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HERBS AND THEIR BENEFITS
Cerastium glomeratum, commonly known as chickweed. Galium aparine, commonly known as cleavers. Sambucus canadensis, commonly known as elderberry.
Geranium maculatum, commonly known as wild geranium. Galium aparine, commonly known as cleavers. Sambucus canadensis, commonly known as elderberry.
The images above show plant specimens that are archived at Florida State University's Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium. According to their website, the herbarium offers "a museum-quality collection of over 220,000 plant and microalgae specimens. These document the distribution and natural variation of the 2,400 species of flowering plants, ferns, conifers, and cycads found in northern Florida—one of North America's biodiversity hotspots—and the microalgae of Florida's Gulf and Atlantic coasts. Each plant specimen is carefully identified, pressed, dried, and mounted to archival standards, with accompanying data on where and when it was collected."
Chandra Hartman points out the medicinal benefits of these plants and remarks that some people regard them as weeds.
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