- Britton & Brown Illustrated Flora
- 2nd Edition (1913)
- An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United
States and Canada
- Medicinal Plant excerpts
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- Nathaniel
Lord Britton (1857-1934) was the first director-in-chief
of The New York Botanical Garden and a giant of a taxonomist.
From 1896 to 1898 he published the three-volume landmark floristic
study An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and
Canada (Brown financed it), and revised it again in 1913.
There are about 4,600 monographs, each illustrated, with a terse
taxonomic description and approximate distribution...little capsuled
data kernels that I have scanned and updated botanically. It
was revised in 1956 by Gleason, but that version is still copyrighted,
so here I am with these three monster books from 1913. Dover
has also published these titles, which are still readily available...haven't
seen them, just have my three big maroon volumes.
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- I have extracted all the plants that have substantial therapeutic
use, either pharmaceutical or herbal, by the eclectic or physio-medicalist
or homeopathic medical sects of the time, or that have widespread
former or current Native American use. I have cut some corners...there
are 39 Salix monographs, all willows are useful, so I have included
the four most widely used species. Some herbs may seem obscure,
but I know them to be of value. Some plants are at risk or endangered...were
then, are now. I just figure knowledge is power, and as much
of this site is heavily tilted towards the North American West,
this is some broadening of scope.
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- All files are gifs, and approximately 1000 X 650 pixels and
30 to 40 K in size.
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- VOLUME III - Gentianaceae to Compositae
- Achillea_millefolium.gif
- Yarrow
Achillea_ptarmica.gif - Sneezewort
Yarrow
Adenocaulon_bicolor.gif
- Trail Plant
Adoxa_moschatellina.gif
- Musk Root
Agastache_foeniculum.gif
- Fragrant Giant Hyssop
Agastache_nepetoides.gif
- Catnip Giant Hyssop
Agastache_scrophulariifolia.gif
- Figwort Giant Hyssop
Ageratina_aromatica.gif
- Aromatic White Snakeroot
Ajuga_reptans.gif - Bugle
Ambrosia_artemisiifolia.gif
- Wormwood-leaved Ragweed
Ambrosia_psilostachya.gif
- Western Ragweed
Ambrosia_trifida.gif - Great
Ragweed
Anaphalis_margaritacea.gif
- Pearly Everlasting
Antennaria_howellii-canadensis.gif
- Northern Cat'sfoot
Antennaria_plantaginifolia.gif
- Plantain-leaved Cat'sfoot
Anthemis_cotula.gif - Mayweed
Anthemis_nobilis.gif - Roman
Chamomile
Apocynum_androsaemifolium.gif
- Spreading Dogbane
Apocynum_cannabinum.gif
- Indian Hemp
Apocynum_X_floribundum.gif
- Intermediate Dogbane
Arctium_lappa.gif - Great Burdock
Arctium_minus.gif - Lesser Burdock
Arctium_tomentosum.gif -
Woolly Burdock
Arnica_cordifolia.gif - Heartleaf
Arnica
Arnica_mollis.gif - Hairy Arnica
Artemisia_abrotanum.gif
- Southernwood
Artemisia_absinthium.gif
- Wormwood
Artemisia_annua.gif - Sweet
Annie
Artemisia_biennis.gif - Biennial
Wormwood
Artemisia_bigelovii.gif
- Bigelow's Sagebrush
Artemisia_borealis.gif -
Northern Wormwood
Artemisia_cana.gif - Silver
Sagebrush
Artemisia_dracunculus.gif
- Russian Tarragon
Artemisia_filifolia.gif
- Sand Sagebrush
Artemisia_frigida.gif - Silver
Sage
Artemisia_ludoviciana.gif
- Estafiate
Artemisia_tridentata.gif
- Great Basin Sagebrush
Artemisia_vulgaris.gif -
Mugwort
Asclepias_asperula.gif -
Inmortál, Spider Milkweed
Asclepias_brachystephana.gif
- Lesser Inmortál
Asclepias_incarnata.gif
- Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias_latifolia.gif
- Round-leaved Milkweed
Asclepias_speciosa.gif -
Showy Milkweed
Asclepias_syriaca.gif - Common
Milkweed
Asclepias_tuberosa.gif -
Pleurisy Root, Butterfly Milkweed
Asclepias_viridis.gif - Green
Milkweed
Aster_foliaceus.gif - Leafy-bracted
Aster
Aster_macrophyllus.gif -
Large-leaved Aster
Aster_novae-angliae.gif
- New england Aster
Aster_oblongifolius.gif
- Aromatic Aster
Aster_prenanthoides.gif
- Crooked-stemmed Aster
Aster_puniceus.gif - Purple
Aster
Baccharis_halimifolia.gif
- Eastern Baccharis
Baccharis_salicina.gif -
Mule's Fat
Bacopa_monnieri.gif - Water
Hyssop, Brahmi
Ballota_nigra.gif - Black Horehound
Bidens_bipinnata.gif - Spanish
Needles
Bidens_cernua.gif - Bur Marigold
Bidens_frondosa.gif - Beggar-ticks
Bidens_laevis.gif - Large Bur
Marigold
Bignonia_capreolata.gif
- Crossvine
Blephilia_ciliata.gif - Hairy
Pagoda Plant
Borago_officinalis.gif -
Borage
Brickellia_eupatorioides.gif
- False Boneset
Brickellia_grandiflora.gif
- Thouroughwort, Hamula
Cacalia_atriplicifolia.gif
- Pale Indian Plantain
Callicarpa_americana.gif
- Purple Beautyberry
Campanula_americana.gif
- Tall Bellflower
Campanula_rotundifolia.gif
- Harebell
Campsis_radicans.gif - Trumpet
Creeper
Carphephorus_(Liatris)
odoratissimus.gif - Vanilla Leaf, Deer's Tongue
Castilleja_coccinea.gif
- Scarlet Indian Paintbrush
Castilleja_sessiliflora.gif
- Downy Indian Paintbrush
Catalpa_bignonioides.gif
- Catalpa, Cigar Tree
Centaurium_calycosum.gif
- Buckley's or Arizona Centaury
Centaurium_erythraea.gif
- European Centaury
Centaurium_exaltatum.gif
- Western Centaury
Centaurium_pulchellum.gif
- Branching Centaury
Cephalanthus_occidentalis.gif
- Buttonbush
Chelone_glabra.gif - Turtle-head,
Balmony
Chelone_lyoni.gif - Lyon's Tutlehead
Chelone_obliqua.gif - Red Tutlehead
Cichorium_intybus.gif - Chicory
Clinopodium_vulgare.gif
- Field Basil
Cnicus_benedictus.gif - Blessed
or Holy Thistle
Collinsonia_canadensis.gif
- Stoneroot, Horsebalm, Collinsonia
Conopholis_americana.gif
- Squaw Root
Convolvulus_arvensis.gif
- Field Bindweed
Conyza_canadensis.gif - Canadian
Fleabane
Conyza_ramosissima.gif -
Dwarf Fleabane
Crepis_runcinata.gif - Hawksbeard
Cryptantha_crassisepala.gif
- Thick-sepaled Catseye, Rosita
Cryptantha_fendleri.gif
- Sanddune Catseye
Cucurbita_foetidissima.gif
- Buffalo Goard, Calabazilla
Cunila_origanoides.gif -
Wild Basil
Cuscuta_gronovii.gif - Dodder
Cuscuta_pentagona.gif - Field
Dodder
Cynoglossum_officinale.gif
- Hound's Tongue
Datura_metel.gif - Jimson Weed,
Indian Datura
Datura_stramonium.gif - Jimson
Weed, Thornapple
Digitalis_purpurea.gif -
Foxglove
Dipsacus_fullonum.gif - Fuller's
Teasel
Dipsacus_sylvestris.gif
- Common Teasel
Dracocephalum_moldavica.gif
- Moldavian Dragonshead
Dracocephalum_parviflorum.gif
- -Littel Dreagonshead
Dyssodia_papposa.gif - Pagué,
Fetid Marigold
Echinacea_angustifolia.gif
- Purple Coneflower, Kansas Snakeroot
Echinacea_pallida.gif - Pale
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea_paradoxa.gif -
Bush's Purple Coneflower
Echinacea_purpurea.gif -
Common Purple Coneflower, Missouri Snakeroot
Echinocystis_lobata.gif
- Wild Balsam Apple
Echium_vulgare.gif - Viper's
Bugloss
Eclipta_prostrata.gif - False
Daisy, Bhringaraja
Epifagus_virginiana.gif
- Beechdrops
Erechtites_hieraciifolia.gif
- Fireweed
Erigeron_canus.gif - Hoary Erigerom
Erigeron_divergens.gif -
Spreading Fleabane
Erigeron_flagellaris.gif
- Trailing Fleabane
Erigeron_philadelphicus.gif
- Philadelphia Fleabane
Erigeron_pulchellus.gif
- Robin's Fleabane
Eupatorium_altissimum.gif
- Tall Thoroughwort
Eupatorium_maculatum.gif
- Spotted Joe Pye Weed
Eupatorium_perfoliatum.gif
- Boneset
Eupatorium_purpureum.gif
- Gravel Root
Euphrasia_nemorosa.gif -
Hairy Eyebright
Euphrasia_oakesii.gif - Oakes'
Eyebright
Euphrasia_randii.gif - Rand's
Eyebright
Eustoma_russellianum.gif
- Showy Prairie Gentian
Frasera_caroliniensis.gif
- America Columbo
Galeopsis_tetrahit.gif -
Hemp Dead Nettle
Galium_aparine.gif - Cleavers
Galium_boreale.gif - Northern
Bedstraw
Galium_circaezans.gif - Licorice
Bedstraw
Galium_trifidum.gif - Threepeatl
Bedstraw
Galium_triflorum.gif - Sweet
Bedstraw
Galium_verum.gif - Yellow Bedstraw
Gentiana_affinis.gif - Pleated
Gentian
Gentiana_alba.gif - Yellow Gentian
Gentiana_andrewsii.gif -
Blind Gentian
Gentiana_catesbaei.gif -
Elliott's gentian
Gentiana_porphyrio.gif -
One-flowered Gentian
Gentiana_saponaria.gif -
Soapwort Gentian
Gentianella_amarella.gif
- Northern Gentian
Gentianopsis_crinita.gif
- Fringed Gentian
Gentianopsis_procera.gif
- Small Fringed Gentian
Gilia_aggregata.gif - Scarlet
Gilia
Gilia_longiflora.gif - White
Gilia
Glandularia_bipinnatifida.gif
- Dakota Vervain
Glandularia_canadensis.gif
- Rose Vervain
Glecoma_hederacea.gif - Ground
Ivy
Gnaphalium_obtusifolium.gif
- White Balsam, Old Field Balsam
Gnaphalium_purpureum.gif
- Purple Cudweed
Gnaphalium_uliginosum.gif
- Marsh Cudweed
Gratiola_virginiana.gif
- Roundfruite Hedge Hyssop
Grindelia_squarrosa.gif
- Curlycup Gumweed
Gutierrezia_sarothrae.gif
- Escoba de la Vibora, Snake Broom
Halenia_deflexa.gif - Spurred
Gentian
Hedeoma_pulegioides.gif
- American Pennyroyal
Helianthus_annua.gif - Common
Sunflower
Helianthus_maximiliani.gif
- Maximilian's Sunflower
Helianthus_petiolaris.gif
- Prairie Sunflower
Helianthus_tuberosus.gif
- Jerusalem Artichoke
Heliotropium_curassavicum.gif
- Beach Heliotrope
Heterotheca_subaxillaris.gif
- Camphorweed
Hieracium_venosum.gif - Rattlesnakeweed
Hydrophyllum_virginianum.gif
- Virginia Waterleaf
Hyoscyamus_niger.gif - Henbane
Hyssopus_officinalis.gif
- Hyssop
Inula_helenium.gif - Elecampane
Ipomoea_leptophylla.gif
- Bush Morning Glory
Ipomoea_pandurata.gif - Wild
Potato Vine
Ipomoea_purpurea.gif - Morning
Glory
Lactuca_canadensis.gif -
Wild Lettuce
Lactuca_serriola.gif - Prickly
Lettuce
Lactuca_tatarica-pulchella.gif
- Ble Lettuce
Lamium_amplexicaule.gif
- Henbit
Lamium_maculatum.gif - Spotted
Dead Nettle
Lamium_purpureum.gif - Red
Dead Nettle
Lappula_texana.gif - Hairy Stickseed
Leonurus_cardiaca.gif - Motherwort
Leonurus_sibirica.gif - Chinese
Motherwort
Leucanthemum_vulgare.gif
- Oxe-Eye Daisy
Liatris_punctata.gif - Dotted
Button Snakeroot, Cachana
Liatris_scariosa.gif - Large
Button Snakeroot
Liatris_spicata.gif - Gay Feather
Liatris_squarrosa.gif - Blazing
Star, Colic Root
Linaria_vulgaris.gif - Toadflax
Linnaea_borealis.gif - Twinflower
Lithospermum_arvense.gif
- Corn Gromwell, Stoneseed
Lithospermum_officinale.gif
- European Gromwell, Stoneseed
Lobelia_cardinalis.gif -
Cardinal Flower
Lobelia_inflata.gif - Lobelia
Lobelia_kalmii.gif - Brook Lobelia
Lobelia_spicata.gif - Spiked
Lobelia
Lobelia_syphilitica.gif
- Great Lobelia, Highbelia
Lonicera_canadensis.gif
- Fly Honeysuckle
Lonicera_dioica.gif - Small
Woodbine
Lonicera_involucrata.gif
- Twin Berry
Lonicera_japonica.gif - Japanese
Honeysuckle
Lycopersicon_esculentum.gif
- Tomato
Lycopus_americanus.gif -
American Bugleweed
Lycopus_asper.gif - Rough Bugleweed
Lycopus_europaeus.gif - Water
Horehound
Lycopus_uniflorus.gif - Northern
Bugleweed
Lycopus_virginicus.gif -
Bugleweed
Malacothrix_sonchoides.gif
- Sowthistle Desert Dandelion
Marrubium_vulgare.gif - Horehound
Matricaria_discoidea.gif
- Pineapple Weed
Matricaria_recutita.gif
- German/Hungarian/English Chamomile, Manzanilla
Melampyrum_lineare.gif -
American Cow-wheat
Melissa_officinalis.gif
- Lemon Balm
Melothria_pendula.gif - Creeping
Cucumber
Mentha_aquatica.gif - Water
Mint, Bergamot Mint
Mentha_arvensis.gif - Brook
Mind, Poleo
Mentha_canadensis.gif - Northern
Brook Mint
Mentha_spicata.gif - Spearmint
Mentha_suaveolens.gif - Apple
Mint, Mastranso
Mentha_X_piperita.gif - Peppermint
Menyanthes_trifoliata.gif
- Buckbean, Bogbean
Mertensia_maritima.gif -
Oysterleaf
Mertensia_virginica.gif
- Virginia Bluebells
Mimulus_moschatus.gif - Musk
Flower
Mimulus_ringens.gif - Square-stem
Monkeyflower
Mitchella_repens.gif - Patridgeberry,
Sqauwvine
Monarda_bradburiana.gif
- Eastern Beebalm
Monarda_didyma.gif - Oswego
Tea
Monarda_fistulosa.gif - Wild
Bergamot, Wild Oregano
Monarda_pectinata.gif - Pony
Bebalm, Oregano del Campo
Monarda_punctata.gif - Spotted
Beebalm
Nepeta_cataria.gif - Catnip
Nicandra_physalodes.gif
- Apple of Peru
Nicotiana_rustica.gif - Wild
Tobacco
Onosmodium_occidentale.gif
- Western False Gromwell
Origanum_vulgare.gif - Marjoram
Orobanche_fasciculata.gif
- Clustered Broomrape
Orobanche_ludoviciana.gif
- Sand Broomrape
Orobanche_uniflora.gif -
Oneflowered Broomrape, Cancer Root
Parthenium_integrifolium.gif
- Prairie Dock
Pectis_angustifolia.gif
- Lemonscent, Lemoncillo
Pedicularis_canadensis.gif
- Wood Betony, Northern Lousewort
Pedicularis_groenlandica.gif
- Elephant Head
Pedicularis_lanceolata.gif
- Lousewort
Pedicularis_parviflora.gif
- Marsh Betony or Marsh Lousewort
Penstemon_acuminatus.gif
- Sharpleaved Beardtongue
Penstemon_grandiflorus.gif
- Large-flowered Beardtongue
Penstemon_hirsutus.gif -
Hairy Beardtongue
Perilla_frutescens.gif -
Perilla, Beefsteak Plant
Petasites_frigidus-palmatus.gif
- Palm-leaf Colstfoot
Phacelia_purshii.gif - Pursh's
Phacelia
Phlox_maculata.gif - Wild Sweet
William
Phlox_paniculata.gif - Garden
Phlox
Phlox_pilosa.gif - Prairie Phlox
Phyla_nodiflora.gif - Fogfruit
Physalis_heterophylla.gif
- Clammy Groundcherry
Physalis_lanceolata.gif
- Groundcherry
Physalis_virginiana.gif
- Virginia Groundcherry
Plantago_aristata.gif - Largebracted
Plantain
Plantago_lanceolata.gif
- Lanceleaved Plantain, Ribwort
Plantago_major.gif - Plantain
Plantago_purshii.gif - Woolly
Plantain
Plantago_rugelii.gif - Pale
Plantain
Pluchea_camphorata.gif -
Marsh Fleabane, Camphor Plant
Pluchea_foetida.gif - Foetid
Marsh Fleabane
Polemonium_reptans.gif -
Greek Valerian, Jacob's Ladder
Prenanthes_alba.gif - White
Rattlesnakeroot
Prenanthes_aspera.gif - Rough
White Lettuce
Prenanthes_trifoliolata.gif
- Tall Rattlesnaleroot
Proboscidea_louisianica.gif
- Common Devils Claw
Prunella_vulgaris.gif - Self
Heal
Pycnanthemum_incanum.gif
- Hoary Mountainmint
Pycnanthemum_montanum.gif
- Thinleaf Mountainmint
Pycnanthemum_pilosum.gif
- Hairy Mountainmint
Pycnanthemum_virginianum.gif
- Virginia Mountainmint
Rudbeckia_fulgida-speciosa.gif
- Showy Coneflower
Rudbeckia_hirta.gif - Black-eyed
Susan
Rudbeckia_laciniata.gif
- Cutleaf Coneflower
Sabatia_angularis.gif - Rosepink
Sabatia_brevifolia.gif -
Elliot's Sabatia
Sabatia_campanulata.gif
- Slender Marshpink
Sabatia_campestris.gif -
Texas Star
Salvia_azurea-grandiflora.gif
- Pitcher's Sage
Salvia_lyrata.gif - Lyre-leaved
Sage
Salvia_reflexa.gif - Lanceleaved
Sage, Chan
Salvia_sclarea.gif - Clary Sage
Sambucus_nigra-canadensis.gif
- American Elder
Sambucus_racemosa.gif - Red-berried
Elder
Satureja_hortensis.gif -
Summer Savory
Scrophularia_marylandica.gif
- Figwort
Scutellaria_brittonii.gif
- Britton's Skullcap
Scutellaria_galericulata.gif
- Marsh Skullcap
Scutellaria_incana.gif -
Downy Skullcap
Scutellaria_integrifolia.gif
- Large-flowered Skullcap
Scutellaria_lateriflora.gif
- Maddog Skullcap
Scutellaria_nervosa.gif
- Veined Skullcap
Scutellaria_ovata.gif - Heartleaved
Skullcap
Scutellaria_parvula.gif
- Small Skullcap
Scutellaria_resinosa.gif
- Plains Skullcap
Senecio_aureus.gif - Liferoot
Sicyos_angulatus.gif - One-seed
Cucumber
Silphium_integrifolium.gif
- Whole-leaf Rosinweed
Silphium_laciniatum.gif
- Compass Plant
Silphium_perfoliatum.gif
- Cupplant, Indian Cup
Silphium_terebinthinaceum.gif
- Prairie Dock
Silybum_marianum.gif - Milk
Thistle
Solanum_carolinense.gif
- Bull Nettle, Horse Nettle
Solanum_dulcamara.gif - Bittersweet,
Woody Nightshade
Solanum_elaeagnifolium.gif
- Silver-leaf Nightshade, Trompillo
Solanum_nigrum.gif - Black Nightshade
Solidago_altissima.gif -
Tall Goldenrod
Solidago_canadensis.gif
- Canada Goldenrod
Solidago_juncea.gif - Early
Goldenrod
Solidago_nemoralis.gif -
Field or Dwarf Goldenrod
Solidago_odora.gif - Sweet Goldenrod
Sonchus_arvensis.gif - Sow
Thistle
Stachys_officinalis.gif
- Betony
Stachys_palustris.gif - Hedge
Nettle
Stachys_tenuifolia.gif -
Smooth Hedge Nettle
Symphoricarpos_albus.gif
- Snowberry
Symphoricarpos_occidentalis.gif
- Western Snowberry
Symphoricarpos_orbiculatus.gif
- Coralberry
Symphytum_asperum.gif - Rough
Comfrey
Symphytum_officinale.gif
- Comfrey
Tanacetum_huronense.gif
- Lake Huron Tansy
Tanacetum_parthenium.gif
- Common Feverfew
Tanacetum_vulgare.gif - Tansy
Taraxacum_laevigatum.gif
- Redseed Dandelion
Taraxacum_officinale.gif
- Dandelion
Teucrium_canadense.gif -
Germander, Woodsage
Teucrium_laciniatum.gif
- Cutleaf Woodsage
Thelesperma_filifolium.gif
- Stiff Greenthread
Thelesperma_megapotamicum.gif
- Cota, Hopi Tea
Thymus_serpyllum.gif - Mother
of Thyme
Townsendia_exscapa.gif -
Stemless Townsendia
Tragopogon_porrifolius.gif
- Oyster Plant
Tragopogon_pratensis.gif
- Yellow Salsify
Triosteum_perfoliatum.gif
- Feverwort, Horsegentian
Tussilago_farfara.gif - Coltsfoot
Valeriana_dioica-sylvatica.gif
- Northern Valerian
Valeriana_edulis.gif - "Edible"
Valerian, Tobacco
Valeriana_officinalis.gif
- Garden Valerian
Valeriana_uliginosa.gif
- Marsh Valerian
Verbascum_blattaria.gif
- Moth Mullein
Verbascum_phlomoides.gif
- Orange Mullein
Verbascum_thapsus.gif - Great
Mullein
Verbena_bracteata.gif - Prostrate
Vervain
Verbena_hastata.gif - Blue
Vervain
Verbena_officinalis.gif
- European Vervain
Verbena_stricta.gif - Hairy
Vervain
Verbena_urticifolia.gif
- Nettleleaved Vervain
Verbesina_encelioides.gif
- Golden Crownbeard, Añil del muerto
Verbesina_virginica.gif
- Virginia Crownbeard
Vernonia_fasciculta.gif
- Western Ironweed
Vernonia_glauca.gif - Broafleaf
Ironweed
Veronicastrum_virginicum.gif
- Culver's Root, Leptandra
Veronica_anagallis-aquatica.gif
- Speedwell
Veronica_americana.gif -
American Speedwell
Vernonia_noveboracensis.gif
- Water Speedwell
Veronica_officinalis.gif
- Common Speedwell, Fluellin
Veronica_peregrina.gif -
Purslane Speedwell
Veronica_serpyllifolia.gif
- Thyme-leaved Speedwell
Viburnum_acerifolium.gif
- Mapleleaved Arrowwood
Viburnum_dentatum.gif - Arrowwood
Viburnum_lantanoides.gif
- Mooseberry
Viburnum_opulus.gif - Cramp
Bark
Viburnum_prunifolium.gif
- Black Haw
Viburnum_rufidulum.gif -
Southern Black Haw
Vinca_minor.gif - Periwinkle
Xanthium_spinosum.gif - Spiny
Cocklebur
Xanthium_strumarium.gif
- Rough Cocklebur
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