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Herbs & Botanicals U–Z
Herbs & Botanicals U–Z
Browse the Roosters Peacock Herbs & Botanicals Learning Center from U through Z. Each linked entry opens a currently published educational herb article.
U
Unicorn Root — see Aletris / True Unicorn Root (Aletris farinosa)
Usnea / Old Man’s Beard Lichen (Usnea spp.)
Uva Ursi (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)
V
Valerian (Valeriana officinalis)
Vanilla / Flat-Leaved Vanilla (Vanilla planifolia)
Vervain, Blue — Verbena hastata
Vervain, Common (European) — Verbena officinalis
Vetiver / Khus (Chrysopogon zizanioides; syn. Vetiveria zizanioides)
W
Wahoo / Eastern Wahoo (Euonymus atropurpureus)
Wheatgrass (Triticum aestivum)
Wild Pansy — see Heartsease / Wild Pansy (Viola tricolor)
Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens)
Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)
Wood Avens — see Avens / Wood Avens (Geum urbanum)
Wood Betony (Betonica officinalis; syn. Stachys officinalis)
Wormseed / Epazote (Dysphania ambrosioides; syn. Chenopodium ambrosioides)
Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)
X
Xia Ku Cao — see Self-Heal (Prunella vulgaris)
Y
Yellow Root (Xanthorhiza simplicissima)
Yerba Mate (Ilex paraguariensis)
Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon californicum)
Yi Yi Ren — see Job’s Tears / Adlay / Yi Yi Ren (Coix lacryma-jobi)
Yohimbe (Corynanthe johimbe; syn. Pausinystalia johimbe)
Yucca / Mojave Yucca (Yucca schidigera)
Yun Zhi — see Turkey Tail Mushroom (Trametes versicolor; syn. Coriolus versicolor)
Z
Zafaran — see Saffron / True Saffron (Crocus sativus)
Ze Xie — see Oriental / Asian Water-Plantain / Ze Xie (Alisma plantago-aquatica subsp. orientale; syn. Alisma orientale)