Category: Kythera Healing Herbs

It belongs to the Valerian family. It is an ornamental plant and this is why it is often found

This wild artichoke with its characteristic white flower and its thorny leaves widely spread on the

It is an one-year plant rich in potassium and nitrites which give to it numerous pharmaceutical

Homer mentions croci for its usage as a condiment and as a coloring plant. They prefer places where

It is indigenous Australian tree. It was planted on the island at individual houses, squares and

It is a bush that under certain conditions may become a tree and in some cases it may be quite big.

Its scent is very intense. It was known to ancient people. Athinaios mentions that it was used as

It is very characteristic aromatic and bee keeping plant of Kythera. Its leaves which are collected

It is one of the most common spring flowers which is spread all over Kythera. Its tender buds,

It is considered to be a weed even though this turfy plant has many pharmaceutical properties known

It is a sleek, biannual plant, with thick bud and deep green leaves. It is usually found on rocky

It is a plant aromatic – pharmaceutical and apart from its use as a drink it is also widely used as

It is a hygrophilous plant, and this is the reason it always grows on rocks close to taps, shafts or

It is called March flower because it blossoms on March. It is found everywhere in Kythera from sandy

A very common plant in Greece and Kythera. Plinios called it “food of the poor”. It is located very

Dioskourides mentioned that during ancient times it was called Tordylium. It was recommended for

Apart from its pharmaceutical properties and usages in cooking, rosemary is said to have the ability

Fig tree is one of the most common trees of the country as it is developing fast and very easily

From July to October, it is found almost at all the Kythera beaches. Its leaves are collected before

Usually it is found cultivated as ornamental plant (since very long ago). It has pharmaceutical

Thyme and savory are two different plants. While their differences are hard to spot, beekeepers can

I may be the ancestor of cultivated carrot. In Kythera it is particularly dispersed. Often, its

Its bud and leaves are turned to pickles and they have been used as seasoning since ancient times.

It is one of the plants that was dedicated to Aphrodite during antiquity. It is a rigid plant and it

This plant is tinctorial. Yellow pigment that exists in its flowers is water-soluble, while red

Pine does not belong to the old flora plants of Kythera, even though Gerard de Nerval (1808 – 1855)

Even though it is found as uncultivated, in many cases it appears as ornamental plant in gardens and

Systematic olive cultivation started in Kythera during the English domination. Until today it is the

It is an fine snack for many people despite its difficulty in peeling. In Kythera, people prefer

It grows along roads in wild and stony fields. It is one of the most common herbs we cut to boil

Chamomile was named after its scent (land apple) and the first one to mention its beneficial

One of the 25 indigenous medick species of Greece. It is a typical ammophilous species that prefers

It is a plant known since ancient times for its pharmaceutical substances. It was used for the

It is very well acclimatized in Kythera and in many cases it grows alone. Even though it was

Nettle is a valuable plant. It enhances the soil where it grows. It contains enzymes, iron,

Medick is generally the common trefoil. It is supposed to have been imported to Greece by the Medes

Strawberry trees exist in interspersed places of the island. A great number of them lie in