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Late Fall/Early Winter Wild Texas Medicinals

Texas is weird. Growing and collecting plants is a hard call. The most influential factors for collecting plants in the wild are temperature, light, how much rain we've gotten, and vegetative zone. We have several vegetative zones meeting one another in Central Texas and get a great mix of medicinal plants. I have created a short list of Wild Seasonal Central Texas Medicinals you can be looking out for. Please make sure you are properly trained if you are considering harvesting plants from wild areas. Not so weedy Fall and Winter Medicinals to Harvest/Plant: Calendula, Cilantro, Borage, Vitex.

Common Name	Latin Name	When its out where its found	Description	Actions/Use/ Safety
Chickweed	Stellaria media   NOT NATIVE	Winter Annual harvest aboveground flowering tops Found in gardens, lawns, parks as an understory herb	Herbaceous, wild, weedy, creeping plant with fragile juicy foliage forming clumps, tiny white flowers, confused with native Horseherb	Known as a nutritive herb, very high in vitamins and minerals, used fresh in salads, infused in vinegars, and oils. Used topically to soothe inflammations and itch
Chile Pequin	Capsicum anuum   NATIVE	Fall Perennial harvest berries Found in woodlands, along fencerows, prefers shade in the wild	Small to medium shrub, wild and planted in many gardens and landscapes. White flowers maturing into red berries sometimes several times a year	XXXBerries are edible but very spicey. Can be used in very small dosage in cold and flu remedies to promote circulation. Topically infused in small amounts in oils to help soothe achey joints
Cleavers	Galium aparine et al   NOT NATIVE	Winter Annual harvest aboveground vines Comes in with winter rains, will freeze back and cover gardens, fencerows and wetter areas of woodland bottomland	Very weedy. Viney, hairy green plant that tends to stick to you with itty bitty white flowers. Can completely cover areas.	Known for being a good nutritive, high in minerals, is a mild lymphatic cleanser and soothes urinary tract infections. Juiced, made into fresh tincture or glycerite.
Goldenrod	Solidago spp   NATIVE	Fall Annual harvest aboveground flowering tops Drought tolerant found in fields in full sun	Tall yellow flowered single stemmed wildflowers often mixed up with Ragweed. Flowers in heads, clustered at top and are very small. Plants tend to droop over.	Strengthening to kidneys and used to help treat urinary tract infections. Tea or tincture
Henbit	Lamium amplexicaulis   NATIVE	Winter Annual harvest aboveground parts Found in gardens, parks, lawns	Small weedy herbaceous understory likes to be near chickweed. Has small purple flowers	Can be used like self-heal. Is a mild anti-inflammatory, soothing to skin irritations. Can be made into an oil. Flowers are edible
Lobelia	Lobelia cardinalis   NATIVE	Fall harvest flowering aboveground Perennial found in wet marshy ponds and sides of streams. Likes wet feet	Gorgeous wildflower forming tall stands-sometimes up to 6ft in height, striking red flowers	XXX Very popular native medicinal with a complex chemistry used mainly as a calming herb. Fresh Vinegar or Tincture. Drop Dosage
Prickly Pear	Opuntia spp   NATIVE	Fall Harvest of fruit Perennial shrub found in both shade and sun but prefers open fields	Weedy, shrubby succulent forming dense prickly communities covered in dark red fruit	XXX One of most prolific fruit sources in Central Texas . Can be juiced/jellied and used to balance blood sugar
Shepherd's Purse	Capsella bursa-pastoris   NOT NATIVE	Winter harvest whole plant Annual herb found in lawns, the cracks of sidewalks, and rundown land	Small herb with spiraling white flowers turning into heart shaped seed pods with basal leaves	First Aid herb used to stop bleeding, commonly used by midwives. Fresh tincture.

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