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I did some research a while back and found out that back in the day Toe of Frog didn't literally mean a frog's toe, but actually referred to buttercups. Like the flower. Turns out there were a lot of folk names for things back in the days to keep things all secret like. So this is a thread for stuff pertaining to that. I've got an alphabetized herb list. I'll let ya'll share any names other stuff if you've got them.
Here's my list:
Folk Name: Common Name - Latin
A
*A Hawk's Heart: Heart of Wormwood - Artemisia absinthium
*A Lion's Hairs: Tongue of a Turnip [i.e., the leaves of the taproot] - Brassica napus
*A Man's Bile: Turnip Sap - Brassica napus
*A Pig's Tail: Leopard's Bane - Arnica montana
*A Titan's Blood: Wild Lettuce - Lactuca virosa
*Aaron's Rod: Goldenrod - Solidago Virgaurea or Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus
*A Bone of an Ibis: Buckthorn - Rhamnus cathartica
*Absinthe: Wormwood - Artemisia Absinthium
*Adder's Fork: Bistort - Polygonum Bistorta
*Adder's Mouth: Chickweed - Stellaria Media
*Adder's Tongue: Dogstooth Violet - Erythronium multiscapoideum
*Alison Alyssum: Alyssum spp
*Angel's Trumpet: Jimsonweed / Datura - Datura Stamonium
* Apple of Carthage: Pomegranate - Punica Granatum
* Archangel: Angelica - Angelica archangelica
* Artemis Herb: Mugwort - Artemisia Vulgaris
* a**'s Ear: Comfrey - Symphytum Officinale -or- Coltsfoot - Tussilago Farfara
* a**'s Foot: Coltsfoot - Tussilago Farfara
* An Eagle: Wild Garlic - Allium sativum
* Auld Man's Bells: Bluebells - Scilla Nutans, Scilla non-scripta, Hyacinthoides non-scripta
B
* Bad Man's Oatmeal: Hemlock - Conium Maculatum
* b*****d: False or White Dittany - Dictamnus Albus
* Bat's Wings: Holly - Ilex Aquifolium
* Beard of the Monk: Chicory - Cichorium Intybus
* Bear's Foot: Lady's Mantle - Alchemilla Vulgaris
* Bear's Grape: Poke Root - Phytolacca decandra -or- Uva Ursa -Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi
* Bear's Paw: Root Male Fern - Dryopteris Felix-mas
* Bear's Weed; Yerba Santa - Eryodictyon californicum
* Beggar's Buttons: Burdock - Arctium Lappa
* Beggar's Lice: Houndstongue - Cynoglossum officinale
* Bird's Eye: Germander or Speedwell - Teucrium chamaedrys
* Bird's Foot: Fenugreek Trigonella - Foenum-graecum
* Bird's Nest: Indian Pipe - Monotropa Uniflora
* Bishop's Elder: Betony - Stachys Officinalis, Betonica Officinalis, Stachys Betonica
* Bishop's Leaves: Water Figwort - Scrophularia Aquatica
* Bishop's Wort: Betony - Stachys Officinalis, Betonica Officinalis, Stachys Betonica
* Black Sampson: Echinacea - Echinacea purpurea, Echinacea pallida, and Echinacea angustifolia
* Blind Eyes: Poppies - Papaver Spp. & Somniferum
* Blood Elder: sap of Elder - Sambucus Nigra
* Blood from a Head: Lupine - Lupinus perennis, Lupinus polyphyllus
* Blood from a Shoulder: Bear's Breach - Acanthus spinosus
* Blood of Ares: Purslane - Portulaca sativa
* Blood of a Goose: Milk of the Mulberry Tree - Morus nigra
* Blood of a Snake: Hematite mineral form of Iron oxide (Fe2O3)
* Blood of an Eye: Tamarisk Gall - Tamarix orientalis
* Blood of Ares: Purslane Portulaca Spp.
* Blood of Hephaistos: Wormwood - Artemisia Absinthium
* Blood of Hestia: Chamomile - Anthemis Nobilis
* Bloodwort: Yarrow - Achillea Millefolium
* Bloody Butcher: Valerian - Valeriana Officinalis
* Bloody Fingers: Foxglove - Digitalis Purpurea, Digitalis Lanata
* Boy's Love: Southernwood - Artemisia Abrotanum
* Brain Thief: Mandrake - Atropa Mandragora
* Bread and Cheese Tree: Hawthorne - Crataegus oxyacantha
* Bride of the Meadow: Meadowsweet - Eupatorium Purpureum
* Bride of the Sun: Calendula - Calendula Officinalis
* Brown Dragon: Wake Robin - Arisaema Triphyllum, Arum spp.
* Bull's Blood: Horehound - Marrubium Vulgare
* Bull's Foot: Coltsfoot - Tussilago Farfara
* Bull's Semen: Egg of a Blister Beetle - beetles (Coleoptera) of the
family Meloidae
* Burning Bush: White Dittany- Dictamnus albus
* Buttons Tansy: Tanacetum Vulgare
C
* Calf's Snout: Snapdragon - Antirrhinum Magus
* Candelmas Maiden: Snowdrop - Galanthus nivalis
* Candlewick Plant: Mullein- Verbascum thapsus
* Capon's Tail: Valerian - Valeriana Officinalis
* Carpenter's Herb: Sweet Bugle - Lycopus Virginicus
* Carpetner's Square: Knotted Figwort- Scrophularia nodosa
* Cat: Catnip - Nepta Cataria
* Cat's Foot: White Balsam - Gnaphalium polycephalum -or- Canada Snake
Root - Asarum Canadensis -or- Ground Ivy - Glechoma hederacea
* Cat's Herb: Valerian- Valeriana Officinalis
* Chameleon Star: Bromeliad Vriesia, Billbergia, Aechmae, Annanas,
Bromelia, Guzmania, Cryptanthus, Neoreglia spps
* Cheeses: Marsh Mallow - Althaea Officinalis
* Christ's Eye: Vervain Sage- Salvia Verbenaca
* Christ's Ladder: Centaury - Erythraea Centaurium
* Christ's Spear: Adder's Tongue Fern - Ophioglossum Vulgatum
* Church Steeples: Agrimony - Agrimonia Eupatoria, Agrimonia Gyposepala
* Chocolate Flower: Wild Geranium - Geranium manculatum
* Clear Eye: Clary Sage - Salvia sclarea
* Click: Goosegrass- Galium aparine
* Clot: Great Mullein- Verbascum thapsus
* Colt's Tail: Canadian Fleabane - Erigeron Canadense
* Corpse Plant: Indian Pipe- Monotropa Uniflora
* Cuddy's Lungs: Great Mullein- Verbascum thapsus
* Crane's Bill: Wild Geranium- Geraniaum Maculatum
* Crocodile Dung: Ethiopian Soil
* Crowdy Kit: Figwort - Scrophularia nodosa
* Crow Foot: Wild Geranium - Geraniaum Maculatum -or- Wood Anemone -
Anemone Nemorosa
* Crown for a King: Wormwood - Artemisia Absinthium
* Cuckoo's Bread: Common Plantain - Plantago major
* Cucumber Tree: Magnolia - Magnolia acuminata
D
* Dagger Flower: Blue Flag Iris versicolor
* Daphne: Laurel/Bay - Laurus nobilis
* Dead Man's Bells: Foxglove - Digitalis Purpurea, Digitalis Lanata
* Death's Herb: Belladonna - Atropa belladonna
* Delight of the Eye: Rowan - Sorbus Spp.
* Devil Plant: Sweet Basil - Ocimum Basilicum
* Devil's Apple: Mayapple - Podophyllum peltaltum -or- Mandrake - Atropa Mandragora
* Devil's Beard: Houseleek - Sempervivum tectorum
* Devil's Bit; False Unicorn Root - Chamaelirium luteum
* Devil's Cherries: Belladonna - Atropa belladonna
* Devils Dung: Asafoetida Ferula Foetida
* Devil's Ear: Wake Robin- Arisaema Triphyllum, Arum spp.
* Devil's Eye: Henbane - Hyoscyamus Niger -or- Periwinkle - Vinca major, Vinca minor
* Devil's Flower: Bachelor's Buttons - Centaurea cyanus
* Devil's Fuge: Mistletoe - Viscum Album
* Devil's Guts: Dodder - Cuscuta Europaea
* Devil's Herb: Belladonna - Atropa belladonna
*Devil's Milk: Celandine - Chelidonium Majus
*Devil's Nettle: Yarrow Achillea Millefolium
* Devil's Plaything: Yarrow - Achillea Millefolium
*Devil's Shoestring: Black Haw -Vibrunum Prunifolium -or- Cramp Bark -
Viburnum opulus -or- Hobblebush - Viburnum alnifolium -or- North
American Goat's Rue - Tephrosia virginiana
* Dew of the Sea: Rosemary - Rosemarinus Officinalis
* Dogberry: Brier Hips - Rosa Canina
* Dog's Mouth: Snap Dragon - Antirrhinum Magus
* Dog's Tongue: Houndstongue - Cynoglossum officinale
* Dove's Foot: Wild Geranium - Geraniaum Maculatum
* Dragon: Tarragon - Artemisia Dracunculus -May also be a reference to Ash
* Dragon Flower: Blue Flag Iris versicolor
* Dragon Wort: Bistort - Polygonum Bistorta
* Dragon's Blood: Calamus - Acorus calamus
* Dragon's Teeth: Blue Vervain - Verbena Officinalis
* Drunkard: Calendula - Calendula Officinalis
* Duck's Foot: Mayapple - Podophyllum peltaltum
* Dulcamara: Woody Nightshade - Celastrus scandens
* Dwale: Deadly Nightshade - Atropa Belladonna
E
* Eagle: Wild Garlic - Allium sativum
* Eardrops: Dutchman's Breeches - Dicentra cucullaria
* Earth Smoke: Fumitory - Fumaria officinalis
* Earth Star: Bromeliad Vriesia, Billbergia, Aechmae, Annanas,
Bromelia, Guzmania, Cryptanthus, Neoreglia spps
* Elf Dock: Elecampane Inula Helenium
* Elf Leaf: Lavender - Lavendula officinale or L. vera -or- Rosemary - Rosemarinus Officinalis
* Elf's Wort: Elecampane Inula Helenium
* Elven: Common Elm - Ulmus Campestris
* Enchanter's Plant: Blue Vervain - Verbena Officinalis
* Englishman's Foot: Common Plantain - Plantago major
* Erba Santa Maria: Spearmint - Mentha suaveolens
* Everlasting Friendship: Goosegrass - Galium Aparine
* Exile Tree: Be-Still Thevetia nereifolia
* Eye of Christ: Germander Speedwell
* Eye of Newt: A type of mustard seed with a black spot Cruciferae; Brassica
* Eye of the Day: Common Daisy - Bellis Perennis
* Eye of the Star: White Horehound - Marrubium Vulgare
* Eye Root: Goldenseal - Hydrastis Canadensis
* Eyes: Any "eye" flowers such as daisies, bachelor's buttons,
horehound, aster, eyebright, etc.
F
* Fairy Bells: Wood Sorrel - Oxalis Acetosella
* Fairy Candles: Dutchman's Breeches - Dicentra cucullaria
* Fairy Caps: Foxglove - Digitalis Purpurea, Digitalis Lanata
* Fairy Cup: Cowslip - Primula Veris
* Fairy Smoke: Indian Pipe - Monotropa Uniflora
* Fairy Thimbles: Foxglove - Digitalis Purpurea, Digitalis Lanata
* Fairy Wand: Devil's bit - Chamaelirium luteum -or- False Unicorn Root -
Chamaelirium luteum
* Fairy's Eggs: Nutmeg - Myristica fragrans
* Fairy's Glove: Foxglove - Digitalis Purpurea, Digitalis Lanata
* Fat from a Head: Spurge Euphorbia spp.
* Felon Herb: Mugwort - Artemisia Vulgaris
* Felonwood: Woody Nightshade - Celastrus scandens
* Felonwort: Celandine - Chelidonium Majus -or- Woody Nightshade -
Celastrus scandens
* Five Fingers: Bloodroot - Sanguinaria canadensis -or- Cinquefoil
Potentilla Reptans, Potentilla Erecta
* Flesh and Blood: Bloodroot - Sanguinaria canadensis
* Flower of Death: Periwinkle - Vinca major, Vinca minor
* Flower of Immortality: Wild Amaranth - Amaranthus Hypochondriacus
* Folk's Glove: Foxglove - Digitalis Purpurea, Digitalis Lanata
* Food of the Gods: Asafoetida - Ferula Foetida
* Foxes' Claws: Foxglove - Digitalis Purpurea, Digitalis Lanata
* Fox's Clote: Burdock - Arctium Lappa
* Friar's Cap: Aconite - Aconitum Napellus, Agrimonia eupatoria
* Friar's Cowl: Wake Robin - Arisaema Triphyllum, Arum spp.
* Frog's Foot: Bulbous Buttercup - Ranunculus spp.
* From the Belly: Earth-apple / Potato - Solanum tuberosum
* From the Foot: Houseleek - Sempervivum tectorum
* From the Loins: Chamomile - Anthemis Nobilis
G
*Gall of Goat: Honeysuckle - Lonicera Spp. -or- St. John's Wort -
Hypericum perforatum
* Gallows: Mandrake - Atropa Mandragora
* Ghost Flower: Indian Pipe - Monotropa Uniflora
* Ghost Pipe: Indian Pipe - Monotropa Uniflora
* Goat's Foot: Ash Weed - Aegopodium podagraria
* Goat's Leaf: Honeysuckle - Lonicera Spp.
* God's Hair: Hart's Tongue Fern - Scolopendrium Vulgare
* Golden Star: Avens Geum
* Good Luck Plant: Solomon's Seal - Polygonatum Multiflorum, Polygonatum
Commutatum, Polygonatum Biflorum
* Goose Bill: Goosegrass - Galium Aparine
* Goose Tongue: Lemon Balm - Melissa officinalis
* Gosling Wing: Goosegrass - Galium Aparine
*Grains of Paradise: Cardamom - Elettaria cardamom
* Granny's Bonnet: Columbine Leaves Aquilegia Vulgaris, Aquilegia canadensis
* Great Ox-eye: Ox-eye Daisy - Chrysanthemum leucanthemum
* Gravelroot: Meadowsweet - Eupatorium purpureum
* Graveyard Dust: Great Mullein - Verbascum thapsus
* Gypsy Herb: Sweet Bugle - Lycopus Virginicus
H
* Hag's Taper: Great Mullein - Verbascum thapsus
* Hagthorn: Hawthorn - Crataegus crusgalli
* Hair of Venus: True Maidenhair Fern - Adiantum Capillus-veneris
* Hairs of a Hamadryas Baboon: Dill Seed - Peucedanum graveolens
* Hare's Beard: Great Mullein - Verbascum thapsus
* Hart's Thorn: Common Buckthorn - Rhamnus cathartica
* Hawk's Heart: Wormwood Heart - Artemisia Absinthium
* Heart Leaf: Liverwort - Anemone hepatica, Peltigera canina
* Heart of Osmund: Royal Fern - Osmunda regalis
* Hedgemaids: Dutchman's Breeches - Dicentra cucullaria
* Hellweed: Dodder - Cuscuta Europaea
* Herb of Circe: Mandrake - Atropa Mandragora
* Herb of Grace; Blue Vervain Verbena Officinalis -or- Rue Ruta Graveolens
* Herb of Mary: Pimpernel - Anagallis Arvensis, Pimpinella spp.
* Herb of the Cross: Blue Vervain Verbena Officinalis
* Herb Trinity: Liverwort - Anemone hepatica, Peltigera canina
* Hind Heal: Tansy Tanacetum Vulgare
* Hind's Tongue: Hart's Tongue Fern - Scolopendrium Vulgare
* Hog's Bean: Henbane Hyoscyamus Niger
* Holy Grass: Sweetgrass - Hierochloe odorata
* Holy Herb: Yerba Santa Eryodictyon californicum
* Holy Rope: Hemp (Agrimony) - Eupatorium cannabinum
* Hook and Arn: Yerba Santa Eryodictyon californicum
* Horny Goat Weed: Common Polypody Fern - Polypodium Vulgare
* Horse Heal: Spikenard - Inula Conyza
* Horse Hoof: Coltsfoot - Tussilago Farfara
* Horse Tongue: Hart's Tongue Fern - Scolopendrium Vulgare
* Hundred Eyes: Periwinkle - Vinca major, Vinca minor
I
* Ibis Bone: Buckthorn - Rhamnus cathartica
* Innocence: Bluets Houstonia Caerulea
J
* Jack-Jump-About: Betony Stachys Officinalis, Betonica Officinalis,
Stachys Betonica
* Jacob's Ladder: Celandine - Chelidonium Majus -or- Lily of the valley -
Convallaria Magalis
* Jacob's Staff: Great Mullein - Verbascum thapsus
* Jesuit's Bark: Cinchona - Cinchona pubescens
* Joe Pye Weed: Meadowsweet - Eupatorium purpureum
* John the Conqueror: Galangal Root - Alpinia Officianarum, Alpina
officinalis, A. galanga
* Jove's Flower: Carnation - Dianthus spp.
* Joy of the Mountain: Sweet Marjoram - Origanum Marjorana
* Joy on the Ground: Periwinkle - Vinca major, Vinca minor
* Juno's Tears: Blue Vervain - Verbena Officinalis
* Jupiter's Bean: Henbane - Hyoscyamus Niger
* Jupiter's Beard: Houseleek - Sempervivum tectorum
* Jupiter's Nut: Walnut Juglans Species
* Jupiter's Staff: Great Mullein - Verbascum thapsus
K
* Key of Heaven: Cowslip - Primula Veris
* King Root: Bloodroot - Sanguinaria canadensis
* King's Clover: Melilot - Melilotus officinalis, Melilotus alba,
Melilotus arvensis
* King's Crown: Black Haw - Vibrunum Prunifolium
* Kitten's Breeches Dutchman's Breeches - Dicentra cucullaria
* Knight's Milfoil: Yarrow - Achillea millefolium
* Kronos' Blood: Sap of the Cedar Tree - Thuja occidentalis, Thuja
orientalis, Biota orientalis, Thuja articulata,Cupressus thujoides,
Juniperus virginiana, Cedrus libani, Cedrela odorata, Libocedrus
bidwillii, and many more
L
* Ladder to Heaven: Lily of the valley - Convallaria Magalis
* Ladies' Meat: Hawthorn - Crataegus Oxycantha
* Ladies' Seal: White Bryony / English Mandrake - Bryonia dioica
* Lad's Love: Southernwood - Artemisia Abrotanum
* Lady Bleeding: Amaranth - Amaranthus Hypochondriacus
* Lady of the Meadow: Meadowsweet - Eupatorium Purpureum
* Lady of the Woods: Birch - Betula Lenta
* Lady's Cap: Cowslip - Primula Veris
* Lady's Foxglove: Great Mullein - Verbascum thapsus
* Lady's Glove: Foxglove - Digitalis Purpurea, Digitalis Lanata
* Lady's Smock: Cuckoo Flower - Cardamine pratensis
* Lamb's Ears: Betony Stachys Officinalis, Betonica Officinalis,
Stachys Betonica
* Lion's Foot: Lady's Mantle - Alchemilla Vulgaris
* Lion's Hair: Leaves of a Turnip's taproot - Brassica rapa
* Leopard's Bane: Arnica Amica Montana
* Lion's Herb: Columbine Leaves - Aquilegia Vulgaris, Aquilegia canadensis
* Lion's Tooth: Dandelion - Taraxacum Officinale
* Little Dragon: Tarragon - Artemisia Dracunculus
* Little Queen: Meadowsweet - Eupatorium Purpureum
* Lizard's Leg: Creeping plants such as Ivy
* Lords and Ladies: Wake Robin - Arisaema Triphyllum, Arum spp.
* Love in Idleness: Pansy Viola tricolor
* Love Leaf: Damiana Turnera Aphrodisiaca, Turnera diffusa
* Love Leaves: Burdock - Arctium lappa
* Love Lies Bleeding: Amaranth - Amaranthus Hypochondriacus -or- Anemone
Anemone Pulsatilla
* Love Man: Goosegrass - Galium Aparine
* Love Parsley: Lovage -Levisticum Officinale
* Love Ro,: Lovage - Levisticum Officinale
* Love Root: Lovage - Levisticum Officinale -or- Orris Root Iris florentina
* Love-In-Idleness: Pansy Viola tricolor
* Low John, Low John the Conqueror: Galangal Root - Alpinia
Officianarum, Alpina officinalis, A. galanga
* Lucky Hand: Male Fern - Dryopteris Felix-mas
* Lucky Hand Root: Lucky Hand Orchid / Salep Orchid - Orchis latifolia
* Lucky Nut: Be-Still Thevetia nereifolia
* Lurk-in-the-Ditch: Pennyroyal - Mentha Pulegium
M
* Mad Root: White Bryony / English Mandrake - Bryonia dioica
* Maiden Hair: True Maidenhair Fern - Adiantum Capillus-veneris
* Maiden's Gum: Common Elm - Ulmus Campestris
* Maiden's Ruin: Southernwood - Artemisia Abrotanum
* Maid's Hair: Lady's Bedstraw - Galium verum
* Man's Bile: Turnip Sap - Brassica rapa
* Man's Health: Ginseng - Panax quinquefolium
* Master of the Woods: Woodruff - Asperula odorata
* Masterwort: Angelica - Angelica archangelica
* May: Black Haw - Viburnum prunifolum
* May Lily: Lily of the Valley - Convallaria magalis
* Maypops: Passion Flower - Passiflora incarnata
* May Rose: Black Haw - Viburnum prunifolum
* Miracle of Nature: Century Plant / Maguey - Agave americana
* Mistress of the Night: Tuberose - Polianthes tuberosa
* Monk's Head: Dutchman's Breeches - Dicentra cucullaria
* Monk's Hood: Aconite Aconitum Napellus, Agrimonia eupatoria
* Mother of the Herbs: Rue - Ruta Graveolens
* Mother of the Wood: Blackthorn - Prunus Spinosa
* Mother's Heart: Shepherd's Purse - Capsella bursa-pastoris
* Musk of the Wood: Woodruff - Asperula odorata
* Mutton Chops: Goosegrass - Galium Aparine
N
* Naughty Man: Mugwort - Artemisia Vulgaris
* Naughty Man's Cherries: Belladonna - Atropa belladonna
* Noah's Ark: Ladies' Slipper - Cypripedium pubescens, Cyprepedium parviflorum
* Nose Bleed: Yarrow - Achillea Millefolium
* Nose of Turtle: Turtle's Cap / Balmony - Chelone Glabra
O
* Old Gal: Elder Bark - Sambucus Nigra
* Old Lady: Elder Bark - Sambucus Nigra
* Old Maid's Nightcap: Wild Geranium - Geraniaum Maculatum
* Old Man: Mugwort - Artemisia Vulgaris
* Old Man's Flannel: Great Mullein - Verbascum thapsus
* Old Man's Pepper: Yarrow - Achillea Millefolium
* Old Uncle Henry: Mugwort - Artemisia Vulgaris
* Old Woman: Wormwood - Artemisia Absinthium
* Oliver: Olive - Olea europaea
* Osmund the Waterman: Royal Fern - Osmunda regalis
* Our Lady's Flannel: Great Mullein - Verbascum thapsus
* Our Lady's Tears: Lily of the Valley - Convallaria Magalis
P
* Palma Christi Castor - Ricinus communis
* Passions: Bistort - Polygonum Bistorta
* Password: Primrose - Primula Vulgaris
* Peter's Staff: Great Mullein - Verbascum thapsus
* Physician's Bone: Sandstone
* Pidgeon's Grass: Blue Vervain - Verbena Officinalis
* Pigeon Berry: Poke Root - Phytolacca decandra
* Pig's Tail: Leopard's Bane / Arnica - Amica Montana
* Pitchforks: Beggar's Tick - Bidens pilosa
* Plague Flower: Butterbur - Petasites Vulgaris, Tussilago Petasites
* Poor Man's Treacle: Garlic - Allium sativum
* Priest's Crown: Dandelion Leaves - Taraxacum Officinale
* Priest's Pintle: Wake Robin - Arisaema Triphyllum, Arum spp.
* Prince's Feather: Amaranth - Amaranthus Hypochondriacus
* Pucha-pat: Patchouli - Pogostemon cablin Benth
Q
* Quaker's Bonnet: Lupine - Lupinus polyphyllus
* Queen of the Meadow: Meadowsweet - Eupatorium Purpureum
* Queen of the Night: Vanilla Cactus - Cereus Grandiflorus
* Queen's Delight: Queensroot - Stillingia sylvatica
R
* Racoon Berry: Mayapple - Podophyllum peltaltum
* Ram's Head :American Valerian / Ladies' Slipper - Cypripedium
pubescens, Cyprepedium parviflorum
* Ram's Thorn: Common Buckthorn - Rhamnus cathartica
* Rat Root: Calamus Root - Acorus calamus
* Red Cockscomb: Amaranth - Amaranthus Hypochondriacus
* Red Robin: Knotgrass - Polygonum aviculare
* Resurection Plant: Rose of Jericho - Anastatica hierochuntica
* Ring-o-bells: Bluebells - Scilla Nutans, Scilla non-scripta,
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
* Robin-Run-in-the-Grass: Goosegrass - Galium Aparine
* Robin-Run-in-the-Hedge: Ground Ivy - Glechoma hederacea
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* Satan's Apples: Mandrake - Atropa Mandragora
* Scaldhead: Blackberry - Rubus Fructicosus
* Scale of Dragon: Tarragon - Artemisia Dracunculus
* Sea Dew: Rosemary - Rosemarinus Officinalis
* Sea Spirit: Bladderwrack - Fucus Vesiculosis
* Seal Root: Solomon's Seal - Polygonatum Multiflorum, Polygonatum Commutatum,
* Polygonatum Biflorum
* See Bright: Clary Sage - Salvia Sclarea
* Seed of Horus: White Horehound - Marrubium Vulgare
* Semen of Ammon: Houseleek - Sempervivum tectorum
* Semen of Ares: Clover - Medicago Sativa
* Semen of Helios: White Hellebore - Veratrum, album
* Semen of Hephaistos: Fleabane - Erigeron annuus, Erigeron strigosus
* Semen of Herakles: Mustard Rocket / Arrugula - Eruca sativa
* Semen of Hermes: Dill - Peucedanum graveolens
* Seven Year's Love: Yarrow - Achillea Millefolium
* Shameface: Wild Geranium - Geraniaum Maculatum
* Shepherd's Heart: Shepherd's Purse - Capsella bursa-pastoris
* Silver Bells: Black Haw - Vibrunum Prunifolium
* Sleep Wort: Lettuce - Lactuca, sativa
* Snake Grape: White Bryony / English Mandrake - Bryonia dioica
* Snake Head: Balmony - Chelone Glabra
* Snake Lily: Blue Flag Iris versicolor
* Snakeberry: Woody Nightshade Celastrus scandens
* Snake's Ball of Thread: Soapstone steatite
* Snake's Head: Leech Hirudo medicinalis
* Snowbells: Benzoin - Styrax Benzoin
* Soapwort: Daisy - Bellis Perennis -or- Comfrey - Symphytum Officinale
* Soldier's Cap: Dutchman's Breeches - Dicentra cucullaria
* Son-Before-the-Father: Coltsfoot - Tussilago Farfara
* Sorcerer's Berry: Belladonna - Atropa belladonna
* Sorcerer's Root: Mandrake - Atropa Mandragora
* Sorcerer's Violet: Periwinkle - Vinca major, Vinca minor
* Sparrow's Tongue: Knotweed - Polygonum aviculare
* St. Bennet's Herb: Hemlock - Conium Maculatum
* St. James' Wort: Ragwort - Senecio jacobaea
* St. John's Plant: Mugwort - Artemisia Vulgaris
* St. John's Herb: Hemp / Agrimony(this is not St. John's
Wort) -Agrimonia Eupatoria
* St. Joseph's Wort: Sweet Basil - Ocimum Basilicum
* St. George's Herb: Valerian - Valeriana Officinalis
* St. Mary's Seal: Solomon's Seal - Polygonatum Multiflorum, Polygonatum
Commutatum, Polygonatum Biflorum
* Star Flower: Borage - Borago Officinalis
* Star of the Earth: Avens Geum urbanum
* Starweed: Chickweed - Stellaria Media
* Starwort: Aster Callistephus chinesis
* Summer's Bride: Calendula - Calendula Officinalis
* Sweethearts: Goosegrass - Galium Aparine
* Swine's Snout: Dandelion leaves -Taraxacum Officinale
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* Tanner's Bark: Common Oak - Quercus, robur
* Tartar Root: Ginseng - Panax quinquefolium
* Tear Grass: Job's Tears - coix lachryma jobi
* Tears of a Hamadryas Baboon: Dill Juice - Peucedanum graveolens
* Thor's Helper: Rowan - Sorbus Spp.
* Thousand Seal: Yarrow - Achillea Millefolium
* Thousand Weed: Yarrow - Achillea Millefolium
* Thunder Plant: Houseleek - Sempervivum tectorum
* Tiger's Chaundron; Lady's Mantle - Alchemilla Vulgaris
* Titan's Blood: Wild Lettuce - Lactuca virosa
* Toad: Toadflax - Comandra Umbellata
* Toad Shade: Trillium - Trillium Species
* Toad b*****d: Toadflax - Comandra Umbellata
* Toe of Frog; Buttercup - Ranunculus Acris
* Tongue of Dog: Houndstongue - Cynoglossum officinale
* Tooth of Wolf: Leaf of Wolfsbane - Aconitum Napellus, Agrimonia eupatoria
* Torches: Great Mullein - Verbascum thapsus
* Tree of Chastity: Hawthorn - Crataegus Oxycantha
* Tree of Doom: Elder - Sambucus Nigra
* Tree of Enchantment: White Willow - Salix Alba
* Tree of Life: Ash, Oak possibly Thorn or Yellow Cedar - Thuja occidentalis
* True Love: Bethroot - Trillium Species
* Turtle Head: Balmony - Chelone Glabra
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* Unicorn Horn: True Unicorn Root - Aletris Farinosa -or- False Unicorn -
Helonias Dioica
* Unicorn Root: Boneset - Eupatorium Perfoliatum -or- Ague Root / Star
Grass - Aletris farinosa
* Unshoe-the-Horse: Moonwort Fern - Botrychium Lunaria
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* Virgin Mary's Nest: Nutmeg - Myristica fragrans
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* Water Dragon; Marsh Marigold - Caltha Palustris
* Wax Dolls: Fumitory -Fumaria officinalis
* Weazel Snout: Yellow Dead Nettles/Yellow Archangel - Lamium Galeobdolon
* Weed: Ox-Eye Daisy Chrysanthemum - Leucanthemum
* White: Ox-eye Daisy Chrysanthemum - Leucanthemum
* White Man's Foot: Common Plantain - Plantago major
* White Wood: White Cinnamon Canella, alba
* Witch Bane: Mountain Ash Rowan Sorbus Spp.
* Witch Grass: Dog Grass - Agropyron repens
* Witch Herb: Mugwort - Artemisia Vulgaris
* Witch Tree: Ash (Oak, Thorn by assc.), possibly Willow or Mountain
Ash Rowan Sorbus Spp.
* Witch Wood: Mountain Ash Rowan Sorbus Spp.
* Witches' Asprin: White Willow Bark - Salix Alba
* Witches' Bells: Foxglove - Digitalis Purpurea, Digitalis Lanata
* Witches' Berry: Belladonna - Atropa belladonna
* Witches' Brier: Brier Hips - Rosa Canina
* Witches' Gloves: Foxglove - Digitalis Purpurea, Digitalis Lanata
* Witches' Herb: Sweet Basil - Ocimum Basilicum
* Witches' Weed: Cinquefoil - Potentilla Reptans, Potentilla Erecta
* Wolf Claw: Club Moss - Lycopodiella alopecuroides
* Wolf Foot: Sweet Bugle - Lycopus Virginicus
* Wolf Grape: Woody Nightshade - Celastrus scandens
* Wolf's Herb: Valerian - Valeriana Officinalis
* Wolf's Milk: Euphorbia - Euphorbia spp.
* Wool of Bat: Holly leaves - Ilex Aquifolium
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