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Pink Lady’s Slipper
The mission statement for United Plant Savers (UpS) states:
“United Plant Savers’ mission is to protect native medicinal plants of the United States and Canada and their native habitat while ensuring an abundant renewable supply of medicinal plants for generations to come.”
Their website is full of articles, news, images, events, links, membership information, and more. Take a little time to visit the United Plant Savers and consider a membership to help support their wonderful efforts to preserve medicinal plants.
From the United Plant Savers website:
At-Risk Medicinal Plants
- American Ginseng – Panax quinquefolius
- Black Cohosh – Actaea racemosa (Cimicifuga)
- Bloodroot – Sanguinaria canadensis
- Blue Cohosh – Caulophyllum thalictroides
- Echinacea – Echinacea spp.
- Eyebright – Euphrasia spp.
- False Unicorn Root – Chamaelirium luteum
- Goldenseal – Hydrastis canadensis
- Lady’s Slipper Orchid – Cypripedium spp.
- Lomatium – Lomatium dissectum
- Osha – Ligusticum porteri, L. spp.
- Peyote – Lophophora williamsii
- Slippery Elm – Ulmus rubra
- Sundew – Drosera spp.
- Trillium, Beth Root –Trillium spp.
- True Unicorn – Aletris farinosa
- Venus’ Fly Trap – Dionaea muscipula
- Virginina Snakeroot – Aristolochia serpentaria
- Wild Yam – Dioscorea villosa, D. spp.
To-Watch List
- Arnica – Arnica spp.
- Butterfly Weed – Asclepias tuberosa
- Cascara Sagrada – Frangula purshiana (Rhamnus)
- Chaparro – Casatela emoryi
- Elephant Tree – Bursera microphylla
- Gentian – Gentiana spp.
- Goldthread – Coptis spp.
- Kava Kava – Piper methysticum (Hawaii only)
- Lobelia – Lobelia spp.
- Maidenhair Fern – Adiantum pendatum
- Mayapple – Podophyllum peltatum
- Oregon Grape – Mahonia spp.
- Partridge Berry – Mitchella repens
- Pink Root – Spigelia marilandica
- Pipsissewa – Chimaphila umbellata
- Spikenard – Aralia racemosa, A. californica
- Stone Root – Collinsonia canadensis
- Stream Orchid – Epipactis gigantea
- Turkey Corn – Dicentra canadensis
- White Sage – Salvia apiana
- Wild Indigo – Baptisia tinctoria
- Yerba Mansa – Anemopsis californica
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