Witch’s Secret Names For Plants And Herbs
Witches have always hid their magical work from the foolish muggles, here you can learn the secret names for plants and herbs.
Witch Name |
Herb/Plant Name |
| Adders Fork | Adders tongue |
| Adders Tongue | Dogstooth Violet |
| Ass’s Foot or Bull’s Foot | Coltsfoot |
| Bat Flower | Tacca |
| Bat’s Wings | Holly |
| Bat’s Wool | Moss |
| Bear’s Foot | Lady’s Mantle |
| Beggar’s Buttons | Burdock |
| Beggar’s Tick | Cockhold |
| Bird’s Eye | Germander Speedwell |
| Bird’s Foot | Fenugreek |
| Black Maidenhair | Black Spleenwort |
| Black Sampson | Echinacea |
| Black Snake Root | Black Cohosh |
| Blind Eyes | Poppy |
| Blood | Elder Sap or another tree sap |
| Blood from a Head | Lupine |
| Blood from a Shoulder | Bear’s Breeches |
| Blood of Ares | Purslane |
| Blood of Kronos | Cedar |
| Blood of Hephaistos | Wormwood |
| Blood of Hestia | Chamomile |
| Blood of a Goose | Mulberry Tree’s Milk |
| Blood of a Titan | Wild Lettuce |
| Blood of an Eye | Tamarisk Gall |
| Blood Leather | Reindeer Moss/Rock Tripe/Caribou Lichen |
| Bloodroot | Tormentil |
| Bloodwort | Yarrow |
| Bloody Butcher | Valerian |
| Bloody Finger | Foxglove |
| Bone of an Ibis | Buckthorn |
| Brains | Congealed Gum from a Cherry Tree |
| Bread and Cheese Tree | Hawthorne. Whitethorn, Hazels |
| Broom | Gorse |
| Bull’s Blood or Seed of Horus | Horehound |
| Bull’s Foot | Coltsfoot |
| Burning Bush | Fraxinella, White Dittany |
| Butcher’s Broom | Irish Tops |
| Buttons | Tansy |
| Calf’s Snout | Snapdragon |
| Candelmas Maiden | Snowdrop |
| Capon’s Tail | Valerian |
| Cat’s Foot | Canada Snake Root and/or Ground Ivy |
| Cheeses | Marsh Mallow |
| Cherry Pie | Heliotrope |
| Chocolate Flower | Wild Geranium |
| Church Steeples | Agrimony |
| Clear-Eye | Clary Sage |
| Click | Goosegrass |
| Clot | Great Mullein |
| Corpse Candles | Mullein |
| Corpse Plant | Indian Pipe |
| Courtesy | Summer Wind |
| Crocodile Dung | Black Earth |
| Crow Corn | Ague Root |
| Crow Foot | Wild Geranium |
| Crowdy Kit | Figwort |
| Crown for a King | Wormwood |
| Cuckoo’s Bread | Common Plantain |
| Cucumber Tree | Magnolia |
| Cuddy’s Lungs | Great Mullein |
| Dead Man Ash | Mandrake root poppet |
| Death Angel | Agaric |
| Death Flower | Yarrow |
| Devil’s Apple | Datura |
| Devils Dung | Asafoetida |
| Devil’s Eye | Henbane, Periwinkle |
| Devil’s Flower | Bachelor’s Buttons |
| Devil’s Guts | Dodder |
| Devil’s Milk | Celandine |
| Devil’s Nettle | Yarrow |
| Devil’s Oatmeal | Parsley |
| Devil’s Plaything | Yarrow |
| Dew of the Sea | Rosemary |
| Dog Fennel | Anthemis |
| Dog Grass | Agropyrum |
| Dog’s Mouth | Snap Dragon |
| Dog`s Tail | Cynosurus |
| Dog’s Tongue | Conoglossum Officinale |
| Dog`s Tooth Violet | Erythronium |
| Dove’s Foot | Wild Geranium |
| Dragon Wort | Bistort |
| Dragon Bushes | Toadflax |
| Dragon’s Blood | Calamus |
| Dragon’s Scales | Bistort Leaves |
| Duck’s Foot | May Apple |
| Eagle | Wild Garlic |
| Ear of an Ass | Comfrey |
| Ear of a Goat | St. John’s Wort |
| Earth Smoke | Fumitory |
| Elf leaf | Lavender, Rosemary |
| Elf’s Wort (Elfwort) | Elecampane |
| Enchanter’s Plant | Vervain |
| Englishman’s Foot | Common Plantain |
| Erba Santa Maria | Spearmint |
| Everlasting Friendship | Goosegrass |
| Eye of the Day | Common Daisy |
| Eye of Newt | Wild Mustard Seed |
| Eye of the Star | Horehound |
| Eye Root | Goldenseal |
| Eyes | Aster, Daisy, Eyebright |
| Fairies Eggs | Molukka |
| Fairie’s Finger | Foxglove |
| Fairies Horses | Ragwort |
| Fairy Bells | Sorrel, Wood |
| Fairy Cup | Cowslip |
| Fairy Smoke | Indian Pipe |
| Fat from a Head | Spurge |
| Felon Herb | Mugwort |
| Filwort | Centory or Feverwort |
| Five Fingers | Cinquefoil |
| Flesh and Blood | Tormentil |
| Fox’s Clote | Burdock |
| Frog bit | Hydrocharis |
| Frog fruit | Phyla |
| Frog Orchid | Coeloglossum |
| Frog’s Foot | Bulbous Buttercup |
| Frog`s Lettuce | Groenlandia |
| From the Belly | Earth-apple |
| From the Foot | Houseleek |
| From the Loins | Chamomile |
| Gazel’s Hooves | Quickset, Albespyne |
| Goat’s Foot | Ash Weed |
| Goat’s Leaf | Honeysuckle |
| God’s Hair | Hart’s Tongue Fern |
| Golden Star | Avens |
| Gosling Wing | Goosegrass |
| Graveyard Dust | Mullein |
| Great Ox-eye | Ox-eye Daisy |
| Hag’s Taper | Great Mullein |
| Hagthorn | Hawthorn |
| Hairs of a Baboon | Dill Seed |
| Hair | Maidenhair Fern |
| Hair of Venus | Maidenhair Fern |
| Hare’s Beard | Great Mullein |
| Hare’s Foot | Avens |
| Hawk’s Heart | Heart of Wormwood |
| Heart | Walnut |
| Heart of Osmund | Royal Fern |
| Herb of Grace | Vervain |
| Hind’s Tongue | Hart’s Tongue Fern |
| Holy Herb | Yerba Santa |
| Holy Rope | Hemp Agrimony |
| Hook and Arm | Yerba Santa |
| Horse Hoof | Coltsfoot |
| Horse Tongue | Hart’s Tongue Fern |
| Hundred Eyes | Periwinkle |
| Indian Dye | Goldenseal |
| Innocence | Bluets |
| Jacob’s Staff | Great Mullein |
| Jew’s Ear | Fungus on Elder or Elm |
| John’s Bread | Carob |
| Joy of the Mountain | Marjoram |
| Jupiter’s Foot | Houseleek |
| Jupiter’s Staff | Great Mullein |
| King’s Crown | Black Haw |
| Knight’s Milfoil | Yarrow |
| Kronos’ Blood | Cedar |
| Jacob’s Staff | Great Mullein |
| Jew’s Ear | Fungus on Elder or Elm |
| John’s Bread | Carob |
| Joy of the Mountain | Marjoram |
| Jupiter’s Foot | Houseleek |
| Jupiter’s Staff | Great Mullein |
| King’s Crown | Black Haw |
| Knight’s Milfoil | Yarrow |
| Kronos’ Blood | Cedar |
| Lad’s Love | Southernwood |
| Lady’s Glove | Foxglove aka Witches’ Gloves |
| Lady’s Mantle | Nine Hooks |
| Lady’s Meat | May Flower blossom |
| Lady’s Slipper | American Valerian |
| Lady’s Tresses | Spira Root |
| Lamb’s Ears | Betony |
| Lion’s Ear | Motherwort |
| Lion’s Hairs | Turnip leaves |
| Lion’s Tooth | Dandelion aka Priest’s Crown |
| Lizard’s Tail | Breast Weed |
| Little Dragon | Tarragon |
| Love in Idleness | Pansy |
| Love Leaves | Burdock |
| Love Lies Bleeding | Amaranth or Anemone |
| Love Man | Goosegrass |
| Love Parsley | Lovage |
| Love Root | Orris Root |
| Man’s Bile | Turnip Sap |
| Man’s Health | Ginseng |
| Maiden’s Hair | Maidenhair Fern |
| Maiden’s Ruin | Southernwood |
| Master of the Woods | Woodruff |
| May | Black Haw |
| May Lily | Lily of the Valley |
| May Rose | Black Haw |
| Maypops | Passion Flower |
| Mistress of the Night | Tuberose |
| Mother’s Heart | Shepheard’s Purse |
| Mouse’s Ear | Hawk Weed |
| Mouse’s Tail | Common Stonecrop |
| Mutton Chops | Goosegrass |
| Newt`s Tail | Saururus |
| Nose Bleed | Yarrow |
| Old-Maid’s-Nightcap | Wild Geranium |
| Old Man | Mugwort |
| Old Man’s Flannel | Great Mullein |
| Old Man’s Pepper | Yarrow |
| Old Woman | Wormwood |
| Oliver | Olive |
| Organ Tea | Pennyroyal |
| Paddock Pipes | Horsetail |
| Pantagruelian | Marijuana |
| Password | Primrose |
| Peter’s Staff | Great Mullein |
| Pig’s Tail /td> | Leopard’s Bane |
| Poor Man’s Treacle | Garlic |
| Poor Man | Weatherglass Pimpernel |
| Priest’s Crown | Dandelion leaves |
| Pucha-pat | Patchouli |
| Queen of the Meadow | Meadowsweet |
| Queen of the Meadow Root | Gravelroot |
| Queen of the Night | Vanilla Cactus |
| Queen’s Delight | Silverleaf |
| Queen’s Root | Stilengia |
| Rabbit’s Foot | Field Clover |
| Ram’s Head | American Valerian |
| Red Cockscomb | Amaranth |
| Ring-o-Bells | Bluebells |
| Robin-Run-in-the-Grass | Goosegrass |
| Scaldhead | Blackberry |
| See Bright | Clary Sage |
| Semen of Ammon | Houseleek |
| Semen of Ares | Clover |
| Semen of Helios | White Hellebore |
| Semen of Herakles | Mustard-rocket |
| Semen of Hermes | Dill |
| Semen of Hephaistos | Fleabane |
| Seed of Horus | Horehound |
| Serpent’s Tongue | Adder’s Tongue |
| Seven Barks | Hydrangea |
| Seven Year’s Love | Yarrow |
| Shameface | Wild Geranium |
| Shepherd’s Heart | Shepherd’s Purse |
| Silver Bells | Black Haw |
| Skin of a Man | Fern |
| Skul | Skullcap Mushroom |
| Snake’s Blood | Hematite Stone |
| Snake’s Friend | Indian Paintbrush |
| Snake’s Head | Balmony |
| Snake’s Milk | Blooming Splurge |
| Snake’s Tongue | Adder’s Tongue Fern |
| Snake/ Snakeweed | Bistort |
| Snow Drop | Bulbous Violet |
| Soapwort | Comfrey or Daisy |
| Sorcerer’s Violet | Periwinkle |
| Sparrow’s Tongue | Knotweed |
| Spider Lily | Spiderwort |
| Squirrel’s Ear | White Plantain |
| St. John’s Herb | Hemp Agrimony (This is not St. John’s Wort) |
| St. John’s Plant | Mugwort |
| Stag’s Horn | Club Moss |
| Star Flower | Borage |
| Star of the Earth | Avens |
| Starweed | Chickweed |
| Sweethearts | Goosegrass |
| Swine’s Snout | Dandelion Leaves |
| Tanner’s Bark | Common Oak |
| Tarragon | Mugwort |
| Tartar Root | Ginseng |
| Tears of a Baboon | Dill Juice |
| Titan’s Blood | Wild Lettuce |
| Thor’s Helper /td> | Rowan |
| Thousand Weed | Yarrow |
| Thunder Plant | House Leek |
| Toad | Toadflax |
| Toe Of Frog | Bulbous Buttercup Leaves |
| Tongue of dog | Hound’s Tongue |
| Tooth or Teeth | Pinecone(s) |
| Torches | Great Mullein |
| Tree of Heaven | Chinese Sumach |
| Unicorn’s Horn | False Unicorn |
| Unicorn Root | Ague Root |
| Wax Dolls | Fumitory |
| Weazel Snout | Yellow Dead Nettles/Yellow Archangel |
| Weed | Ox-Eye Daisy |
| White | Ox-eye Daisy |
| White Man’s Foot | Common Plantain |
| White Wood | White Cinnamon |
| Witch Bells | Foxglove |
| Witch Herb | Mugwort |
| Witch’s Asprin | White Willow/Willow Bark |
| Witch’s Brier | Brier Hips |
| Witch’s Hair | Dodder |
| Witch’s Thimble | Datura |
| Witchbane | Rowan |
| Wolf Claw | Club Moss |
| Wolf Foot | Bugle Weed |
| Wolf’s Hat | Wolfsbane |
| Wolf’s Milk | Euphorbia |
| Worms | Gnarled, thin roots of a local tree |
