Ingredients
Our herbal apothecary offers a variety of wildcrafted and organic ingredients to help you on your journey to health and wellness. These ingredients are sustainably harvested, ethically sourced, and carefully selected to ensure they are of the highest quality and have the most healing properties possible. Here’s an introduction to the ingredients we use in our tinctures, teas, salves, and elixirs — because we don’t just believe in the healing power of nature, we also strive to make it accessible to everyone.
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![small green leaf with diagonal strands]()
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![green bushy plant with purple flower]()
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![Large succulent aloe leaves]()
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![pointy yellow flowers with green leaves]()
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![a light purple flower with spike like pedals]()
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![yellow wax discs stacked on a table]()
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![tiny bundles of yellow budded flowers]()
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![purple wildflowers in the mountains]()
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![a thistle like purple flower]()
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![a cacao seed in its raw form]()
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![a white root with brown shoots and a green stem]()
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![bright orange daisy like flowers]()
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![bright orange tulip like flowers in a field]()
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![mint like leaves with a lavender flower]()
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![a fungus growing on tree bark that growing darker brown]()
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![a glass mug of creamy chai with spices sprinkled on the top]()
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![a field of white daisies with yellow center]()
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![a plant with oval leaves and tiny white flowers]()
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![a green plant with rosemary like chutes]()
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![a brown root like mushroom with darker spindles]()
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![small stems with purple flowers growing up each stem]()
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![a giant cottonwood tree with brown bark and no leaves on the branches]()
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![shiny dark green oval leaves with rounded yellow flowers on top]()
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![shiny dark purple berries grow on a tall green bush]()
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![light green oval leaves grow from a bush with small blackberry like berries]()
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![Dark green conifer branches]()
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![fuscia colored wildflowers grow wild in front of mountain range]()
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![white and pink pedals grow from a wild flower stem]()
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![ginger roots gathered with green stems attached]()
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![large clover like leaves grow in downward fashion]()
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![a yellow wild flower with a triangular top shape]()
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![shiny round green leaves]()
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![yellow spiky pedals emerge from round green flower base]()
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![small white flowers with yellow center]()
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![green marijuana leaves]()
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![red hibiscus bulbs gathered together]()
Hibiscus
Learn About HibiscusHibiscus sabdariffa
Not only does hibiscus make your tea the prettiest color and add the best cooling tangy flavor—it is useful for supporting cardiovascular...
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![tall flower stem with purple buds and small white flowers grow at the top of each stem]()
Marshmallow
Althaea officinalis
Common mallow (Malva neglecta) and hollyhocks can be used in the same ways as our medicinal marshmallow plant, which is...
Nettle
Urtica species
One of nature's supreme superfoods, nettle is rich in vitamins and nutrients vital to our health and wellbeing. The leaves can be...
Rose
Rosa species
Use wild or organically grown domestic roses of any color. They carry the scent of love and admiration, transporting us back...
Gunnison Location:
126 N Main St.
Gunnison, CO 81230
970.707.4135
11am-5pm 7 Days a Week
Crested Butte Location:
510 Elk Avenue #6
Crested Butte, CO 81224
11am-5pm 7 Days a Week
The information and ingredients in this blog and website is true and complete to the best of our knowledge. All recommendations are made without guarantee on the part of the blog author, or Briana Wiles, owner of Rooted Apothecary and author of Mountain States Foraging, or Timber Press. The author of the blog and of Mountain States Foraging, and the publisher of said book disclaim any liability in connection with the use of this information. In particular, eating wild plants is inherently risky. Plants can easily be mistaken, and individuals vary in their physiological reactions to plants that are touched and consumed.
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