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(141) Ref: Ribes irriguum-Plants For A Future- database report: is the Idaho gooseberry.(142) Ref: Wikipedia Encyclopedia: synonymous with Plantago lanceeolata is a species ofgenus Plantago known by the common names ribwort plaintain, English plaintain, and narrow-leaf plaintain. It is acommon weed of cultivated land. The plant is a rosette-forming perennial herb, with leafless, silky, hairy flowerstems (10-40 cm / 3.9-16 in.). The basal leaves are lanceolate spreading or erect, scarcely-toothed with 3-5 strongparallel veins narrowed.(143) Ref: Wikipedia Encyclopedia: , commonly known as Indian paintbrush or Prairie-fire, is a genusof about 200 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants native to the west of the Americas from Alaska southto the Andes, northern Asia, and one species as far west as the Kola peninsula (Europe). These plants are classifiedin the family Orobanchaceae (following major rearrangements of the order Lamiales starting around 2001; sourceswhich do not follow these reclassifications may place them in the Scrophulariaceae). They are hemi-parasitic on theroots of grasses and forbs.(144) Wikipedia Dictionary: : The Penstemon genus pertains to, any of, numerous plants,native to North America and eastern Asia, having opposite leaves, flowers with a usually two-lipped flowers,variously colored corolla, and capsules containing many seeds. Common name is bears-tongue.(145) Ref: What are gentians?: are known to people from North America and Europe as pretty, deepblueflowers that are found in the Alps and Rocky Mountains. However, gentians occur on all continents except theAntarctic, and grow in a wide variety of habitats, from deserts, savannas, prairies, rainforests and temperate foreststo the tundra. Gentians have been used by humans since ancient times as herbal remedies, and taste very bitter. InAfrica gentians are used against malaria, in South America against snake bites, in Europe and Asia as digestives, andin Southeast Asia one species is harvested for its rot-resistant timber. Gentians are also included in perfumes,weight-loss products, skin care products, and homeopathic remedies(146) Ref: NPWRC: Western Rock Jasmiine (Androsace occidentallis): , a.k.a. Westernrock jasmine is a dwarf winter annual usually less than three inches tall. Plants less than one inch tall are oftenencountered. Winter annuals germinate in late fall and form basal leaves; stems elongate and flowers and fruitdevelop the following spring. There are no stem leaves, but a rosette of small oblong leaves forms at ground level.Five to ten tiny white flowers, each on a long stalk, radiate from the tips of multiple stems. The flowers are fivelobed. This plant is a member of the primrose family (Primulaceae), whose name stems from the Latin primus,"first," in reference to early flowering. The generic name Androsace was derived from a name used by the RomanPliny the Elder (23-79 A.D.) for some unidentified plant. The specific epithet occidentalis means "western" inbotanical Latin. Western rock jasmine was first described for science by the German botanist Frederick Pursh in hisfamous Flora Americae Septentrionale published in 1814. Pursh was the first to publish on the many plantscollected by Lewis and Clark. See note (134).(147) Ref: Spice4life – Herbal Encyclopedia: < Solidago incana> is a species of Golden-Rod. Goldenrod is aperennial herb up to 75 cm tall. The leaves are oblong-lanceolate, sessile and finely toothed. Yellow flowers arefound on the stems in late summer and are followed by brown fruits with a tuft of short, white hairs. Goldenrod isused internally to treat kidney and bladder stones and