82 major plant monographs, with details of identification, habitat, constituents, collecting, processing and storage, stability, preparations, medicinal uses and contraindications. 120 other plant types are further dealt with in briefer detail, and referenced to other reliable and more detailed texts. Line illustrations for all major plants by Mimi Kamp, distribution maps by the author, 16 pages of color photographs by Mimi Kamp. 364 pp. ISBN 1-878610-31-7
“Like a grizzled old botanical Lone Ranger galloping solo across the vast frontier of Western Herbalism, Michael Moore, steadfast and true, rides to the rescue again…he presents a tremendous amount of information concisely while infusing it with wisdom, wit, and personal reminiscences.”
(Michael Castleman, THE HERB COMPANION)
“This is the crowning jewel in Moore’s trinity of books on medicinal plants of western North America…it has the best glossary I have ever seen in an herb book.“
Steven Foster, HERBALGRAM)
“West Coast herbalists, naturalists and wildflower enthusiasts will find renewed appreciation for the plants in their bioregion from even a cursory reading of this deeply detailed work. Makes me want to move west.“
(Susun Weed)