Plants and Animals

Is St. John's wort cultivated?

Link to this answer

CloseClose

Link to this answer

Share this credible answer with others. Simply paste this code into your blog or Web page:

<a href="http://qanda.encyclopedia.com/question/st-john-wort-cultivated-107756.html" >Is St. John's wort cultivated?</a>
E-mail this answer Link to this answer

Of the North American species a few are cultivated and some are noxious weeds, poisonous to livestock.

Answer verified with
Get more facts and information about St.-Johns-wort . Or, view the full encyclopedia entry from The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.

Similar questions: Is St. John's wort poisonous? Is St. John's wort a weed? [ Hide these questions ]

Related research questions

Related research articles

Questions patients ask: should we buy herbs gathered in the wild, or purchase...
Magazine article from: Meridians ...cultivation; others are not cultivated in large enough quantities...those that have been cultivated, not wildharvested...popular plants, including St. John's Wort, grow so abundantly...welcome. In fact, St. John's Wort grows so profusely...
Organic marketing features fresh foods and direct exchange. (Organic...
Magazine article from: Food Review ...acres of these crops in 44 States in 1997, more than double the amount certified in 1994. Cultivated and wild-harvested herbs, such as St. John's Wort, showed the biggest gains. Large farms produced processed tomatoes, organic wine grapes...
POPULAR HERBS TAKE ENVIRONMENTAL TOLL COMMON REMEDIES ALSO NOXIOUS PLANTS THAT...
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) ...Howard News Service WASHINGTON -- St. John's wort and other medicinal herbs may be...driven some toward extinction. St. John's wort and other herbal plants...spread from the farms where they're cultivated, if growers aren't careful about...
Hypericum perforatum.(Monograph)
Magazine article from: Alternative Medicine Review ...Hypericum perforatum L. (St. John's wort) is a five-petalled...The plant is currently cultivated in Europe, North and...poisonous bites. The name St. John's wort has its origin...antitumor properties of St. John's wort are attributed to hypericin...
VITAL : herbal help; Dee Atkinson; health & beauty.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) ...Prozac" is St John's Wort. Available from most pharmacies, the Kira brand of St John's Wort is a good quality...some concern about taking St John's Wort with certain other...Native to northern India, cultivated through out the world...
See all results at HighBeam

HighBeam gives you access to newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles plus press releases, facts, information, and biographies from thousands of sources.