Home›Herbs›Annual HerbsGroupAnnual HerbsHerbs that grow from seed, flower, set seed and die within a single year, so that the plant must be sown again each spring, as dill, coriander, borage, chickweed and fumitory are. A plant belongs here when its cited plant database page gives its life cycle as annual, including climbing annuals. It excludes biennial herbs, which take two years to complete their cycle, and perennial herbs, which return year after year from the same roots. The distinction matters in the herb garden and in folk practice, where an annual herb is gathered fresh in its single season and its seed saved for the next sowing.Browse BySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)Browse ByAll Annual HerbsAnnual Herbs8 entriesAnnual HerbsFilter Results8 entriesElement CorrespondenceAllAir (1)Earth (1)Fire (3)Water (3)Origin RegionAllEurope (2)Indian Subcontinent (1)Mediterranean Basin (1)North Africa (1)Western Asia (1)Traditional AilmentsAllPoultice soothes inflamed skin, itching, and ulcers (1)Seed used to comfort the stomach and ease wind (1)Used to cheer the heart and drive away melancholy (1)Used to cleanse the blood and clear the skin (1)Used to stay the hiccough and ease flatulence (1)Used with care to still spasm, pain, and madness (1)Ruling PlanetAllJupiter (1)Mars (2)Mercury (1)Moon (2)Saturn (2)Native To RegionAllEurope (2)Indian Subcontinent (1)Mediterranean Basin (1)North Africa (1)Western Asia (1)Used In PracticeAllAugury (1)Ethnobotany (1)Plant Medicine (Entheogenic Practice) (1)Shamanism (1)Ritually Used InAllAmazonia (1)China (1)Greece (1)North America (1)The Andes (1)Humoral temperamentAllAiry and quickening to the mind, nerves, and lungs (1)Cooling, moistening, and soothing to the fluids of the body (2)Expansive, nourishing, and kindly to the liver and the blood (1)Hot, martial, and stimulating, a herb of heat and iron (2)Plant kindAllAnnual Herbs (8)Part usedAllFruit (1)Leaf (2)Seed (5)Whole Plant (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 8ChickweedHerbs4 linksCucumberHerbs4 linksDillHerbs4 linksCorianderHerbs4 linksBorageHerbs4 linksFumitoryHerbs4 linksDaturaHerbs7 linksTobaccoHerbs8 linksSourcesPlants For A Future: Stellaria media (plant database entry)Plants For A FutureHas Member: Chickweed, Physical CharacteristicsQuote, Has Member: Chickweed, Physical CharacteristicsStellaria media is a ANNUAL growing to 0.1 m (0ft 4in) by 0.5 m (1ft 8in) at a fast rate.View the SourcePlants For A Future: Cucumis sativus (plant database entry)Plants For A FutureHas Member: Cucumber, Physical CharacteristicsQuote, Has Member: Cucumber, Physical CharacteristicsCucumis sativus is a ANNUAL CLIMBER growing to 2 m (6ft 7in).View the SourcePlants For A Future: Anethum graveolens (plant database entry)Plants For A FutureHas Member: Dill, Physical CharacteristicsQuote, Has Member: Dill, Physical CharacteristicsAnethum graveolens is a ANNUAL growing to 0.8 m (2ft 7in) by 0.2 m (0ft 8in) at a medium rate.View the SourcePlants For A Future: Coriandrum sativum (plant database entry)Plants For A FutureHas Member: Coriander, Physical CharacteristicsQuote, Has Member: Coriander, Physical CharacteristicsCoriandrum sativum is a ANNUAL growing to 0.5 m (1ft 8in) by 0.3 m (1ft).View the SourcePlants For A Future: Borago officinalis (plant database entry)Plants For A FutureHas Member: Borage, Physical CharacteristicsQuote, Has Member: Borage, Physical CharacteristicsBorago officinalis is a ANNUAL growing to 0.6 m (2ft) by 0.3 m (1ft in) at a medium rate.View the SourcePlants For A Future: Fumaria officinalis (plant database entry)Plants For A FutureHas Member: Fumitory, Physical CharacteristicsQuote, Has Member: Fumitory, Physical CharacteristicsFumaria officinalis is a ANNUAL growing to 0.3 m (1ft) by 0.3 m (1ft in).View the SourcePlants For A Future: Datura stramonium (plant database entry)Plants For A FutureHas Member: Datura, Physical CharacteristicsQuote, Has Member: Datura, Physical CharacteristicsDatura stramonium is a ANNUAL growing to 1.5 m (5ft) by 1 m (3ft 3in) at a medium rate.View the SourcePlants For A Future: Nicotiana tabacum (plant database entry)Plants For A FutureHas Member: Tobacco, Physical CharacteristicsQuote, Has Member: Tobacco, Physical CharacteristicsNicotiana tabacum is a ANNUAL growing to 1.2 m (4ft).View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.