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Plants and Herbs of the Northern Hemisphere

written by: CropCircle
 
Plants have been an important part of our lives throughout history. Here are a few of those plants. Good luck!

Question 1:


This plant can be used as a herbal medicine to treat gastric and intestinal problems, migraine, asthma, anemia, depression, anxiety and nervous ailments, among others.
Tobacco
Cowhage
Asafetida
Saint John's Wort

Question 2:


This well known plant derives its scientific name from Atropos, one of the Fates in Greek mythology, who held the shears to cut the thread of human life. The plant grows shiny black berries that are sweet to the taste but very toxic.
Deadly Nightshade
Vervaine
Catarrh Root
Damiana

Question 3:


This perennial herb from the mint family, that grows in wet soil, comes in two forms, a creeping variety and a more upright one.
Pennyroyal
Water Lily
Sassafras
Cannabis

Question 4:


Name this small tree also known as the Apalachin, whose leaves are used to prepare a strong infusion that contains large amounts of caffeine.
Calamus
Sweet Sedge
Wild Fennel
Yaupon

Question 5:


This perennial herb was once used to make 'absinthe'.
Muscal Buttons
Wormwood
Mandrake
Woodruff

Question 6:


This very unusual plant, seen quite frequently during the Yuletide season, is a parasite growing on the branches of trees and deriving its nourishment from them.
Golden Bough
Mistletoe
All of the these
Birdlime

Question 7:


This plant has a long and colorful history and its legal status varies from country to country.
Phalaris Grass
Juniper
Cannabis
Catnip

Question 8:


Name this plant grown worldwide in parks, gardens, and greenhouses as an ornamental fixture with large colorful flowers also known as Wedding Bells and Heavenly Blue.
Motherwort
Morning Glory
Hemlock
Marigold

Question 9:


This plant grows wild in the dry, desert ground of Texas and Mexico and is one of the very few spineless varieties among some two thousand different types of cacti growing in the world.
Sunbirch
Stickletop
Peyote
Sorcerer's Cherry

Question 10:


Cultivated on a huge scale for the brewery industry, this plant grows separate as male and female.
Rockberry
Yeast
Amber
Hops

 
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