieve
poison ivy rash, and
to reduce fevers
and congestions
caused by flus and
colds
-leaf poultice treats
burns and skin
aliments
-dried leaves can be
made into tea to
treat mouth and
eye aliments
-used as an
antiseptic
-can stimulate
immune system

Nepeta Cataria

Catnip

Multiple Places

Passiflora

Passion Flower

-treats digestive
pains, feverish
colds, nervous
headaches, hysteria
and insanity, small
pox and scarlet
fever
-fruit contains an
edible pulp
-leaves and flowers
relieve many stress
symptoms such as;
insomnia, muscle
tightness, and
tension head aches

Rich Woods

Rich Woodlands

Sparsely Wooded
Areas