Buttercup or crowfoot family • Herbaceous plants • Flowering plants
RANUNCULACEAE
Most of these are herbaceous plants
PAPAVERACEAE
meaning little frog
“ranunculus
Flowering plants • Commonly called ‘barberry” family SOLANACEAE
BERBERIDACEAE
Flowering plants • Commonly known as coffee, madder, or bedstraw family
RUBIACEAE
FLOWERING PLANTS • THE NIGHTSHADE PLANTS • POTATO FAMILY
BERBERIDACEAE
4 TH largest angiosperm family
RUBIACEAE
SEEDS =
physostigma, areca
FRUITS
conium
LEAVES =
belladonna, coca
UNDERGROUND STEMS =
sanguinaria
ROOTS
belladonna roots
•RHIZOMES & ROOTS =
ipecac, hydrastis
BARKS =
cinchona
FUNGI =
ergot
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