Post by wren on Oct 12, 2006 15:18:08 GMT -5
Ever read an old spell that calls for a Dog’s Tongue, an Englishman’s Foot, a few drops of Dragon’s Blood or a bit of Benjamin? It just might be an old folk name for an herb! I'll be adding more as I compile them. Please let me know if you have any to add!
In the case of two entries, check associations before deciding which herb to use. Also, check spelling…i.e. - Banewort or Banwort, Cocklebur or Cockleburr
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: Aguey
Ague Grass: Ague Root
Apeweed: Boneset
Ahuacoti: Avocado
Ajo: Garlic
Alantwurzel: Elecampane
Albahaca: Basil
Alehoof: Ground Ivy
Alhuen: 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
Ashopdel: Daffodil
Assaranaccara: Avens
Assear: Comfrey
Ass’s Foot: Coltsfoot
Assyfetida: Asafoetida
Asthma Weed: Lobelia
Aunee: Elecampane
Autumn Crocus: Saffron
Ava: Kava-Kava
Ava Pepper: Kava-Kava
Ava Root: Kava-Kava
Awa Root: Kava-Kava
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: Sarsparilla
Banal: Broom
Banewort: Belladonna, Pansy
Banwort: Pansy
Bardana: Burdock
Basam: Broom
Bashoush: Rue
Bat’s Wings: Holly
Battree: Elder
Bay Laurel: 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
Benjamin: Benzoin
Bennett: Avens
Bereza: Birch
Bergamot: Orange Bergamot
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: Ague Root
Black Sampson: Echinacea
Black Snake Root: Cohosh, Black
Black Tea: Tea
Blackthorn: Sloe
Black Wort: Comfrey
Bladder Fucus: Bladderwort
Bladderpod: Liverwort
Bladder Leaf: Mullein
Blessed Herb: Avens, Pimpernel
Blessed Thistle: Thistle, Holly
Blind Buff: Poppy
Blindeyes: Poppy
Blood: Dragon’s Blood
Bloodroot: Tomentil
Bloody Butcher: Valerian
Bloomy 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
Bo-Tree: Bodhi
Bottle Brush: Horsetail
Bouleau: Birch
Bouncing Bet: Pansy
Bour Tree: Elder
Boxwood: Dogwood
Boy’s Love: Southernwood
Brain Thief: Mandrake
Bramble: 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
Bumble-Kite: Blackberry
Bumweed: Pilot Weed
Burning Bush: Wahoo
Burn Plant: Aloe
Burrage: Borage
Burrseed: Burdock
Butterbur: Coltsfoot
Butter Rose: Primrose
Buttons: Tansy
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: Wood Rose
Chafe Weed: Life-everlasting
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
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
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
Cow-Flop: 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: Plaintain
Cuckowe’s Meat: Sorrel, Wood
Cucumber Tree: Magnolia
Culantro: Coriander
Cumino aigro: Cumin
Cummino: Cumin
Cupid’s Car: Wolf’s Bane
Cutweed: Bladderwrack
Cuy: Cowslip
Daffy-Down-Dilly: 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
Dog-bur: Houndstongue
Doggies: Toadflax
Dog Grass: Witch Grass
Dog Standard: Ragwort
Dog’s Tongue: Houndstongue
Dogtree: Dogwood
Dollor: Meadowsweet
Donnerbesen: Mistletoo
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
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: Plaintain
English Serpentary: Bistort
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: Life-everlasting
Ewe Daisy: Tormentil
Eye Balm: Golden Seal
Eye of the Star: Horehound
Eye Root: Golden Seal
Eyes: Daisy
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: Mulukka
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: Life-everlasting
Field Daisy: Daisy
Field Hops: Yarrow
Finnochio: Fennel
Fireweed: Dodder
Five Finger Blossom: Cinquefoil
Five Finger Grass: Cinquefoil
Five Fingers: Cinquefoi, Tormentil
Flag Lily: Blue Flag
Flannel Plant: Mullein
Flax Weed: Toadflax
Flesh and Blood: Tormentil
Fleur de Coucou: Daffodil
Fleur-de-Lis: Blue Flag
Floppy-Dock: 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. John’s Wort
Fumiterry: Fumitory
Fumus: Fumitory
Fumus Terrae: Fumitory
Furze: Gorse
Fyrs: Gorse
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, Spearming
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
Gill-Go-Over-The-Ground: Ground Ivy
Gillies: Carnation
Gillflower: 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
Gorst: Gorse
Gort: Ivy
Goss: Gorse
Gout Root: Briony
Goutberry: Blackberry
Grandilla: Passion Flower
Grape, Oregon: Oregon Grape
Grass: Hemp
Gravelroot: Joe-Pye 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 Hay-Seed: 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
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
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
Hemp Seed: Joe Pye Weed
Hen and Chickens: Houseleek
Henbells: Henbane
Herba John: St. John’s 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
Hosbean: 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
Incense: Frankincense
Incensier: Rosemay
India Root: Trillium
Indian Arrow Wood: Wahoo
Indian Dye: Golden Seal
Indian Elm: Slippery Elm
Indian Fig Tree: Banyan
Indian God Tree: Banyan
Indian Gum: Arabic, Gum
Indian Paint: Golden Seal
Indian Pony: Life-everlasting
Indian Root: Trillium
Indian Sage: Boneset
Indian Tobacco: Lobelia
Inkberry: Poke
Intoxicating Pepper: Kava-Kava
Iris: Blue Flag
Irish Broom: Broom
Irish Tops: Broom
Isana: Henbane
Isopo: Hyssop
Italian Lovage: Lovage
Italian Parsley: Lovage
Jacob’s Ladder: Lily of the Valley
Jatamansi: Sumbul
Jaundice Root: Golden Seal
Jessamine: Jasmine
Joe-Pie: Joe Pye Weed
Johnny Jumper: Pansy
Johnny Jump-Up: Pansy
Jove’s Nuts: Oak, acorn
Joy of the Mountain: Marjoram
Jusquiame: Henbane
Jupiter’s Bean: Henbane
Jalap: High John the Conqueror
Jimsonweed: Datura
John’s Weed: Joe Pye Weed
Jove’s Flower: Carnation
Joy on the Ground: Periwinkle
Juglans: Oak
Juno’s Tears: Vervain
Jupiter’s Staff: Mullein
Kaempferia Galanga: Galangal
Kaphnos: Fumitory
Karan: Myrrh
Karcom: Saffrn
Keckies: Hemlock
Kelp: Bladderwrack
Kenning Wort: Celandine
Key Flower: Cowslip
Key of Heaven: Cowslip
Kex: Hemlock
Kharkady: Hibiscus
Khus-Khus: Vetivert
Ki: Ti
Kif: Hemp
King Root: Bloodroot
Kinnikinnick: Uva Ursa
Kiss-Me-Over-The-Garden-Gate: Pansy
Klamath Weed: St. John’s Wort
Knight’s Milfoil: Yarrow
Knit Back: Comfrey
Knitbone: Comfrey
Knotgrass: Knotweed
Knotted Marjoram: Marjoran
Knyghten: Yarrow
Ko: Sugar Cane
Krokos: Saffron
Kunkuma: Saffron
Lacris: Licorice
Ladder to Heaven: Lily of the Valley
Lady’s Foxglove: Mullein
Ladies’ Meat: Hawthorn
Ladies’ Seal: Briony
Lad’s Love: Southernwood
Lady Ellhorn
Ladykins: Mandrake
Lady of the Meadow: Meadowsweet
Lady of the Woods: Birch
Lady’s Key: Cowslip
Lady’s Laces: Dodder
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
Lavose: Lovage
Leopard’s Bane: Wolf’s Bane
Leaf of Patrick, The: Plaintain
Leather Jackets: Potato
Lemon Balm: Balm, Lemon
Lemon Balsam: Balm, Lemon
Lent Lily: Daffodil
Leontopidium: Lady’s Mantle
Levant Salep: Orchid
Libanotis: Rosemay
Licourice: Licorice
Lignam aloes: Aloes, Wood
Lignam sanctae crucis: Mistletoe
Lily Constancy: Lily of the Valley
Lime: Linden
Lime Tree: Linden
Ling: Heather
Link: Broom
Linseed: Flax
Lion’s Foot: Lady’s Mantle
Lion’s Herb: Columbine
Lion’s Mouth: Foxglove
Lion’s Tooth: Dandelion
Lippe: Cowslip
Little John Chew: Galangal
Little Queen: Meadowsweet
Little Stepmother: Pansy
Liverleaf: Liverwort
Lizzy-Run-Up-The-Hedge: Ground Ivy
Llwyd y cwn: Horehound
Llygad y Dydd: Daisy
Lorbeer: Bay
Lousewort: Betony, Wood
Love Fruit: Orange
Love Herbs: Lovage
Love Idol: Pansy
Love-In-Idleness: Pansy
Love-Lies-Bleeding: Amaranth, Pansy
Love Rod: Lovage
Love Root: Lovage
Love Vine: Dodder
Love-Will: Datura
Loving Herbs: Lovage
Loving Idol: Pansy
Low John the Conqueror: Galangal
Lubestico: Lovage
Lucerne: Alfalfa
Luib na muc: Pimpernel
Lunary: Honesty
Lurk-in-the-Ditch: Pennyroyal
Lusmore: Foxglove
Lus na mbau side: Foxglove
Lycopod: Club Moss
Lycorys: Licorice
Lythnun: Loosestrife
In the case of two entries, check associations before deciding which herb to use. Also, check spelling…i.e. - Banewort or Banwort, Cocklebur or Cockleburr
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: Aguey
Ague Grass: Ague Root
Apeweed: Boneset
Ahuacoti: Avocado
Ajo: Garlic
Alantwurzel: Elecampane
Albahaca: Basil
Alehoof: Ground Ivy
Alhuen: 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
Ashopdel: Daffodil
Assaranaccara: Avens
Assear: Comfrey
Ass’s Foot: Coltsfoot
Assyfetida: Asafoetida
Asthma Weed: Lobelia
Aunee: Elecampane
Autumn Crocus: Saffron
Ava: Kava-Kava
Ava Pepper: Kava-Kava
Ava Root: Kava-Kava
Awa Root: Kava-Kava
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: Sarsparilla
Banal: Broom
Banewort: Belladonna, Pansy
Banwort: Pansy
Bardana: Burdock
Basam: Broom
Bashoush: Rue
Bat’s Wings: Holly
Battree: Elder
Bay Laurel: 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
Benjamin: Benzoin
Bennett: Avens
Bereza: Birch
Bergamot: Orange Bergamot
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: Ague Root
Black Sampson: Echinacea
Black Snake Root: Cohosh, Black
Black Tea: Tea
Blackthorn: Sloe
Black Wort: Comfrey
Bladder Fucus: Bladderwort
Bladderpod: Liverwort
Bladder Leaf: Mullein
Blessed Herb: Avens, Pimpernel
Blessed Thistle: Thistle, Holly
Blind Buff: Poppy
Blindeyes: Poppy
Blood: Dragon’s Blood
Bloodroot: Tomentil
Bloody Butcher: Valerian
Bloomy 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
Bo-Tree: Bodhi
Bottle Brush: Horsetail
Bouleau: Birch
Bouncing Bet: Pansy
Bour Tree: Elder
Boxwood: Dogwood
Boy’s Love: Southernwood
Brain Thief: Mandrake
Bramble: 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
Bumble-Kite: Blackberry
Bumweed: Pilot Weed
Burning Bush: Wahoo
Burn Plant: Aloe
Burrage: Borage
Burrseed: Burdock
Butterbur: Coltsfoot
Butter Rose: Primrose
Buttons: Tansy
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: Wood Rose
Chafe Weed: Life-everlasting
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
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
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
Cow-Flop: 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: Plaintain
Cuckowe’s Meat: Sorrel, Wood
Cucumber Tree: Magnolia
Culantro: Coriander
Cumino aigro: Cumin
Cummino: Cumin
Cupid’s Car: Wolf’s Bane
Cutweed: Bladderwrack
Cuy: Cowslip
Daffy-Down-Dilly: 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
Dog-bur: Houndstongue
Doggies: Toadflax
Dog Grass: Witch Grass
Dog Standard: Ragwort
Dog’s Tongue: Houndstongue
Dogtree: Dogwood
Dollor: Meadowsweet
Donnerbesen: Mistletoo
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
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: Plaintain
English Serpentary: Bistort
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: Life-everlasting
Ewe Daisy: Tormentil
Eye Balm: Golden Seal
Eye of the Star: Horehound
Eye Root: Golden Seal
Eyes: Daisy
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: Mulukka
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: Life-everlasting
Field Daisy: Daisy
Field Hops: Yarrow
Finnochio: Fennel
Fireweed: Dodder
Five Finger Blossom: Cinquefoil
Five Finger Grass: Cinquefoil
Five Fingers: Cinquefoi, Tormentil
Flag Lily: Blue Flag
Flannel Plant: Mullein
Flax Weed: Toadflax
Flesh and Blood: Tormentil
Fleur de Coucou: Daffodil
Fleur-de-Lis: Blue Flag
Floppy-Dock: 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. John’s Wort
Fumiterry: Fumitory
Fumus: Fumitory
Fumus Terrae: Fumitory
Furze: Gorse
Fyrs: Gorse
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, Spearming
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
Gill-Go-Over-The-Ground: Ground Ivy
Gillies: Carnation
Gillflower: 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
Gorst: Gorse
Gort: Ivy
Goss: Gorse
Gout Root: Briony
Goutberry: Blackberry
Grandilla: Passion Flower
Grape, Oregon: Oregon Grape
Grass: Hemp
Gravelroot: Joe-Pye 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 Hay-Seed: 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
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
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
Hemp Seed: Joe Pye Weed
Hen and Chickens: Houseleek
Henbells: Henbane
Herba John: St. John’s 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
Hosbean: 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
Incense: Frankincense
Incensier: Rosemay
India Root: Trillium
Indian Arrow Wood: Wahoo
Indian Dye: Golden Seal
Indian Elm: Slippery Elm
Indian Fig Tree: Banyan
Indian God Tree: Banyan
Indian Gum: Arabic, Gum
Indian Paint: Golden Seal
Indian Pony: Life-everlasting
Indian Root: Trillium
Indian Sage: Boneset
Indian Tobacco: Lobelia
Inkberry: Poke
Intoxicating Pepper: Kava-Kava
Iris: Blue Flag
Irish Broom: Broom
Irish Tops: Broom
Isana: Henbane
Isopo: Hyssop
Italian Lovage: Lovage
Italian Parsley: Lovage
Jacob’s Ladder: Lily of the Valley
Jatamansi: Sumbul
Jaundice Root: Golden Seal
Jessamine: Jasmine
Joe-Pie: Joe Pye Weed
Johnny Jumper: Pansy
Johnny Jump-Up: Pansy
Jove’s Nuts: Oak, acorn
Joy of the Mountain: Marjoram
Jusquiame: Henbane
Jupiter’s Bean: Henbane
Jalap: High John the Conqueror
Jimsonweed: Datura
John’s Weed: Joe Pye Weed
Jove’s Flower: Carnation
Joy on the Ground: Periwinkle
Juglans: Oak
Juno’s Tears: Vervain
Jupiter’s Staff: Mullein
Kaempferia Galanga: Galangal
Kaphnos: Fumitory
Karan: Myrrh
Karcom: Saffrn
Keckies: Hemlock
Kelp: Bladderwrack
Kenning Wort: Celandine
Key Flower: Cowslip
Key of Heaven: Cowslip
Kex: Hemlock
Kharkady: Hibiscus
Khus-Khus: Vetivert
Ki: Ti
Kif: Hemp
King Root: Bloodroot
Kinnikinnick: Uva Ursa
Kiss-Me-Over-The-Garden-Gate: Pansy
Klamath Weed: St. John’s Wort
Knight’s Milfoil: Yarrow
Knit Back: Comfrey
Knitbone: Comfrey
Knotgrass: Knotweed
Knotted Marjoram: Marjoran
Knyghten: Yarrow
Ko: Sugar Cane
Krokos: Saffron
Kunkuma: Saffron
Lacris: Licorice
Ladder to Heaven: Lily of the Valley
Lady’s Foxglove: Mullein
Ladies’ Meat: Hawthorn
Ladies’ Seal: Briony
Lad’s Love: Southernwood
Lady Ellhorn
Ladykins: Mandrake
Lady of the Meadow: Meadowsweet
Lady of the Woods: Birch
Lady’s Key: Cowslip
Lady’s Laces: Dodder
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
Lavose: Lovage
Leopard’s Bane: Wolf’s Bane
Leaf of Patrick, The: Plaintain
Leather Jackets: Potato
Lemon Balm: Balm, Lemon
Lemon Balsam: Balm, Lemon
Lent Lily: Daffodil
Leontopidium: Lady’s Mantle
Levant Salep: Orchid
Libanotis: Rosemay
Licourice: Licorice
Lignam aloes: Aloes, Wood
Lignam sanctae crucis: Mistletoe
Lily Constancy: Lily of the Valley
Lime: Linden
Lime Tree: Linden
Ling: Heather
Link: Broom
Linseed: Flax
Lion’s Foot: Lady’s Mantle
Lion’s Herb: Columbine
Lion’s Mouth: Foxglove
Lion’s Tooth: Dandelion
Lippe: Cowslip
Little John Chew: Galangal
Little Queen: Meadowsweet
Little Stepmother: Pansy
Liverleaf: Liverwort
Lizzy-Run-Up-The-Hedge: Ground Ivy
Llwyd y cwn: Horehound
Llygad y Dydd: Daisy
Lorbeer: Bay
Lousewort: Betony, Wood
Love Fruit: Orange
Love Herbs: Lovage
Love Idol: Pansy
Love-In-Idleness: Pansy
Love-Lies-Bleeding: Amaranth, Pansy
Love Rod: Lovage
Love Root: Lovage
Love Vine: Dodder
Love-Will: Datura
Loving Herbs: Lovage
Loving Idol: Pansy
Low John the Conqueror: Galangal
Lubestico: Lovage
Lucerne: Alfalfa
Luib na muc: Pimpernel
Lunary: Honesty
Lurk-in-the-Ditch: Pennyroyal
Lusmore: Foxglove
Lus na mbau side: Foxglove
Lycopod: Club Moss
Lycorys: Licorice
Lythnun: Loosestrife