#plant magic

✧ Balmony (Chelone glabra)

Keywords: Courage, healing, resilience

Uses: Added to charm bags for fortitude and recovery from illness or heartbreak.

Used in early American folk medicine.

✧ Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea)

Keywords: Purification, strength, endurance

Uses: Burn needles or resin for cleansing and grounding; great for Yule magic.

Sacred in North American and Northern European folk practice.

✧ Bamboo

Keywords: Flexibility, resilience, prosperity

Uses: Used in prosperity and protection charms; strong symbol of spiritual endurance.

Sacred in many Asian cultures—avoid appropriating specific Buddhist or Taoist rituals.

✧ Banana

Keywords: Fertility, attraction, pleasure

Uses: Used in sensual spells, especially related to fertility and sexual confidence

Used in Afro-Caribbean food and spellwork; symbol of abundance

✧ Banyan Tree

Keywords: Longevity, ancestral connection, divine shelter

Uses: Used for spiritual protection and grounding; meditate under its shade for wisdom.

Sacred in Hinduism and Buddhism—avoid ritual mimicry outside those traditions.

✧ Barberry (Berberis vulgaris)

Keywords: Protection, banishing, truth

Uses: Used to remove curses, expose lies, and keep away unwanted visitors.

Thorny—associated with sharp truth and boundaries.

✧ Barley

Keywords: Abundance, fertility, sacrifice

Uses: Added to prosperity bowls and harvest offerings; represents sustenance.

Ancient grain used in Greek, Norse, and Babylonian rituals.

✧ Basil

Keywords: Prosperity, love, protection, clarity

Uses: Brew into money or attraction baths; sprinkle around the home for luck.

Universal herb of blessing—common in Mediterranean, African, and South Asian folk magics.

✧ Bat’s Head Root (Orchis spp. variation)

Keywords: Shape-shifting, shadow work, power

Uses: Used in commanding, protection, or hex-breaking spells.

Used in hoodoo; roots shaped like animals are powerful curios. Endangered—use ethically.

✧ Bay Leaf (Laurel)

Keywords: Protection, victory, manifestation

Uses: Write intentions on leaves and burn; wear for wisdom or prophecy.

Sacred to Apollo; associated with fire and the Sun.

✧ Beach / Beech Tree

Keywords: Wisdom, tradition, learning

Uses: Used in spells for knowledge, ancestry, and written magic; excellent wand wood.

Celtic Ogham tree; symbolizes continuity and storytelling.

✧ Bearberry (Uva-ursi)

Keywords: Spiritual protection, ancestor veneration

Uses: Burn or carry to communicate with spirits or protect sacred spaces.

Used in Indigenous smoke ceremonies—do not appropriate closed uses.

✧ Bedstraw (Lady’s Bedstraw) (Galium verum)

Keywords: Love, protection, feminine grace

Uses: Used in love sachets and blessing rituals for childbirth or marriage.

Traditional Midsummer flower of the goddess Freyja.

✧ Bee Balm (Monarda spp.)

Keywords: Vitality, joy, expression

Uses: Used to lift moods, inspire passion, and draw creative fire.

North American native plant; pollinator ally.

✧ Bee Pollen

Keywords: Fertility, vitality, abundance

Uses: Sprinkle on altars for life force and manifestation.

Ethically source; sacred to bee and Sun spirits.

✧ Beeswax

Keywords: Manifestation, purity, sacred creation

Uses: Base for candle magic, seals, and sigil work.

Represents the union of earth and fire through labor.

✧ Beech Tree

Keywords: Knowledge, structure, longevity

Uses: Carve runes or sigils into beech wood; used in wisdom and stability work.

Celtic ogham: “Phagos”—the tree of lore and the written word.

✧ Beet

Keywords: Grounding, protection, blood magic

Uses: Used in spells tied to vitality, menstrual rites, or family lineages

Deep red color makes it a favorite for sympathetic magic

✧ Begonia

Keywords: Protection, caution, inner reflection

Uses: Planted to ward off negative energy or deceit.

Used in folk plant magic for discernment.

✧ Belladonna (Deadly Nightshade) ⚠︎

Keywords: Trance, shadow, death

Uses: Used symbolically for spirit travel and shadow integration.

⚠︎ Highly poisonous; do not touch or ingest.

✧ Bellflower (Campanula)

Keywords: Gratitude, communication, spiritual call

Uses: Placed on altars to call divine attention or to thank deities.

Associated with joy, fairies, and gentle spiritual presence.

✧ Benzoin (Resin)

Keywords: Purification, prosperity, spirit summoning

Uses: Burn for spiritual cleansing or to attract benevolent entities.

Southeast Asian origin; used in temple incense blends.

✧ Bergamot (Herb or Oil)

Keywords: Success, joy, confidence

Uses: Add to charm bags for personal power; use oil in money or courage workings.

Associated with the Sun and Fire element.

✧ Betel Nut (Areca catechu)

Keywords: Strength, endurance, binding

Uses: Used for vitality and determination spells.

Culturally sacred in South and Southeast Asia—avoid ritual mimicry.

✧ Betony (Stachys officinalis)

Keywords: Protection, purification, dream clarity

Uses: Burned or carried to drive away fear, nightmares, or intrusive energy

Traditional in Anglo-Saxon and medieval herb magic

✧ Birch

Keywords: New beginnings, cleansing, feminine power

Uses: Birch twigs for sweeping away the old; tree used for protection and birth rites

Sacred in Celtic and Slavic traditions; symbol of the goddess and Yule

✧ Bistort (Polygonum bistorta)

Keywords: Strength, protection, fertility

Uses: Root used in defensive or fertility charms.

Used in medieval herbal magic.

✧ Black Cohosh (Actaea racemosa)

Keywords: Banishing, strength, feminine power

Uses: Used in protection and power work; sacred to women’s mysteries.

Endangered; used in Indigenous and Appalachian traditions—source ethically.

✧ Black-Eyed Pea

Keywords: Prosperity, fertility, new year blessings

Uses: Used in luck spells and prosperity feasts (esp. New Year’s rituals).

Traditional in African American hoodoo and Southern folk magic.

✧ Black Haw (Viburnum prunifolium)

Keywords: Protection, peace, womb healing

Uses: Used in spells for reproductive health or emotional grounding.

Used in African American and Appalachian herbal practices.

✧ Black Pepper

Keywords: Banishing, protection, aggression

Uses: Added to curses or protection mixes to repel negative energy.

Fire-aligned kitchen witch staple.

✧ Black Salt

Keywords: Warding, banishing, protection

Uses: Sprinkled at doorways, around homes, or on ritual tools to remove unwanted energy

Not a natural salt—usually made with ashes, charcoal, or iron filings

✧ Black Susan (Black-Eyed Susan)

Keywords: Encouragement, confidence, clarity

Uses: Used for optimism, inner strength, and perseverance.

Native to North America; sunflower kin.

✧ Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)

Keywords: Banishing, boundary-setting, protection

Uses: Used in curse-breaking, defensive magic, and ancestral rites.

Thorny hedge plant sacred to Morrigan; Samhain plant.

✧ Blackberry

Keywords: Protection, boundaries, underworld

Uses: Warding spells, hedge crossing, binding work

Sacred to Brigid; used in Celtic and British Isles folk practices

✧ Bladderwrack (Seaweed)

Keywords: Psychic power, protection, sea magic

Uses: Added to water spells, spirit travel, or divination tools

Used in Celtic sea rites and modern witchcraft

✧ Blessed Thistle (Cnicus benedictus)

Keywords: Protection, strength, purification

Uses: Used in protection and exorcism spells; burned or carried.

Common in medieval witchcraft; associated with Mars.

✧ Blowball (Dandelion puff)

Keywords: Wishes, divination, wind magic

Uses: Blow the seeds to send messages or make wishes to spirits.

Simple and ancient form of air-element spellwork.

✧ Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)

Keywords: Protection, hexing, truth-telling

Uses: Used in spells to reveal lies, banish toxicity, or command attention

⚠︎ Toxic; handle with care; used in hoodoo and Appalachian folk traditions

✧ Bluebell

Keywords: Truth, dreams, faery communication

Uses: Planted to protect homes; used in dream magic and faery rites

Endangered in some areas—never harvest wild

✧ Blueberry

Keywords: Protection, mental clarity, calm

Uses: Added to spells for peace, focus, and domestic harmony.

Native to North America; sacred to some Indigenous cultures—use respectfully.

✧ Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides)

Keywords: Feminine power, protection, new beginnings

Uses: Used in fertility and birth magic.

⚠︎ Endangered; sacred to Indigenous medicine—avoid cultural appropriation.

✧ Blue Vervain

Keywords: Blessing, purification, sacred communication

Uses: Use in consecration or ritual blessing; gentle psychic enhancer.

Cross-cultural sacred herb.

✧ Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)

Keywords: Healing, protection, strength through pain

Uses: Healing rituals for chronic conditions or soul wounds

Used in American herbal medicine and witchcraft; bitter, handle with respect

✧ Borage

Keywords: Courage, optimism, endurance

Uses: Drink as tea before challenges; add to success charms.

Planetary: Jupiter.

✧ Bougainvillea

Keywords: Beauty, boundaries, resilience

Uses: Used for protection cloaked in charm or glamour magic.

Thorned flower—Venus and Mars energies combined.

✧ Boxwood

Keywords: Immortality, protection, patience

Uses: Used in longevity and warding spells; wood for steady energy.

⚠︎ Toxic if ingested.

✧ Brazil Nut

Keywords: Prosperity, health, grounded abundance

Uses: Used in kitchen witchery for success and physical vitality.

Sustainably source; endangered habitat species.

✧ Brimstone (Sulfur)

Keywords: Banishing, cleansing, fire, protection

Uses: Used to drive away negativity, curses, or unwanted spirits.

⚠︎ Toxic to inhale or burn in enclosed spaces; used in hoodoo and ceremonial magic.

✧ Broom (Scotch Broom)

Keywords: Purification, exorcism, change

Uses: Used to sweep away stagnant energy; associated with rebirth.

Celtic Beltane symbol; sacred plant of threshold rites.

✧ Buckeye (Horse Chestnut)

Keywords: Luck, protection, money drawing

Uses: Carried in the pocket for good fortune; used in gambling and prosperity magic.

Popular in Southern and hoodoo traditions.

✧ Buckthorn

Keywords: Boundaries, banishing, defense

Uses: Used in protection sachets and uncrossing powders.

⚠︎ Slightly toxic; use dried bark only.

✧ Buckwheat

Keywords: Prosperity, stability, boundaries

Uses: Scatter around home for wealth and food security.

Sacred grain of hearth witches.

✧ Burdock Root

Keywords: Protection, purification, persistence

Uses: Used to clear toxic ties, strengthen energy, and protect against psychic attack

Used in hoodoo and Western herbalism

✧ Burnet (Sanguisorba spp.)

Keywords: Vitality, healing, protection

Uses: Added to restorative or grounding spells.

A gentle healing herb used in medieval folk magic.

✧ Butcher’s Broom (Ruscus aculeatus)

Keywords: Protection, cleansing, courage

Uses: Used in uncrossing and energy clearing spells.

Linked to hearth and household wards.

✧ Butterbur (Petasites hybridus)

Keywords: Protection, transformation, release

Uses: Used in spells to ease transitions or break attachments.

⚠︎ Toxic if ingested raw; handle with care.

✧ Buttercup

Keywords: Charm, brightness, illusion

Uses: Used for glamour or lighthearted joy spells.

⚠︎ Toxic; external use only.

✧ Butternut (Juglans cinerea)

Keywords: Letting go, endings, ancestral clearing

Uses: Used in rituals for release, death work, and grief

Used by Indigenous and Appalachian communities—respect lineage

B Summary Notes:

⚠︎ Toxic: Belladonna, Buckthorn, Boxwood, Butterbur, Brimstone (inhalation), and Bat’s Head Root (endangered/orchid species)

✥ Culturally Sensitive:

Balm of Gilead (hoodoo/Christian folk)

Bearberry, Blue Cohosh (Indigenous)

Betel Nut, Banyan (South/Southeast Asia)

⚠︎ Endangered: Blue Cohosh, Bloodroot, Black Cohosh, Bluebell (wild), Bat’s Head Root

🜸 Planetary Tendencies:

♀ Venus – Basil, Bay, Bee Balm, Bougainvillea

♂ Mars – Black Pepper, Blessed Thistle, Broom

♄ Saturn – Boxwood, Buckthorn

♃ Jupiter – Borage, Barley

☉ Sun – Bergamot, Beeswax