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the herb druids ranked sacred and vampires apparently can't stand.
means Vervain is a small wildflower (genus Verbena) with slender spikes of pale purple blooms, long valued in folk medicine and ritual.
from From Latin verbena, which meant the leafy branches and sacred herbs carried by Roman priests at altars and used to sweep holy places. The word came into English through Old French verveine. Its deeper roots are uncertain, though some link it speculatively to a Celtic source — fitting, perhaps, for a plant the druids are said to have revered, though that reverence belongs more to later legend than to firm record.
- roman altars
- Used to sweep sacred altars in ancient Rome
- holy wound
- Legend says it staunched Christ's wounds at Calvary
- druid favorite
- Druids gathered it without iron, under the dark moon
- tiny flowers
- Spikes of pale lilac blooms barely bigger than pinheads
- love charm
- Once worn to ward off plague and woo lovers
vervain tea — herbal beverage made from verbena officinalis, traditionally used in european and south american folk medicine
iron vervain — verbena hastata species native to north america, used by indigenous peoples and early settlers as medicinal plant