T. Lee

Wild Quinine

Wild Quinine is in the phylum Asteracea. Its scientific name Parthenium integrifium. The common name is wild quinine. The location of wild quinine is very widespread, but a lot are found in the state of Illinois. Wild quinine is a good plant. Wild Quinine is a very valuable medicinal herb. It is used as an antiperiodic, emmenagogue, kidney, lithontripic, poultice. It has traditionally
been used in alternative medicine to treat debility, fatigue, respiratory
infection, gastrointestinal infection, and venereal disease.

The preference for wild quinine is full sun and mesic conditions. However, a small amount of
shade is tolerated, and the soil can vary from moist to slightly dry. A fertile
loamy soil is preferred, although the presence of some sand or rocky material is
tolerated. While established plants are fairly easy to grow, recent transplants
can be temperamental. It is important to put the transplants into the ground
after danger of hard frost has passed, but before the period of active growth
occurs during the late spring and early summer. Foliar disease isn't a
significant problem. During a drought, some of the lower leaves may turn yellow
and wither away.The flowers attract Halictine bees, wasps, flies, beetles, and plant bugs. The
beetles usually feed on pollen, while the other insects seek nectar primarily.
The fly visitors include Syrphid flies, Tachinid flies, Flesh flies, Muscid
flies, Anthomyiid flies, and others. Wasp visitors include Crabronine wasps,
Eumenine wasps, Cuckoo wasps, Braconid wasps, and others. Mammalian herbivores
appear to ignore this plant as a food source because the leaves are sandpapery
in texture and bitter-tasting.

Daphne
The phylum name of Daphne is Thymelaeaceae. The scientific name is Daphne mezeureum. Its common name is Daphne or Daphne Laurel. Daphne is a bad plant. The berries and leaves produced by the plant have a toxin in them. The daphne plant originated in Europe, and it is a landscape plant. The plant is poisonous if and by ingestion, Poisonous parts are the fruits and leaves. Symptoms if ingested can be swelled lips, thirst, and internal bleeding. Contains diterpenoid that can cause skin irritation. The daphne plant is also called spurge laurel and also called paradise plant. One berry swallowed of Daphne can cause severe
throat irritation. Daphne is grown as an ornamental plant. Some places it is found are in Ohio, Montana, and Alaska in the U.S.A. It is also found a lot in Ontario, Canada.
The berries are five centimeters in diameter. The habitat of Daphne is a shrub. It is a perennial which means it stays through out the year, and a shrub can grow up to five feet.