Herb plants are found in every natural area and on any continent. They are extremely common and familiar to almost everyone. What are their most famous species and what are the features of such representatives of the flora?
Common Oxalis
This is a perennial, the height of which does not exceed ten centimeters. Like other types of herbaceous plants, the sour rhizome is distinguished by the creeping rhizome. The leaves have long petioles and heart-shaped leaves that fold along. Flowers are solitary, with a white whisk, occasionally purple or lilac. Fruits look like light brown boxes. Oxalis blooms in May or June. The fruits ripen by August. Vegetable propagation is distinguished by acidification , in which the rhizome grows, and seeds from the bolls also spread. Many other herbaceous plants, examples of which will be given below, also use these methods. Oxalis is found in moist coniferous forests; its thickets tend to form a continuous cover. It can be eaten: the leaves are rich in oxalic acid and vitamin C, suitable for making soup, seasonings, salad, tea.
Stinging nettle
When compiling a list that includes perennial herbaceous plants (examples of them are known to everyone), you should definitely mention this. Nettle is a perennial reaching a height of one and a half meters. The plant has a long horizontal rhizome. The flowering and fruiting period lasts all summer. Seeds are used for propagation: one plant can produce them in an amount of up to twenty-two thousand. Nettles can often be seen on roads and fences, in wastelands, most often it creates dense thickets. The plant can be used for food and for medicinal purposes. From young shoots you can cook green cabbage soup, and as a prophylactic, nettle is used when there is a lack of vitamins in the body. In addition, preparations based on it are used to heal wounds and stop blood, to stimulate the gallbladder. Folk recipes use nettles for hair care. The plant is suitable for feed pigs, birds, cows. It is possible to make fiber from the stems, which is suitable for creating fabric or ropes, and leaves with rhizomes were previously used as a natural dye.
Celandine is big
Perennial plant reaches a height of almost a meter. The celandine has straight and branched stems with leaves, the upper side of which is green and the lower side is bluish. Herb plants, examples of which were given above, bloom quite inconspicuously. Celandine is a completely different matter. He has bright yellow flowers, arranged in umbrellas. Fruits are pod-shaped boxes with many seeds. Any part of the plant contains orange juice. Celandine blooms from May to August, and the fruits appear in July. You can meet the plant near roads and dwellings, in ditches, abandoned parks and in gardens. It is used in veterinary medicine and medicine, as well as an insecticide: with celandine powder, you can protect cultural plantings from garden beetles. Juice is used to remove skin growths, and grass is used to color the coat in yellow and red tones. If all herbaceous plants, examples of which were given above, can be eaten, then celandine is poisonous. It is not suitable for feed purposes.
River Gravilate
Herb plants, photos and names of which are not so famous, are also worthy of mention. For example, river gravilate, reaching seventy centimeters in height and characterized by strong roots and a thick dark red stalk. The plant has several bell-shaped flowers with pinkish petals covered with brown veins. Fruits are distributed by people and animals, they have special trailers. Gravilate blooms in June. The fruits ripen in July. You can see the gravilate along the edges of swamps or ponds, as well as in meadows and bushes. Its roots are used in folk medicine and for the manufacture of paint. This genus of herbaceous plants is harmless and suitable for making fresh lettuce or seasonal green soup.
Swamp sow thistle
Enumerating herbaceous plants, photos of which everyone easily recognizes, it is worth mentioning this species. Sow thistle is a perennial that can grow up to two and a half meters in height. The plant contains milky juice. Sow thistle is distinguished by a small powerful rhizome and arrow-shaped leaves. Its inflorescences resemble baskets located at the very top of the stem. They are distinguished by a yellow color. Fruits that ripen by August look like tetrahedral achenes. You can meet swamp thistles on the shore of a reservoir, in full accordance with the name - in a swamp, in a thicket of bushes on moist soil, as well as in river floodplains: in such areas, plants can be seen in the grass, by the road or in a ditch.