Vineyard Herbs Teas and Apothecary of Martha's Vineyard

Holly is a member of United Plant Savers, a fantastic non-profit organization founded to protect the medicinal plants used by herbalists so that future generations will know them and be able to use them. This organization deserves everyone's attention and support. If you are interested in wild plants, wild flowers, medicinal plants, botany, and the future of botanical diversity, please consider joining.

Vineyard Herbs uses only cultivated certified organic Echinacea and cultivated certified organic Arnica species, not wild plants.

Presented here are the primary lists used by United Plant Savers, which serve as a guide for the harvest and collection of plants. Vineyard Herbs follows this list closely; our company does not include them except in those instances where we can procure the plant material from a reputable source or can certify that the plant was cultivated.

American Ginseng--Panax quinquefolius
Black Cohosh--Actaea racemosa (Cimicifuga)
Bloodroot--Sanguinaria canadensis
Blue Cohosh--Caulophyllum thalictroides
Echinacea--Echinacea spp.
False Unicorn Root--Chamaeliuium 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, Birth Root--Trillium spp.
True Unicorn--Aletris farinosa
Venus' Fly Trap--Dionaea muscipula
Virginia Snakeroot--Aristolochia serpentaria
Wild Yam--Dioscorea villosa, D. spp.

United Plant Savers: “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

United Plant Savers: “At-Risk” List