Botanical Resources

• Biota of North America
  Extensive collection of plant distribution maps of North America.
• Botany Every Day
  An online course in field botany by botanical expert Marc Williams.
• Calflora
  California flora database.
• Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States – Weakley’s flora
  Downloadable free flora for the southeastern U.S. by the UNC Herbarium.
• Harvard University Herbaria
  An huge library of herbs found worldwide.
• Jepson’s eFlora of California
  An online version of the original Jepson flora.
• Missouri Flora
  Flora for central and eastern North America.
• Phytography – botany word of the day explained
  “A photographic glossary of botanical terms.”
• Plant Biographies
  A searchable database for the etymological origins of plant scientific names.
• Plant Database of the USDA
  A large searchable database (common or scientific name) of plants found in the United States, including photos, illustrations, and distribution maps.
• The Gymnosperm Database
• Tropicos
  The Missouri Botanical Gardens database: nomenclatural, bibliographic, and specimen data. This system has over 1.2 million scientific names.

General Herbal Resources

• A Modern Herbal by Maude Grieve
  Online version of a classic herbalism book.
• Dr. Duke’s Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
• Henriette’s Herbal Homepage
  Online herbal books that you can search through.
• Herbal Constituents
  A website and online book on phytochemistry.
• Native American Ethnobotany
  Searchable online database for Native American fiber, food, and medicinal uses of plants. Organized by genus and tribe.
• Google Scholar
  A searchable and extensive database of academic papers, abstracts, and full research studies. You can find anything here! Try searching for the word “herb” with a health condition (i.e., “herb and diabetes”). Some of the studies use very technical language, but to find out the results of the study, scroll down to “Conclusion” or “Discussion.”

 

Homeopathy

• Homeopathy for Women
  An extensive site with information on using homeopathy to specifically treat women’s health issues.
• Boiron’s Homeopathic Medicine Finder
  A great resource for looking up homeopathic remedies by health issue.
• National Center for Homeopathy’s Research Articles
  A very long list of pages and pages of valuable and valid research on homeopathic medicines.

Essential Oils

• AromaWeb
  A plethora of information and research on the use of essential oils.

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