vervain
Purple flowering herb
Vervain is a plant of the verbena family, with small blue, white, or purple flowers.
It has a long history in folk medicine and magical tradition—associated with purification, healing, and protection against evil spirits.
Herbalists still use it in teas and tinctures, claiming it relieves anxiety and promotes sleep: She brewed vervain tea to calm her nerves.
Flavorful or medicinal plant
- perennialRecurring each year
- wildflowerUncultivated flowering plant
- floweringProducing reproductive structures
- foliagePlant's leafy covering
cultivation · hardy · naturalized · meadow · roadside · hedgerow · spike · bloom
Sacred ritual table
- incenseAnger greatly, or aromatic resin
- offeringSomething presented or given
- consecrateMake sacred officially
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
chant · amulet · talisman · pagan · druid · invocation · purify · anoint
Curative treatment or fix
- soothingReducing distress or discomfort
- restorativePromoting return to health
- curativePromoting recovery from illness
- medicinalHaving healing properties
therapeutic · balm · tincture · poultice · salve · compress · infusion · tisane
Practice of supernatural magic
- sorceryPractice of dark magic
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
- love potionElixir causing romantic desire
- hexMalevolent incantation
curse · ward · charm · supernatural · magical · protection · evil eye · legend
herb
Flavorful or medicinal plant
- perennialRecurring each year
- wildflowerUncultivated flowering plant
- floweringProducing reproductive structures
foliage · cultivation · hardy · naturalized · meadow · roadside · hedgerow · spike · bloom · pollinator
altar
Sacred ritual table
- incenseAnger greatly, or aromatic resin
- offeringSomething presented or given
- consecrateMake sacred officially
blessing · chant · amulet · talisman · pagan · druid · invocation · purify · anoint · divination
remedy
Curative treatment or fix
- soothingReducing distress or discomfort
- restorativePromoting return to health
- curativePromoting recovery from illness
medicinal · therapeutic · balm · tincture · poultice · salve · compress · infusion · tisane · herbal tea
witchcraft
Practice of supernatural magic
- sorceryPractice of dark magic
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
- love potionElixir causing romantic desire
hex · curse · ward · charm · supernatural · magical · protection · evil eye · legend · myth
- supernatural weaknessessilver, sunlight, garlic, holy water, crosses
- folk herbsagrimony, betony, borage, burdock, comfrey
- herbal remediesechinacea, chamomile, valerian, ginseng, ginkgo biloba
- medicinal herbsechinacea, chamomile, ginseng, valerian, peppermint
- plant loremandrake, mistletoe, rowan, wolfsbane, yew
- sacred plantstree of life, tree of knowledge, sacred oak, sacred grove, burning bush
vervainwolfsbane
Toxic flowering plant
hemlock · belladonna · nightshade · henbane · mandrake