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  Willow
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 Purple Willow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Purple Willow or Purple Osier (Salix purpurea) is a species of willow native to most of Europe and western Asia.
The leaves are 2-8 cm long and 1-2 cm wide, and, unusually for a willow, often arranged in opposite pairs rather than alternate.
The flowers are small catkins, produced in early spring; they are often purple in colour, whence the name of the species (other willows mostly have whitish, yellow or green catkins).
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 Willow
The willows are deciduous trees and shrubs in the genus Salix, in the willow family Salicaceae.
Some willows, particularly arctic and alpine species, are very small; the Dwarf Willow (Salix herbacea) rarely exceeds 6 cm in height, though spreading widely across the ground.
The bark of the willow tree has been mentioned in ancient texts from Assyria, Sumeria and Egypt as a remedy for aches and fever, and the Greek physician Hippocrates wrote about its medicinal properties in the 5th century BC.
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 Oberea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
During the 19th century it is likely that purple willow on the Fen would have been cut as part of the sedge cutting cycle or managed on a short rotation for withies.
The colony of purple willow at the secret site is isolated whereas in many other localities purple willow (which is never common) is often surrounded / engulfed by other willow species.
Purple willow (Salix purpurea) is the preferred host, the first year growth not being used unless woody enough.
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 Willow - Herbal Encyclopedia
Willow is the inner bark of several species of Salix, trees in the willow family including white willow (S. alba).
Native Americans used it: fl willow root bark was used by the Houma as a blood thinner; the Creek used the root tea to relieve inflammation in rheumatism and to reduce fever.
Because willow bark produces salicin, it is suggested to be contraindicated in the same instances as aspirin for stomach ulcers and, in children, for high fevers.
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 Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine: White willow
In the mid-1700s, white willow was used in Britain as a remedy for malaria since the bark was similar to cinchona bark, a South American bark used to treat malaria.
Thus, white willow is beneficial in treating acute and chronic pain and inflammation in conditions such as painful menstruation, arthritis, and neuralgia.
The active ingredient in white willow is salicin and along with various compounds are gradually converted to salicylic acid in the intestine and liver.
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 Willow Bark
Willow bark has been used throughout the centuries in China and Europe, and continues to be used by herbalists today for the treatment of fever, pain (particularly low back pain), headache, and inflammatory conditions such as arthritis.
Although the bark of the white willow is most commonly used medicinally, the bark of related species, such as fl willow, have been shown to have the same beneficial effects.
Willow bark has been shown to relieve headaches and some experts suggest that it may be preferable to certain conventional therapies such as ibuprofen and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatories, which have been linked to serious gastrointestinal side effects.
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 Purple Willow
Purple Willow is a deciduous shrub up to 5 m in height, with shining, hairless, often purplish twigs and a greyish bark.
The hairy males have red or purple anthers but the females are green and more slender.
It is the only native willow with opposite or almost opposite leaves.
www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk /trees/willowp.htm   (183 words)

  
 Touch of Class Catalog
Willow Lamp has more than a hundred cascading "leaves." Various intensities of marbled color look pretty whether the lamp is on or off.
See J849 for the Jadestone Willow Lamp, identical except for the shade, which is crafted from pieces of hand-cut jadestone, a soft, natural mineral rock similar to soapstone.
The Purple Willow lamp is an exclusive and cannot be found in another catalog.
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 white willow bark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Although white willow is the species of willow tree most commonly used for medicinal purposes, other salicin-rich species are employed as well, including crack willow (Salix fragilis), purple willow (Salix purpurea), and violet willow (Salix daphnoides).
White willow bark should not be taken with aspirin or NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) such as ibuprofen and naproxen; in combination, the herb and these drugs increase the chance of side effects such as stomach bleeding.
Although white willow bark is unlikely to cause the rare but potentially fatal condition called Reye's syndrome in such cases--it is metabolized differently than aspirin--the similarity to aspirin is close enough to warrant caution.
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 Willow Bark Herb
Some of the more commonly known are white willow/European willow (Salix alba), fl willow/pussy willow (Salix nigra), crack willow (Salix fragilis), purple willow (Salix purpurea), and weeping willow (Salix babylonica).
Headache: Willow Bark has been shown to relieve headaches and some experts suggest that it may be preferable to certain conventional therapies such as ibuprofen and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatories, which have been linked to serious gastrointestinal side effects.
Willow Bark is available as dried bulk herb (used to make tea); powdered herb in capsule form; tincture; and standardized extract either in tablets or liquid.
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 Alternative Medicine - Loosestrife - Herbal Health Products   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Loosestrife is also known as Long purples, milk willow-herb, purple loose-strife, purple willow-herb, rainbow weed, soldiers, spiked Loosestrife, spiked willow-herb, and willow sage.
Loosestrife is a bushy, perennial plant which has settled in swamps, marshes, and moist places in the eastern U.S. after being introduced from Europe.
Purple six-petaled flowers grow in dense terminal spikes from June to August.
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 Purple or Bitter Osier - Description of Purple or Bitter Osier   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Purple or Bitter Osier (Salix Purpurea) - A British Willow of some grace of habit, though not quite a tree, and most interesting from being the origin of the Willow called American by mistake.
The pendulous form of the Purple Weeping Willow, commonly called the American Weeping Willow, is not very high, but has pretty grey slender leaves, with long flexible twigs.
This Willow is grafted on the common Sallow—a usually coarse-growing Willow of which the shoots spring from below the graft.
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 Purple Dye
This time Willow was going to win, or at the very least she’d pull a little closer to even with him.
Willow merely smirked at her friend smugly and handed her a stack of Polaroids.
Willow turned to her girlfriend and looked at the blonde as though she had lost her mind.
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 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
}} {{Taxobox_end}} The '''Purple Willow''' or '''Purple Osier''' (''Salix purpurea'') is a species of willow native to most of Europe and western Asia.
The Leaf leaves are 2-8 cm long and 1-2 cm wide, and, unusually for a willow, often arranged in opposite pairs rather than alternate.
There you find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article Purple Willow.
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 Asian Herbs list page five with herbal recipes, history, uses and folklore
The Purple Willow is not a widely agnowledged medicinal plant, simply because all of the attention is focused on her close relative, the White Willow.
The Purple Willow tree, though not as well know for its medicinal value as its close relative the White Willow, helps with the same ailments.
The Purple Willow has all of the same healing properties as the White Willow, its better known cousin, except, it can do things that the White can't.
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 Nearctica - Eastern Wildflowers - Onagraceae - Purple-leaved Willow Herb (Epilobium coloratum)
Habitat: Purple-leaved Willow Herb is found on low, wet ground such as wet meadows and along lakes and rivers.
Narrow-leaved Willow Herb is a highly branched plant.
Downy Willow Herb is very similar to Narrow-leaved Willow Herb, but less branched and with slightly broader leaves.
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 Online Dictionary for French English, Spanish English, Italian English, and more.
Trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in fold medicine especially to ease childbirth; SYN: red trillium, birthroot, Trillium erectum.
Eurasian osier having reddish or purple twigs and bark rich in tannin; SYN: red willow, red osier, basket willow, purple osier, Salix purpurea.
A red-purple to deep purple dye obtained from snails or made synthetically.
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 Salix purpurea 'Eugenii'
A noticeable feature is the colour change of the catkins going from purple to red and ending with a pale yellow.
Read our page about pruning willows to find out more about coppicing and the resulting different plant form with an emphasis on colorful stems for winter interest.
The first picture was taken on Oct 21 and is of plugs that was planted in the spring.
www.bluestem.ca /salix-purpurea-eugenii.htm   (193 words)

  
 Purple Willow Estate Agents : Clitheroe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Purple Willow, is a partnership between solicitors Irene Chenery, Carol Maher, and property specialist Janet Helme.
If you are tired of looking for the right property and would like to leave the hard work to us, we offer a countrywide property finding service too.
Purple Willow is a tree native to the Ribble Valley whose bark contains a natural 'aspirin'.
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 Willow Tree Varieties
Lovely violet purple stems which take on a bloom in the springtime.
Salix caprea pendula - dwarf weeping willow or Kilmarnock willow
Purple stems that grows to 5ft in one year.
www.slimwetwillows.co.uk /willow_tree_varieties.htm   (180 words)

  
 Touch of Class Catalog
Handcrafted, UL listed lamp from Meyda Tiffany has a pull chain to light 100W max.
Jadestone Willow Lamp has a shade crafted of actual jadestone, a soft, natural mineral rock similar to soapstone.
Purple Willow Lamp, search Y837, has a stained glass shade.
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 Wholesale Nursery Growers Providing: Willow: Dwarf Blue Arctic Willow; Dwarf Purple Osier - Salix purpurea 'Gracilis' ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Wholesale Nursery Growers Providing: Willow: Dwarf Blue Arctic Willow; Dwarf Purple Osier - Salix purpurea 'Gracilis' (S. p.
Willow: Dwarf Blue Arctic Willow; Dwarf Purple Osier - Salix purpurea 'Gracilis' (S. p.
Notice: The information contained on the following web pages is derived from industry sources which are considered reliable.
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 Red Willow County 4-H State Fair Results   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Red Willow, Morgan Pearson, F500  Judging Contests, F500011  Int.
Red Willow, Kirstyn Shaffer, F500  Judging Contests, F500011  Int.
Red Willow, Sarah Weyeneth, F500  Judging Contests, F500011  Int.
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 asian Herbs and remedies, folklore and recipe, food ingredients, and index page with recipes and information on ...
Willow, White Willow, Black Willow, Purple Willow, Sallow, Black Cohosh, Echinacea
Willow, White Willow, Black Willow, Purple Willow, Sallow, Raspberry, St.
Willow, White Willow, Black Willow, Purple Willow, Sallow, Black Cohosh
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 Rose Handheld Bouquets
Click here to see new tint colors now available: Tints are a spray of color over a white rose to give special effects.
willow, purple pansy, osiana, poppy, wild rose, raffia, hydrangea, delphinium, lilac, daffodil, tiger lily, fl cherry, peacock and green
Click here to see new dye colors now available are: Dyes color the entire flower in beautiful color.
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 Catalog page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Purple to Silver Crackling Stars w/ Color Tail
Purple to Flash Peony w/ Silver Coconut Pistil
A M Pyro Crackling Chrysanthemum w/ Purple Circle
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 Sandusky Valley Nursery is an Ohio based online and mail order plant nursery that sells many flowering shrubs including ...
Sandusky Valley Nursery is an Ohio based online and mail order plant nursery that sells many flowering shrubs including butterfly bush, nanho blue purple red dwarf willow kerria prunus aronia heptacodium beauty berry lilac viburnum hydrangea and other garden and gardening plants.
Nanho Purple Butterfly Bush (Buddleia davidii 'Nanho Purple) is a very attractive dwarf growing butterfly bush to about 5 feet tall.
This is a mix of blue or purple butterfly bushes.
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 Miniature Purple Plum Paperweight (Willow Creek Glass) at The Weinhardt Collection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Here is an attractive handmade miniature plum shaped paperweight from Willow Creek Glass.
It is in mint condition with no chips or cracks.
This piece was made entirely from recycled glass as is all of Willow Creeks paperweights.
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 botanical.com - A Modern Herbal | Willow-Herbs - Herb Profile and Information
All the Willow-herbs distribute their seeds in the same manner, and as the plant spreads extensively by creeping stems it is very difficult to keep it within bounds.
The leaves are placed opposite one another on the stem, are 3 to 5 inches long, their bases clasping the stem and like it, very woolly, hence the specific Latin name hirsutum, and the common English name.
The flowers are numerous and large, rose purple, though not so brilliant as those of theRose Bay, bell-shaped and partly drooping, the petals broad and notched.
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