LokStok

Everything I've seen, heard and experienced points to the exact opposite being the case.

Same species, different cultivars. https://www.getkavafied.com/blogs/the-kavafied-times/know-your-kava-what-are-all-the-different-kava-cultivars

They like hot, dry and intense light when in the sun. The light shade description that is on Wiki (and copied everywhere) should more likely be read as light/shade, as in full light then full shade....as you would get living at the base of a cliff. Try damp stratifying the seeds for a month first.

Motherwort https://restorativemedicine.org/library/monographs/motherwort/

There is no such thing as sustainable harvest of Acacia rootbark.

https://rumble.com/embed/vnmga7/?pub=4

I think the other is Chinese Mugwort (A. argyi), the other 'Moxa' plant.

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looks like Leonotis leonurus. https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/leonotis_leonurus.htm check the second picture down.

pointers: -never buy powder, always whole bits of root then grind yourself. -sow your seeds anyway, whilst still looking for root sources. -contact https://theherbalist.worldsecuresystems.com/index , he grows his own, but may be reluctant to part with any non tinctured root. -if all else fails, why not whole root peices from India? Its the home of Ashwagandha after all.

whoa...glad i dropped in. Happy Birthday Torsten!!

Piper betle

they are drowning. get them out of that styro box & let them drain.