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If you were to research the herb costmary online you would tend to find reference to it as a medieval herb, and your impression would be that it is seldom grown in modern times. This is such a shame because costmary, Tanacetum balsamita (Chrysanthemum balsamita) is a delightful sweet smelling herb that has many uses.
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Tanacetum balsamita - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Closely allied to the Tansy is another old English herb - Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita, Linn.). The whole of this plant emits a soft balsamic odour - pleasanter and more aromatic than that of Tansy - to which fact it owes its name of balsamita, and we find it referred to by Culpepper and others as the 'Balsam Herb.'
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The large, oblong leaves of costmary make neat, fragrant bookmarks, a use that spawned the old names Bible leaf or Bible plant. Learn more. ... Herb to Know: Costmary...
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Medicinal and other uses of costmary. ... ; COSTMARY; COMPOSITAE a.k.a. Alecost, Alehoof, Balsam Herb, Bible leaf, Mint Geranium, Sweet Mary; (Chrysanthemum balsamita syn Tanacetum balsamita syn Balsamita major); Image;
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Height: 2 Feet ... Flower Color: Yellow ... Costmary naturalized in the field...
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Costmary is one of the lesser known herbs today, interesting considering it used to be one of the most widely used herbs for medicinal, craft, culinary and aromatic uses. See how it can still be used today... ... Costmary Tanacetum balsamita; Folklore/Common Names: Alecost, Bibleleaf, Balsam Herb, Costmarie, Mace,
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Find your Costmary pictures at Picsearch.com! We have over a billion indexed images in our directory, and it continually expands.
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C. balsamita (Costmary, Alecost, Bible-leaf, Sweet Mary, or Mint Geranium) is a sprawling, hardy perennial that reaches 3 feet in height when in bloom. The yellow flowers are rather sparse and the leaves are elongated, oval and toothed.
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Costmary Trivia: Food Reference, Culinary and cooking history, trivia, kitchen & cooking tips & facts, recipes, quotes, humor, poetry and culinary crosswords ... Costmary (Chrysanthemum balsamita) a member of the Daisy family, is also known as bible leaf, alecost, mint geranium, and in France as Herbe Sainte Marie.
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