Samardala (Nectaroscordum siculum ssp. Bulgaricum) is a herbaceous plant that belongs to the Onion family and is characteristic of the Balkan Peninsula. Spice samardala is used dried and ground. In fact, it is the most widely used spice in Bulgaria The leaf of samardala in March, but i...

Common name: Summer savory Latin name: Satureja hortensis L. Other names: savory, cultivated savory, “chubar” Description: Summer savory is an annual herbaceous medicinal plant of the Lamiales family with a thin root and a strongly branched four-edged stem up...

Rose essential oil

Rose Otto essential oil Botanical name: Rosa Damascena Used part: fresh rose flowers Oil-bearing part of the plant: Rosa Damascena  Essential oil is extracted by water-steam distillation of fresh rose flowers. Typically, from about 3 to 5 tons of rose flowers, 1 kilogram of...

Official Name: Yarrow Latin name: Achillea millefolium L. Other names: white midsummer, krovnik, white wrist, porezich, yarrow, cut grass, sequel, rinchets, rummel. Description: Yarrow herb (Achillea millefolium) is a medicinal perennial plant of the Asteraceae family,...

Common Name: Common Agrimony Latin name: Agrimonia Eupatoria L. Other names: cure against difficult breathing, agrimonia, cross grass, uncle etc. Description: Common agrimony is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Rosaceae family. It has a short thick rhizome and a fib...

  Official name: Lady’s mantle  Latin name: Alchemilla vulgaris  German name: Frauenmantel, Gewöhnlicher Frauenmantel  Description: Lady’s mantle is a perennial herbaceous plant from the Rosaceae family. In Bulgaria, the herb is found in grasslands an...

Wild Celery is a two-year-old herbaceous plant of the family Umbelliferae. Root is a starter and juicy with a yellowish-white or brown crust, sometimes with a red hue. The stem is upright up to 1 m high, strongly branched. The leaves are dark green. The colors are without cups. The be...

Official name: Annual Wormwood  Latin name: Artemisia annua  Other names: sweet wormwood, chin hao  Description: Annual wormwood is a herbaceous plant of the genus Compositae, reaching a height of up to 2 meters. The stem is ribbed, dark purple, violet-brown or brownish in co...

Wormwood is a perennial herbaceous plant, and sometimes is a semi-shrub of the family of Compositae. The root is strongly branched, the stem is up to 1.5 m high, strongly branched. The leaves are soft hair, which look silver-gray. The flowers are trumpet, yellow. The fruit is back oval without ...

Official name: Wild Wormwood  Latin name: Artemisia vulgaris  Other names: black wormwood, forest wormwood  Description: Wild wormwood is a perennial herbaceous plant with a characteristic aroma and slightly bitter taste. The rhizome of the plant is vertical, multi-headed, wi...