Herbal Folk Names Reference List

All folk names listed are arranged here in alphabetical order, followed by the common name by which each plant is identified in the work. Some folk names may apply in two or three distinct plants; when this is the case, these have been listed in alphabetical order.

In determining which plant to use, use logic; if a spell calls for Aaron’s rod and relates to graveyards, mullein would be a better choice rather than goldenrod, which has few such associations.

Source: Magical Herbalism By Scott Cunningham


A

Aaron’s Rod: Goldenrod, Mullein

Absinthe: Wormwood

Achillea: Yarrow

Aconite: Wolf’s Bane

Adder’s Mouth: Adder’s Tongue

African Ginger: Ginger

African Pepper: Grains of Paradise

Agave: Maguey

Ague Grass: Ague Root

Apeweed: Boneset

Ahuacoti: Avocado

Ajo: Garlic

Alantwurzel:   Elecampane

Albahaca: Basil

Alehoof: Ground Ivy

Alhuren: Elder

Alison: Alyssum

All Heal: Mistletoe, Valerian

Aftator Pear: Avocado

Alraun: Mandrake

Alycompaine: Elecampane

Amantilla: Valerian

Amber: St. John’s Wort

American Adder’s Tongue: Adder’s Tongue

American Dittany: Basil

American Mandrake: May Apple

Aneton: Dill

Anneys: Anise

Aniseseed: Anise

Anthropomorphon: Mandrake

Appleringie: Southernwood

Aquifolius: Holly

Arabic: Arabic, Gum

Arberry: Uva Ursa

Archangel: Angelica

Arched Fig: Banyan

Armstrong: Knotweed

Arrowroot: Yarrow

Artemis Herb: Mugwort

Artemesia: Mugwort

Artetyke: Cowslip

Arthritica: Cowslip

Asphodel: Daffodil

Assaranaccara: Avens

Assear: Comfrey

Ass’s Foot: Coltsfoot

Assyfetida: Asafoetida

Asthma Weed: Lobelia

Aunee: Elecampane

Autumn Crocus: Saffron

Ava: KavaKava

Ava Pepper: KavaKava

Ava Root: KavaKava

Awa Root: KavaKava

 

B

Baaras: Mandrake

Bad Man’s Plaything: Yarrow

Bairnwort: Daisy

Baie: Bay

Balessan: Balm of Gilead

Balsam: Balm of Gilead

Balsumodendron gileadensis: Balm of Gilead

Bamboo Briar: Sarsaparilla

Banal: Broom

Banewort: Belladonna, Pansy

Banwort: Pansy

Bardana: Burdock

Basam: Broom

Bashoush:  Rue

Bat’s Wings: Holly

Battree: Elder

Bay Laurel: Bay

Bay Tree: Bay

Bearberry: Uva Ursa

Bear’s Foot: Lady’s Mantle

Bear’s Grape: Uva Ursa

Bear Weed: Yerba Santa

Beaver Poison: Hemlock

Bechan: Balm of Gilead

Bee Balm: Balm, Lemon

Beechwheat: Buckwheat

Beer Flower: Hops

Beggar’s Buttons: Burdock

Beggarweed: Dodder

Beggary: Fumitory

Beithe: Birch

Ben: Benzoin

Benjamen: Benzoin

Bennet: Avens

Bereza: Birch

Bergamot: Bergamot, Orange

Berke: Birch

Beth: Birch, Trillium

Beth Root: Trillium

Bilberry: Blueberry

Bindweed: Morning Glory

Birdlime: Mistletoe

Bird’s Eye: Pansy

Bird’s Foot: Fenugreek

Bird’s Nest: Carrot

Bishopwort: Betony, Wood

Bisom: Broom

Biscuits: Tormentil

Bitter Grass: Ague Root

Bitter Root: Gentian

Bizzon: Broom

Black Cherry: Belladonna

Black Cohosh: Cohosh, Black

Black Nightshade: Henbane

Black Pepper: Pepper

Blackroot: Auge Root

Black Sampson: Echinacea

Black Snake Root: Cohosh, Black

Black Tea: Tea

Blackthorn: Sloe

Black Wort: Comfrey

Bladder Fucus: Bladderwrack

Bladderpod: Liverwort

Blanket Leaf: Mullein

Blessed Herb: Avens, Pimpernel

Blessed Thistle: Thistle, Holy

Blind Buff: Poppy

Blindeyes: Poppy

Blood: Dragon’s Blood

Bloodroot: Tormentil

Bloody Butcher: Valerian

Blooming Sally: Loosestrife

Blowball: Dandelion

Blue Buttons: Periwinkle

Blue Eyes: Potato

Blue Gum Tree: Eucalyptus

Blue Magnolia: Magnolia

Blue Mountain Tea: Goldenrod

Blue Violet: Violet

Blume: Dragon’s Blood

Bly: Blackberry

Blye Eyes: Potato

Box: Beech

Boke: Beech

Boneset: Comfrey

Bonewort: Pansy

Bookoo: Buchu

BoTree: Bodhi

Bottle Brush: Horsetail

Bouleau: Birch

Bouncing Bet: Pansy

Bour Tree: Elder

Boure Tree: Elder

Boxwood: Dogwood

Boy’s Love: Southernwood

Brain Thief: Mandrake

Bramble: Blackberry

Bramblekite: Blackberry

Brandy Mint: Peppermint

Brank: Buckwheat

Bras: Rice

Bread and Cheese Tree: Hawthorn

Bream: Broom

Bride of the Meadow: Meadowsweet

Bride of the Sun: Marigold

Bridewort: Meadowsweet

British Tobacco: Coltsfoot

Brittanica: Vervain

Broom: Gorse

Broom Tops: Broom

Brown Mint: Spearmint

Braisewort: Comfrey, Daisy

Brum: Broom

Buche: Beech

Buckeye: Horse Chestnut

Buckles: Cowslip

Bucco: Buchu

Budwood: Dogwood

Buffalo Herb: Alfalfa

Bugbane: Cohosh, Black

Bugloss: Borage

Buk: Beech

Buke: Beech

Buku: Buchu

Bull’s Blood: Horehound

Bull’s Foot: Coltsfoot

BumbleKite: Blackberry

Bumweed: Pilot Weed

Burning Bush: Wahoo

Burn Plant: Aloe

Burrage: Borage

Burrseed: Burdock

Butterbur: Coltsfoot

Butter Rose: Primrose

Buttons: Tansy

 

C

Caaroba: Carob

Calamus Draco: Dragon’s Blood

Calendula: Marigold

Calf’s Snout: Snapdragon

California Barberry:Oregon Grape

California Pepper Tree:Pepper Tree

Camomyle: Chamomile

Candlewick Plant: Mullein

Cane, Sugar: Sugar Cane

Cankerwort: Dandelion, Ragwort

Cape Gum: Acacia

Capon’s Trailer: Valerian

Carageen: Irish Moss

Caroba: Carob

Carobinha: Carob

Carpenter’s Weed: Yarrow

Carthage Apple: Pomegranate

Carya: Walnut

Cassflago: Henbane

Cassilata: Henbane

Cat: Catnip

Catmint: Catnip

Catnep: Catnip

Catrup: Catnip

Cat’s Foot: Ground Ivy
Cat’s Valerian: Valerian
Cat’s Wort: Catnip
Caucasian Walnut: Walnut
Cedron: Lemon Verbena
Celydoyne: Celandine
Centinode: Knotweed
Centocchiio: Periwinkle
Ceylon  Morning  Glory: Rose
Chafe Weed: LifeEverlasting
Chamaimelon: Chamomile
Chameleon Star: Bromeliad
Chanvre: Hemp
Checkerberry: Wintergreen
Chelidonium: Celandine
Cherry Pie: Heliotrope
Chewing John: Galangal
China Aster: Aster
China Root: Galangal
China Tea: Tea
Chinese Anise: Star Anise
Chinese Lovage: Lovage
Chinese Parsley: Coriander
Chocolate: Carob
Christ’s Ladder: Centaury
Christ’s Thorn: Holly
Church Steeples: Agrimony
Churnstaff: Toadflax
Cilantro: Coriander
Cilentro: Coriander
Circeium: Mandrake
Circoea: Mandrake
Citrus Plant: Parosela
Cleavers: Bedstraw, Fragrant
Clot: Mullein
Clotbur: Burdock
Cloudberry: Blackberry
Clove Root: Avens
Coakum: Poke
Cocan: Poke



Cocklebur: Agrimony
Cockleburr: Burdock
Colewort: Avens
Colic Root: Galangal
Common Bamboo: Bamboo
Common Fig: Fig
Common Heather: Heather
Common Lilac: Lilac
Wood Common Thyme: Thyme
Compass Point: Pilot Weed
Compass Weed: Rosemary
Coneflower: Echinacea
Consolida: Comfrey
Consound: Comfrey
Consumptive Weed: Yerba Santa
Convallaria: Lily of the Valley
Cornish Lovage: Lovage
Corona Solis: Sunflower
Couch Grass: Witch Grass
Coughwort: Coltsfoot
Coumaria Nut: Tonka
Cowcucumber: Cucumber
CowFlop: Foxglove
Cowgrass: Knotweed
Crampweed: Cinquefoil
Crocus: Saffron
Crosswort: Boneset
Crowberry: Poke
Crow Corn: Ague Root
Crown for a King: Wormwood
Crown of Thorns: Euphorbia
Cuckoo’s Bread: Plantain
Cuckowe’s Meat: Sorrel, Wood
Cucumber Tree: Magnolia
Culantro: Coriander
Cummino: Cumin
Cumino aigro: Cumin
Cupid’s Car: Wolf’s Bane
Cutweed: Bladderwrack
Cuy: Cowslip

D

DaffyDownDilly:       Daffodil

Daphne: Bay

Date Palm: Palm, Date

Deadly Nightshade: Belladonna

Deadmen’s Bells: Foxglove

Death Angel: Agaric

Death Cap: Agaric

Death Flower: Yarrow

Death’s Herb: Belladonna

Delight of the Eye: Rowan

Delphinium: Larkspur

Desert Rue: Parosela

Deus   Caballinus:  Henbane

Devil’s Apple: Datura

Devil’s Cherries: Belladonna

Devil’s Dung: Asafoetida

Devil’s Eye: Henbane, Periwinkle

Devil’s Flower: Bachelor’s Buttons

Devil’s Fuge: Mistletoe

Devil’s Guts: Dodder

Devil’s Milk: Celandine

Devil’s Nettle: Yarrow

Devil’s Oatmeal: Parsley

Dewberry: Blackberry

Dew of the Sea: Rosemary

Dhan: Rice

Digitalis: Foxglove

Dill Weed: Dill

Dilly: Dill

Divale: Belladonna

Doffle: Mullein

DogBur: Houndstongue

Doggies: Toadflax

Dog Grass: Witch Grass

Dog Standard: Ragwort

Dog’s Tongue: Houndstongue

Dogtree: Dogwood

Dollor: Meadowsweet

Donnerbesen:   Mistletoe

Draconis Resina: Dragon’s Blood

Dragon Bushes: Toadflax

Dragon’s Blood Palm: Dragon’s Blood

Dragonwort: Bistort

Drelip: Cowslip

Dropberry: Solomon’s Seal

Drunkard: Marigold

Duck’s Foot: May Apple

Duir: Oak

Dumbledore’s      Delight:     Wolf’s Bane

Dutch Honeysuckle: Honeysuckle

Dutch Rushes: Horsetail

Dwale: Belladonna

Dwaleberry: Belladonna

Dwayberry: Belladonna

 

E

Earthbank: Tormentil

Earthsmoke: Fumitory

Earth Star: Bromeliad

Easter Giant: Bistort

East India Catarrh Root: Galangal

Edellebore: Liverwort

Eerie: Yarrow

Egyptian Gum: Arabic, Gum

Egyptian Thorn: Acacia

Eldrum: Elder

Elf Dock: Elecampane

Elf Leaf: Lavender, Rosemary

Elfwort: Elecampane

Ellhorn: Elder

Elm, Slippery: Slippery Elm

Elven: Elm

Enchanter’s Plant: Vervain

Enebro: Juniper

English Cowslip: Primrose

English Elm: Elm

Englishman’s Foot: Plantain

English Serpentary: Boston

English Valerian: Valerian

English Walnut: Walnut

Euphrosyne: Eyebright

European Aspen: Aspen

European Elm: Elm

European Mistletoe: Mistletoe

European Raspberry: Raspberry

Euryangium Musk Root: Sumbul

Everlasting: LifeEverlasting

Ewe Daisy: Tormentil

Eye Balm: Golden Seal

Eye of the Star: Horehound

Eye Root: Golden Seal

Eyes: Daisy

 

F

Faggio: Beech

Fagos: Beech

Fairies Horses: Ragwort

Fair Lady: Belladonna

Fairy Bells: Sorrel, Wood

Fairy Cup: Cowslip

Fairy Fingers: Foxglove

Fairy Petticoats: Foxglove

Fairy’s Eggs: Molukka

Fairy Thimbles: Foxglove

Fairy Weed: Foxglove

False Wintergreen: Pipsissewa

Faya: Beech

Featherfew: Feverfew

Febrifuge Plant: Feverfew

Felon Herb: Mugwort

Feltwort: Mullein

Fenkel: Fennel

Feverwort: Boneset, Centaury

Field Balm: Catnip

Field Balsam: LifeEverlasting

Field Daisy: Daisy

Field Hops: Yarrow

Finnochio: Fennel

Fireweed: Dodder

Five Finger Blossom: Cinquefoil

Five Finger Grass: Cinquefoil

Five Fingers: Cinquefoil, Tormentil

Flag Lily: Blue Flag

Flannel Plant: Mullein

Flax Weed: Toadflax

Flesh and Blood: Tormentil

Fleur de Coucou: Daffodil

FleurdeLis: Blue Flag

FloppyDock: Foxglove

Floptop: Foxglove

Florentine Iris: Orris

Flores de  Cerveza: Hops

Florida Dogwood: Dogwood

Flower of Immortality: Amaranth

Flowering Cornel: Dogwood

Flowering Dogwood: Dogwood

Fluellin: Toadflax

Flukes: Potato

Flute Plant: Meadow Rue

Folk’s Gloves: Foxglove

Food of the Gods: Asafoetida

Foxes Glofa: Foxglove

Fox Bells: Foxglove

Foxtail: Club Moss

Frangipangi: Plumeria

Fragrant Valerian: Valerian

Frauenschlussel:   Cowslip

Frau Holle: Elder

French Wheat: Buckwheat

Frey: Gorse

Frozen Roses: Wood Rose

Fruit of the Gods: Apple

Fruit of the Underworld: Apple

Fuga daemonum: St. Johns Wort

Fumiterry:  Fumitory

Fumus:  Fumitory

Fumus  Terrae: Fumitory

Furze: Gorse

Fyrs: Gorse

 

 

 

G

Gagroot: Lobelia

Galgenmannchen:    Mandrake

Galingal: Galangal

Galingale: Galangal

Gallowgrass: Hemp

Gallows: Mandrake

Gallwort: Toadflax

Ganeb: Hemp

Ganja: Hemp

Garclive: Agrimony

Garden Celandine: Celandine

Garden Dill: Dill

Garden Heliotrope: Valerian

Garden Lettuce: Lettuce

Garden Mint: Mint, Spearmint

Garden Purslane: Purslane

Garden Rue: Rue

Garden Sage: Sage

Garden Thyme: Thyme

Garden Violet: Pansy

Garde Robe: Southernwood

Gargaut: Galangal

Garget: Poke

Gazels: Hawthorn

Gearwe: Yarrow

Gemeiner   Wachholder.   Juniper

Geneva: Juniper

Genista: Broom

German Rue: Rue

Ghost Flower: Datura

GillGoOverTheGround: Ground Ivy

Gillies: Carnation

Gilliflower:  Carnation

Gin Berry: Juniper

Ginepro: Juniper

Gin Plant: Juniper

Giver of Life: Corn

Gladdon: Calamus

Goat’s Leaf: Honeysuckle

Goat Weed: St. John’s Wort

Golden Apple: Apricot

Golden Bough: Mistletoe

Golden Purslane: Purslane

Golden Star: Avens

Goldes: Marigold

Goldy Star: Avens

Goldruthe: Goldenrod

Gonea Tea: Goldenrod

Good Luck Plant: Ti

Goosegrass: Cinquefoil

Gooseleek: Daffodil

Goose Tansy: Cinquefoil

Gorst: Gorse

Gort: Ivy

Goss: Gorse

Gout Root: Briony

Goutberry: Blackberry

Grandilla: Passion  Flower

Grape, Oregon: Oregon Grape

Grass: Hemp

Gravelroot: JoePye Weed

Gravel Root: Meadowsweet

Graveyard Dust: Mullein

Graveyard Flowers: Plumeria

Great Burdock* Burdock

Greater Celandine: Celandine

Greater Pimpernel: Pimpernel

Greater Scullcap: Scullcap

Great Herb, The: Foxglove

Great Morel: Belladonna

Grecian Laurel: Bay

Greek HaySeed: Fenugreek

Green Broom: Broom

Green Mint: Spearmint

Green Osier: Dogwood

Green Spine: Spearmint

Grenadier: Pomegranate

Groats: Oats

Ground Apple: Chamomile

Groundbread: Cyclamen

Groundesweige:    Groundsel

Ground Glutton: Groundsel

Ground Holly: Pipsissewa

Ground Raspberry: Golden Seal

Grundy Swallow: Groundsel

Guardrobe: Rosemary

Guinea Grains: Grains of Paradise

Gum Arabic: Arabic, Gum

Gum Arabic Tree: Arabic, Gum

Gum Benzoin: Benzoin

Gum Bush: Yerba Santa

Gum Myrrh Tree: Myrrh

Gum Mastic: Mastic

Gum Plant: Comfrey

Gypsy Flower: Houndstongue

 

H

Hag’s Tapers: Mullein

Hagthorn: Hawthorn

Hand of Power: Lucky Hand

Hanf: Hemp

Happy Major: Burdock

Haran: Horehound

Hardock: Burdock

Harebell: Bluebell

Harefoot: Avens

Haw: Hawthorn

Haya: Beech

Haymaids: Ground Ivy

Hazels: Hawthorn

Headache: Poppy

Head Waak: Poppy

Healing Herb: Comfrey

Heart Leaf: Liverwort

Heart’s Ease: Pansy

Heath: Heather

Hebenon: Henbane

Hedge Taper: Mullein

Hedgemaids: Ground Ivy

Heermannchen:    Chamomile

Hellweed: Dodder

Helmet Flower: Scullcap

Helping Hand: Lucky Hand

Hempseed: Joe Pye Weed

Hen and Chickens: Houseleek

Henbells: Henbane

Herba John: St. Johns Wort

Herba Sacra: Vervain

Herb Bennet: Avens, Hemlock

Herb of Circe: Mandrake

Herb of Enchantment: Vervain

Herb of Gladness: Borage

Herb of Grace: Rue, Vervain

Herb of Mary: Pimpernel

Herb of the Cross: Vervain

Herb Peter: Cowslip

Herb Trinity: Liverwort

Herb Walter: Woodruff

Herbygrass: Rue

Hetre: Beech

Hexenmannchen:    Mandrake

High Blackberry: Blackberry

Hildemoer:  Elder

Hoarhound: Horehound

Hog Apple: May Apple

Hogsbean: Henbane

Hogweed: Knotweed

Holigolds: Marigold

Hollunder: Elder

Holm: Holly

Holme Chaste: Holly

Holy Herb: Vervain, Yerba Santa

Holy Thistle: Thistle, Holy

Holy Tree: Holly

Holy Wood: Mistletoe

Honey: Clover

Honeystalks: Clover

Hoodwort: Scullcap

Horseheal: Elecampane

Horse Violet: Pansy

Hreow: Rue

Huath: Hawthorn

Huauhtli:   Amaranth

Hulm: Holly

Hulver Bush: Holly

Hundred Leaved Grass: Yarrow

Huran: Horehound

Hurrburr: Burdock

Husbandman’s Dial: Marigold

Hylder: Elder

Hyssop Herb: Hyssop

 

I

 

Indian Sage: Boneset

 Indian Tobacco: Lobelia

India Root: Galangal

Inkberry: Poke

Intoxicating Pepper: KavaKava

Iris: Blue Flag

Irish Broom: Broom

Irish Tops: Broom

Isana: Henbane

Isopo: Hyssop

Italian Lovage: Lovage

Italian Parsley: Lovage

 

J

 

Jacob’s Ladder: Lily of the Valley

Jatamansi: Sumbul

Jaundice Root: Golden Seal

Jessamine: Jasmine

JoePie: JoePye Weed

Johnny Jumper: Pansy

Johnny JumpUps: Pansy

Jove’s Nuts: Oak

Joy of the Mountain: Marjoram

Jusquiame:  Henbane

Jupiter’s Bean: Henbane

Jalap: High John the Conqueror

Jimsonweed: Datura

John’s Wort: St. Johns Wort

Jopi Weed: JoePye Weed

Jove’s Flower: Carnation

Joy on the Ground: Periwinkle

Juglans: Oak

Juno’s Tears: Vervain

Jupiter’s Staff: Mullein

 

K

Kaempferia Galanga: Galangal

Kaphnos:  Fumitory

Karan: Myrrh

Karcom: Saffron

Keckies: Hemlock

Kelp: Bladderwrack

Kenning Wort: Celandine

Key Flower: Cowslip

Key of Heaven: Cowslip

Kex: Hemlock

Kharkady:  Hibiscus

KhusKhus: Vetivert

Ki: Ti

Kif: Hemp

King Root: Bloodroot

Kinnikinnick: Uva Ursa

KissMeAtTheGardenGate:

Pansy

Klamath Weed: St. Johns Wort

Knight’s Milfoil: Yarrow

Knit Back: Comfrey
Knitbone:  Comfrey
Knotgrass: Knotweed
Knotted Marjoram: Marjoram
Knyghten: Yarrow
Ko: Sugar Cane
Krokos: Saffron
Kunkuma:   Saffron
L
Lacris: Licorice
Ladder to Heaven: Lily of the Valley Link: Broom
Lady’s Foxglove: Mullein
Ladies’ Meat: Hawthorn
Ladies’ Seal: Briony
Lad’s Love: Southernwood
Lady Ellhorn: Elder
Ladykins:  Mandrake
Lady of the Meadow: Meadowsweet Little Queen: Meadowsweet
Lady of the Woods: Birch
Lady’s Key: Cowslip
Lady’s Laces: Dodder
Lady’s Mantle: Yarrow
Lady’s Seal: Solomon’s Seal
Lady’s Thistle: Thistle
Lama: Ebony
Lamb Mint: Spearmint
Lammint:  Peppermint
Lapstones: Potato
Lattouce: Lettuce
Laurel: Bay
Laurier a’Appolon:  Bay

Laurier Sauce: Bay

LoveLiesBleeding: Amaranth, Pansy

Lavose: Lovage

Leopard’s Bane: Wolf’s Bane

Love Rod: Lovage

Leaf of Patrick, The: Plantain

Love Root: Lovage

Leather Jackets: Potato

Love Vine: Dodder

Lemon Balm: Balm, Lemon

LoveWill: Datura

Lemon Balsam: Balm, Lemon

Loving Herbs: Lovage

Lent Lily: Daffodil

Loving Idol: Pansy

Low John the Conqueror: Galangal

Lubestico: Lovage

Lucerne: Alfalfa

Luib na muc: Pimpernel

Lunary:  Honesty

LurkinTheDitch: Pennyroyal

Lusmore: Foxglove

Lus na mbau side: Foxglove

Lycopod: Club Moss

Lycorys: Licorice

Lythnun: Loosestrife

 

M

Mackerel Mint: Spearmint

Mad Apple: Datura

Madder’s Cousin: Bedstraw, Fragrant

Madherb: Datura

Mad Root: Briony

Madweed: Scullcap

Madwort: Alyssum

Magic Mushroom: Agaric

Maia:  Banana

Maidenhair Fern: Maidenhair

Maid’s Ruin: Southernwood

Maize: Corn

Male Lily: Lily of the Valley

Malicorio: Pomegranate

Mallaquetta Pepper:

Grains of Paradise

Malum  punicum:   Pomegranate

Mandragen:   Mandrake

Mandragor: Mandrake

Mandrake: May Apple

Manicon: Datura

Mannikin: Mandrake

Manzanifla:   Chamomile

Maracoc: Passion Flower

Marian Thistle: Thistle, Milk

Marigold of Peru: Sunflower

Marijuana: Hemp

Marjorlaine: Marjoram

Marrubium: Horehound

Marshmallow: Althea

Maruil: Horehound

Marybud: Marigold

Marygold: Marigold

Mary Gowles: Marigold

Master of the Woods: Woodruff

Masterwort: Angelica

Masticke: Mastic

Mate: Yerba Mate

Maudlinwort: Daisy

May: Hawthorn

Mayblossom:  Hawthorn

May Bush: Hawthorn

Mayflower:  Hawthorn

May Lily: Lily of the Valley

Maypops: Passion Flower

Maythen: Chamomile

Meadow Anemone: Anemone

Meadow Cabbage: Skunk Cabbage

Meadowwort: Meadowsweet

Meadsweet: Meadowsweet

Mealberry: Uva Ursa

Melia: Plumeria

Mecca Balsam: Balm of Gilead

Medicine Plant: Aloe

MeetMeInTheEntry: Pansy

Melampode: Hellebore, Black

Melequetta: Grains of Paradise

Melissa: Balm, Lemon

Michaelmas: Aster

Milfoil: Yarrow

Militaris: Yarrow

Military Herb: Yarrow

Millefolium: Yarrow

Minarta: Avens

Miracle Herb: Comfrey

Mirra  Balsam   Odendron:  Myrrh

Mismin:  Spearmint

Misseltoe: Mistletoe

Mizquitl:  Mesquite

Money Plant: Honesty

Monkshood: Wolf’s Bane

Moon Daisy

Moonlight on the Grove: Jasmine

Moor Grass: Cinquefoil

Moose Elm: Slippery Elm

Mortification Root: Althea

Mother of the Herbs: Rue

Mother of the Wood: Sloe

Mountain Ash: Rowan

Mountain Balm: Yerba Santa

Mountain Box: Uva Ursa

Mountain Cranberry: Uva Ursa

Mountain Mint: Marjoram

Mountain Tea: Wintergreen

Mosquito Plant: Pennyroyal

Muggons: Mugwort

Mum: Chrysanthemum

Murphies: Potato

Musquash Root: Hemlock

Myrtle Flag: Calamus

Myrtle Grass: Calamus

Myrtle Sedge: Calamus

 

N

Narcissus: Daffodil

Nard: Lavender, Spikenard

Nardus: Lavender

Naughty Man: Mugwort

Naughty Man’s Cherries:

Belladonna

Neckweede: Hemp

Nelka: Carnation

Nepeta: Catnip

Nidor: Fumitory

Nine Hooks: Lady’s Mantle

Nine Joints: Knotweed

Ninety Knot: Knotweed

Nion: Ash

Nip: Catnip

Nirvara: Rice

Noble Laurel: Bay

Noble Yarrow: Yarrow

No Eyes: Potato

Nosebleed: Yarrow

Nurse Heal: Elecampane

 

O

Oatmeal: Oats

Obeah Wood: Ebony

Ohe: Bamboo

Oingnum: Onion

Othokgi: Sumbul

Old Field Balsam: Life Everlasting

Old Gal: Elder

Old Lady: Elder

Old Man: Mugwort, Southernwood

Old Man Fennel: Mullein

Old Man’s Pepper: Yarrow

Old Man’s Mustard: Yarrow

Old Uncle Henry: Mugwort

Old Woman: Wormwood

Olena:  Turmeric

Olibans: Frankincense

Olibanum: Frankincense

Olibanus: Frankincense

Olvier: Olive

Onyoun: Onion

Orange Bergamot:

Bergamot, Orange

Orange Mint: Bergamot, Orange

Orange Root: Golden Seal

Oregon Grape Root: Oregon Grape

Organ Broth: Pennyroyal

Organs: Pennyroyal

Organ Tea: Pennyroyal

Ortiga  ancha:  Nettle

Osier: Willow

Ouchi: Sumbul

“Our Herb”: Basil

Our Lady’s Glove: Foxglove

Our Lady’s Keys: Cowslip

Our Lady’s Mint: Spearmint

Our Lady’s Tears: Lily of the Val

Oval Buchu: Buchu

 

P

Paddock Pipes: Horsetail

Paddy: Rice

Paeony: Peony

Paigle: Cowslip

PaindePorceau:      Cyclamen

Palma Christi: Castor

Pahna Christi Root: Castor

Paraguay: Yerba Mate

Paralysio: Cowslip

Partyke: Loosestrife

Pas d’ane: Coltsfoot

Pasque Flower: Anemone

Passe Flower: Anemone

Passions: Bistort

Passion Vine: Passion Flower

Password: Cowslip, Primrose

Patience Dock: Bistort

Patrick’s Dock: Plantain

Patrick’s Leaf: Plantain

Patterns and Clogs: Toadflax

PawPaw: Papaya

Pearl Moss: Irish Moss

Peepul Tree: Bodhi

Peggie: Cowslip

Pelican Flower: Snakeroot

Pensee: Pansy

Pentagram Flowers: Wax Plant

Pentagram Plant: Wax Plant

Pentaphyflon: Cinquefoil



Percely: Parsley

Persea: Avocado

Persil: Parsley

Personata: Burdock

Peruvian Mastic Tree: Pepper Tree

Pesteporis:  Avens

Petersilie: Parsley

Peter’s Staff: Mullein

Petroselinum: Parsley

Pewterwort: Horsetail

Philanthropos: Agrimony

Philtron: Carrot

Phu: Valerian

Pigrush: Knotweed

Pigweed: Knotweed, Purslane

Pigeon Berry: Poke

Pigeon’s Grass: Vervain

Pigeonwood: Vervain

Piliolerian: Pennyroyal

Pimpinella: Pimpernel

Pinks: Potato

Pipe Tree: Elder

Pipul: Bodhi

Piru: Pepper Tree

PissABed: Dandelion

Plumrocks: Cowslip

Pocan: Poke

Poison Flag: Blue Flag

Poison Hemlock: Hemlock

Poison Lily: Blue Flag

Poison Parsley: Hemlock

Poison Tobacco: Henbane

Polar Plant: Rosemary

Pole Cat Weed: Skunk Cabbage

Pokeberry Root: Poke

Poke Root: Poke

Polk Root: Poke

Poor Man’s Meat: Beans

Poor Man’s Treacle: Garlic

 

Poorman’s Weatherglass: Pimpernel

Porillon: Daffodil

Pot Marjoram: Marjoram

Pound Garnet: Pomegranate

Prickly Broom: Gorse

Priest’s Crown: Dandelion

Princess Pine: Pipsissewa

Prince’s Pine: Pipsissewa

PuchaPot: Patchouly

Pudding Grass: Pennyroyal

Pufrball: Dandelion

Pukeweed: Lobelia

Purple Betony: Betony, Wood

Purple Medic: Alfalfa

Purple Willow Herb: Loosestrife

PussyWillow: Willow

 

Q

Queen of the Meadow:

Meadowsweet

Queen Elizabeth Root: Orris

Queen’s Delight: Stillengia

Queen’s Root: Stillengia

Quick: Hawthorn

Quickbane: Rowan

Quick Grass: Witch Grass

 

R

Rabbits: Toadflax

Raccoon Berry: Mandrake, May Apple

Radix Viperina: Snakeroot

Ragweed: Ragwort

Rainbow Weed: Loosestrife

Ramsted: Toadflax

Ran Tree: Rowan

Rapuns: Radish

Rattle Root: Cohosh, Black

Red Bearberry: Uva Ursa

Red Campion: Bachelor’s Buttons

RedCap Mushroom: Agaric

Red Cockscomb: Amaranth

Red Elm: Slippery Elm

Red Eyebright: Eyebright

Red Eyes: Potato

Red Pepper: Chili Pepper

Red Raspberry: Raspberry

Red Legs: Bistort

Red Robin: Knotweed

Red Root: Bloodroot

Red Sage: Sage

Red Squill: Squill

Red Valerian: Valerian

Rewe: Rue

Rhizoma Galangae: Galangal

Ripple Grass: Plantain

Rob Elder: Elder

RobinRunInTheHedge: Ground Ivy

Rock Parsley: Parsley

Rocks: Potato

Rocky Mountain Grape: Oregon Grape

RodenQuicken: Rowan

RodenQuickenRoyan: Rowan

Roynetree: Rowan

Roman Camomile: Camomile

Roman Laurel: Bay

Rudbeckia: Echinacea

Ruddes: Marigold

Ruddles: Marigold

Rue, Meadow: Meadow Rue

Ruffett: Gorse

RunByTheGround: Pennyroyal

Ruta: Rue

 

S

Sacred Bark: Cascara Sagrada

Sacred Herb: Yerba Santa

Sacred Mother: Corn

Sacred Mushroom: Agaric

Sacred Tree: Bodhi

Saffer: Saffron

Sagackhomi: Uva Ursa

Sage: Sagebrush

Sage Willow: Loosestrife

Sahlab: Orchid

Sahlep: Orchid

Saille: Willow

Sailor’s Tobacco: Mugwort

St. George’s Herb: Valerian

St. James’ Wort: Ragwort

St. John’s Plant: Mugwort

St. Joseph’s Wort: Basil

St. Mary’s Seal: Solomon’s Seal

St. Patrick’s Leaf: Plantain

Salap: Lucky Hand

Salep: Orchid

Salicaire: Loosestrife

Salicyn Willow: Willow

Saloop: Orchid

Sandberry: Uva Ursa

Sang: Ginseng

Sanguinary: Yarrow

Sanguis Draconis:  Dragon’s Blood

Sandal: Sandalwood

Santal: Sandalwood

Saracen Corn: Buckwheat

Satyrion: Orchid

Saugh Tree: Willow

Sawge: Sage

Scabwort: Elecampane

Scaffold Flower: Carnation

Scaldweed: Dodder

Scheiteregi:   Fumitory

Scoke: Poke

Scotch Broom: Broom

Scottish Heather: Heather

Sea Dew: Rosemary

Sea Hofly: Eryngo

Sealroot: Solomon’s Seal

Sealwort: Solomon’s Seal

Sea Onion: Squill

Sea Parsley: Lovage

Sea Spirit: Bladderwrack

Seawrack: Bladderwrack

Seed of Horus: Horehound

Seed of Seeds: Corn

Seetang: Bladderwrack

Selago: Club Moss

Semihomo: Mandrake

Sengren: Houseleek

Sention: Groundsel

Septfoil:  Tormentil

Serpentary Radix: Snakeroot

Serpentary Rhizome: Snakeroot

Serpent’s Tongue: Adder’s Tongue

Sete Wale: Valerian

Set Well: Valerian

Seven Barks: Hydrangea

Seven Year’s Love: Yarrow

Shamrock: Clover

ShaveGrass: Horsetail

Sheep Lice: Houndstongue

Shepherd’s Club: Mullein

Shepherd’s Herb: Mullein

Shepherd’s Knot: Tormentil

Shepherd’s Weatherglass: Pimpernel

Short Buchu: Buchu

Siamese Benzoin: Benzoin

Silver Bough, The: Apple

Silver Cinquefoil: Cinquefoil

Silverweed: Cinquefoil

Silver Dollar: Honesty

Simpler’s Joy: Vervain

Simson: Groundsel

Skunk Weed: Skunk Cabbage

Slanlus: Plaintain

Sleepwort: Lettuce

Slippery Root: Comfrey                     Spurge: Euphorbia

Snagree: Snakeroot                           Squaw Mint: Pennyroyal

Snagrel: Snakeroot                            Squaw Root: Cohosh, Black

Snakebite: Plantain                           Staggerwort: Ragwort

Snake Grape: Briony                        Stammerwort: Ragwort

Snake Lily: Blue Flag                        Stanch Griss: Yarrow

Snake’s Friend: Indian Paint Brush       Stanch Weed: Yarrow

Snake’s Grass: Yarrow                      Stargrass: Ague Root

Snake’s Matches:                             Star of the Earth: Avens

Indian Paint Brush                            Starwort: Ague Root, Aster

Snakeweed:                                     Stellaria: Lady’s Mantle

Bistort, Plaintain, Snakeroot               Steeplebush: Meadowsweet

Snapping Hazelnut: Witch Hazel         Stepmother: Pansy

Sola  Indianus:  Sunflower                  Sticklewort: Agrimony

Soldier’s Tea: Horehound                   Stickwort: Agrimony, Sorrel, Wood

Soldier’s Woundwort: Yarrow            Stillingia: Stillengia

Solidago: Goldenrod                          Stinging Nettle: Nettle

Solomon Seal: Solomons Seal              Stinking Nanny: Ragwort

Sol Terrestis: St. John’s Wort               Stinking Willie: Ragwort

SopsInWine: Carnation                      Stinkweed: Datura, Garlic

Sorb Apple: Rowan                          Strangle Tare: Dodder

Sorcerer’s Berry: Belladonna               Storm Hat: Wolf’s Bane

Sorcerer’s Herb: Datura                     Stringy Bark Tree: Eucalyptus

Sorcerer’s Violet: Periwinkle                Styrax: Liquidamber

Sourgrass: Sorrel, Wood                    Stubwort: Sorrel, Wood

Sour Trefoil: Sorrel, Wood                 Succory: Chicory

SowBread: Cyclamen                         Summer’s Bride: Marigold

Spanish Arbor Vine: Wood Rose         Sunkfield: Cinqufoil

Spanish Saffron: Saffron                    Suntull: Skunk Cabbage

Sparrow’s Tongue: Knotweed             Sureau: Elder

Spike: Lavender                                Surelle: Sorrel, Wood

Spider Lily: Spiderwort                      Swallow Herb: Celandine

Spindle Tree: Wahoo                        SwallowWort: Celandine

Spire Mint: Spearmint                        Swamp Cabbage: Skunk Cabbage

Sponnc:  Coltsfoot                             Swamp Sassafras: Magnolia

Spotted Alder: Witch Hazel                 Sweating Plant: Boneset

Spotted Corobane: Hemlock                Sweet Balm: Balm, Lemon

Spotted Hemlock: Hemlock                 Sweet Balsam: Balm, Lemon

Spousa Solis: Marigold                      Sweet Basil: Basil

Sweet Bay: Bay

Sweet Cane: Calamus

Sweet Cherry: Cherry

Sweet Dock: Bistort

Sweet Elder: Elder

Sweet Fennel: Fennel

Sweet Flag: Calamus

Sweet Grass: Calamus

Sweet Gum: Liquidamber

Sweet Marjoram: Marjoram

Sweet Root: Calamus, Licorice

Sweet Rush: Calamus

Sweet Scented Goldenrod: Goldenrod

Sweet Scented LifeEverlasting: LifeEverlasting

Sweet Sedge: Calamus

Sweet Violet: Violet

Sweet Weed: Althea

Sweet Wood: Cinnamon

Sweet Woodruff: Woodruff

Swine Bread: Cyclamen

Swine Snout: Dandelion

Swynel Grass: Knotweed

Symphonica: Henbane

Synkefoyle: Cinquefoil

 

T

Tabacca: Tobacco

Tamarindo: Tamarind

Tamus: Briony

Tansy: Yarrow

Taters: Potato

Tatties: Potato

Taubenkropp:  Fumitory

Teaberry: Wintergreen

Tear Grass: Job’s Tears

Teasel: Boneset

Tekrouri: Hemp

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Temple Tree: Plumeria

Tetterberry: Briony

Tetterwort: Celandine

Thimbleberry: Blackberry

Thormantle: Tormentil

Thorn: Hawthorn

Thornapple: Datura

Thoroughwort: Boneset

Trior‘s Hat: Wolf’s Bane

Thor’s Helper: Rowan

Thousand Seal: Yarrow

ThreeLeaved Grass: Sorrel, Wood

Thrissles: Thistles

Thunderbesem: Mistletoe

Tickweed: Pennyroyal

Tipton Weed: St. John’s Wort

Torches: Mullein

Tinne: Holly

TittleMyFancy: Pansy

Toad: Toadflax

Toloache: Datura

Tongue of Dog: Houndstongue

Tonqua: Tonka

Tonquin Bean: Tonka

Trailing Grape: Oregon Grape

Tree of Chastity: Hawthorn

Tree of Death: Cypress

Tree of Doom: Elder

Tree of Enchantment: Willow

Tree of Evil: Walnut

Tree of Love: Apple

Trefoil: Clover, Liverwort

Trifoil: Clover

True Love: Trillium

True Unicorn Root: Ague Root

True Winter’s Bark: Winter’s Bark

Trumpet Flower: BeStill

Trumpet Weed: JoePye Weed, Meadowsweet

Tumeric Root: Golden Seal

Tunhoof: Ground Ivy

Turnsole: Heliotrope

 

U

Unicorn Root: Ague Root

UnshoeHorse: Moonwort

Unyoun: Onion

 

V

Vada Tree: Banyan

Vandal Root: Valerian

Vanilla Leaf: Deerstongue

VanVan: Vervain

Vapor: Fumitory

Vegetable Sulfur: Club Moss

Velvetback: Mullein

Velvet Dock: Elecampane

Velvet Flower: Amaranth

Velvet Plant: Mullein

Verbena: Vervain

Verge d’Or: Goldenrod

Vervan: Vervain

Vetiver: Vetivert

Virginia Dogwood: Dogwood

Virginian Poke: Poke

Virginian Snakeroot: Snakeroot

Virgin Mary’s Nut: Molukka

Voodoo Witch Buff: Liquidamber

 

W

Wallwort: Comfrey

Walnoot: Walnut

Warnera: Golden Seal

War Poison:Yellow Evening Primrose

Water Flag: Blue Flag

Water Iris: Blue Flag

Water Parsley: Hemlock

Way Bennet: Avens

Wax Dolls: Fumitory

Waybread: Plantain

Waybroad: Plantain

Weed: Hemp

WelcomeHomeHusband

ThoughNeverSoDrunk:

Houseleek

WelcomeHomeHusband

ThoughNeverSoLate:

Houseleek

Weybroad: Plantain

Whig Plant: Chamomile

Whin: Gorse

White Balsam: LifeEverlasting

White Endive: Dandelion

White Horehound: Horehound

White Man’s Foot: Plantain

White Sandalwood: Sandalwood

White Saunders: Sandalwood

White Squill: Squill

White Thorn: Hawthorn

White Willow: Willow

Whitty: Rowan

WickenTree: Rowan

Wiggin: Rowan

Wiggy: Rowan

Wiky: Rowan

Wild Ash: Rowan

Wild Cherry: Chicory

Wild Curcurma: Golden Seal

Wild Endive: Dandelion

Wild Hops: Briony

Wild Lemon: Mandrake, May Apple

Wild Oregon Grape:Oregon Grape

Wild Sage: Sagebrush

Wild Succory: Chicory

Wild Sunflower: Elecampane

Wild Vanilla: Deerstongue

Wild Vine: Briony

Wind Flower: Anemon

Wintera: Winter’s Bark

Wintera aromatica: Winter’s Bark

Winterbloom: Witch Hazel

Winter’s Cinnamon: Winter’s Bark

Wintersweet:  Marjoram

Wishing Thorn: Sloe

Witchbane: Rowan

Witchen: Rowan

Witches’ Aspirin: Willow

Witches Bells: Foxglove

Witches’ Broom: Mistletoe

Witches’ Grass: Witch Grass

Witches’ Hair: Dodder

Witches’ Herb: Basil

Witches’ Thimble: Datura

Witches Thimbles: Foxglove

Witch Buff: Liquidamber

Witch Herb: Mugwort

Witch’s Berry: Belladonna

Witchwood: Rowan

Withe: Willow

Withy: Willow

Wolf Claw: Club Moss

Wolf’s Hair: Wolf’s Bane

Wolf’s Hat: Wolf’s Bane

Wolf’s Milk: Euphorbia

Womandrake: Mandrake

Wonder of the World Root:Ginseng

Wood Aloes: Aloes, Wood

Wood Betony: Betony, Wood

Woodbine:  Honeysuckle

Wood Boneset: Bonese

Wood of the Cross: Mistletoe

WoodRove: Woodruff

Wood Sorrel: Sorrel, Wood

Wood Sour: Sorrel, Wood

Wood Vine: Briony

Woolmat:    Houndstongue

Wound Weed: Goldenrod

Woundwort: Goldenrod

Wound Wort: Yarrow

Wuderove: Woodruff

Wymote: Althea

 

Y

Yakori  bengeskro:  Elder

Yalluc: Comfrey

Yarroway: Yarrow

Yaw Root: Stillengia

Yellow Avens: Avens

Yellow Dock: Dock

Yellow Gentian: Gentian

Yellow Oleander: BeStill

Yellow Puccoon: Golden Seal

Yellow Root: Golden Seal

Yellow Sandalwood: Sandalwood

Yerba: Yerba Mate

Yerba  Buena:  Spearmint

Verba  del Diablo:   Datura

Yerba Louisa: Lemon Verbena

Yerw: Yarrow

Ynleac: Onion

Ysopo: Hyssop

Yssop: Hyssop

Z

Zauberwurzel:    Mandrake

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