Gender: Masculine Planet: Sun Element: Air Deities: Taht, Apollo, Artemis, Hecate, Isis, Ra

Powers: Fertility and Potency

PANSY
(*G)

Folk Names: Banewort, Banwort, Bird’s Eye, Bonewort, Bouncing Bet, Garden Violet, Heart’s Ease, Horse Violet, Johnny Jumper, Johnny Jump - Ups, Kiss - Me - At - The - Garden - Gate, Little Stepmother, Love Idol, Love - in - Idleness, Love - Lies Bleeding, Loving Idol, Meet - Me - In - The - Entry, Pensee, Stepmother, Tittle - My - Fancy

Gender: Feminine Planet: Saturn Element: Water

Powers: Love, Rain Magic and Love Divination

PAPAYA
(*G)

Folk Names: Paw - Paw, Papao and Put

Gender: Feminine Planet: Moon Element: Water

Powers: Love and Protection

PAPYRUS

Gender: Masculine Planet: Mercury Element: Air

Power: Protection

PAROSELA

Folk Names: Citrus Plant, Desert Rue

Power: Hunting

PARSLEY
(*D+ P K)

Folk Names: Devil’s Oatmeal, Percely, Persil, Petersilie, Petroselinum, Rock Parsley

Gender: Masculine Planet: Mercury Element: Air Deity: Persephone

Powers: Lust, Protection and Purification

PASSION FLOWER
(*G)

Folk Names: Grandilla, Maracoc, Maypops and Passion Vine

Gender: Feminine Planet: Venus Element: Water

Powers: Peace, Sleep and Friendships

PATCHOULI
(*G)

Folk Names: Patchouly, Pucha - Pot, Kablin

Gender: Feminine Planet: Saturn Element: Earth

Powers: Money, Fertility and Lust

PEA

Gender: Feminine Planet: Venus Element: Earth

Powers: Money and Love

PEACH
Seed, leaf, bark (*X)

Gender: Feminine Planet: Venus Element: Water

Powers: Love, Exorcism, Longevity, Fertility and Wishes

PEAR
Seed in large amounts (*X); Fruit (*G)

Gender: Feminine Planet: Venus Element: Water

Powers: Lust and Love

PECAN
(*G)

Gender: Masculine Planet: Mercury Element: Air

Powers: Money and Employment

PENNYROYAL
(*P) Oil (*Poison)

Folk Names: European Pennyroyal, Lurk-In-The-Ditch, Mosquito Plant, Organ Broth, Organs, Organ Tea, Piliolerian, Pudding Grass, Run-By-The-Ground, Squaw Mint, Tickweed

Gender: Masculine Planet: Mars Element: Fire Deity: Demeter

Powers: Strength, Protection and Peace

PEONY
Root (*G)

Folk Names: Paeony, Piney

Gender: Masculine Planet: Sun Element: Fire

Powers: Protection and Exorcism

PEPPER
(*G)

Folk Names: Black Pepper

Gender: Masculine Planet: Mars Element: Fire

Powers: Protection and Exorcism

PEPPER TREE
(*G)

Folk Names: California Pepper Tree, Jesuit’s Balsam, Peruvian Mastic Tree, Piru

Gender: Masculine Planet: Mars Element: Fire

Powers: Purification, Healing and Protection

PEPPERMINT
(*G)

Folk Names: Brandy Mint and Lammint

Gender: Masculine Planet: Mercury Element: Fire Deity: Pluto

Powers: Purification, Sleep, Love, Healing and Psychic Powers

PERIWINKLE
(*Poison Bp- Ho Cn)

Folk Names: Blue Buttons, Centocchiio, Hundred Eyes, Devil’s Eye, Joy on the Ground, Sorcerer’s Violet

Gender: Feminine Planet: Venus Element: Water

Powers: Love, Lust, Mental Powers, Money and Protection

PERSIMMON

Gender: Feminine Planet: Venus Element: Water

Powers: Changing Sex, Healing and Luck

PILOT WEED

Folk Names: Bumweed, Compass Point, Rosin Weed

Power: Protection

PIMENTO

Gender: Masculine Planet: Mars Element: Fire

Power: Love

PIMPERNEL

Folk Names: Blessed Herb, Greater Pimpernel, Herb of Mary, Luib na muc, Pimpinella, Poorman’s Weatherglass, Shepherd’s Weatherglass

Gender: Masculine Planet: Mercury Element: Air

Powers: Protection and Health

PINE
Bark (*G)

Gender: Masculine Planet: Mars Element: Air Deities: Cybele, Pan, Venus, Attis, Dionysus, Astarte, Sylvanus

Powers: Healing, Fertility, Protection, Exorcism and Money

PINEAPPLE
(*G)

Gender: Masculine Planet: Sun Element: Fire

Powers: Luck, Money and Chastity

PIPSISSEWA
(*G)

Folk Names: False Wintergreen, Ground Holly, Prince’s Pine, Princess Pine

Powers: Money and Spirit Calling

PISTACHIO
What is commonly available (*G)

Gender: Masculine Planet: Mercury Element: Air

Power: Breaking Love Spells

PLANTAIN
(*G)

Folk Names: Cuckoo's Bread, Englishman's Foot, The Leaf of Patrick, Patrick's Dock, Ripple Grass, St. Patrick's Leaf, Slan - lus, Snakebite, Snakeweed, Waybread, Waybroad, Weybroed and White Man's Foot

Gender: Feminine Planet: Venus Element: Earth

Powers: Healing, Strength, Protection and Snake Repelling

PLUM
Seed and wilted leaf (*X)

Gender: Feminine Planet: Venus Element: Water

Powers: Healing, Strength, Protection and Snake Repelling

PLUM, WILD
Seed and wilted leaf (*X)

Gender: Feminine Planet: Venus Element: Water

Power: Healing

PLUMERIA
(*Poison)

Folk Names: Frangipangi, Graveyard Flowers, Melia, Temple Tree

Gender: Feminine Planet: Venus Element: Water Deity: Buddha

Power: Love

POKE
(*Poison)

Folk Names: Coakum, Cocan, Crowberry, Garget, Inkberry, Pigeon Berry, Pocan, Rokeberry Root, Poke Root, Polk Root, Scoke and Virginian Poke

Gender: Masculine Planet: Mars Element: Fire

Powers: Courage and Hex - Breaking

POMEGRANATE
Root, Stem (*G); Husk (*Dh)

Folk Names: Carthage Apple, Grenadier, Malicorio, Malum Punicum, Pound Garnet

Gender: Masculine Planet: Mercury Element: Fire Deities: Persephone and Ceres

Powers: Divination, Luck, Wishes, Wealth and Fertility

POPLAR
(*G)

Gender: Feminine Planet: Saturn Element: Water

Powers: Money and Flying

POPPY
What is commonly available (*G); What is illegal (*X)

Folk Names: Blind Buff, Bindeyes, Headaches, Head Waak

Gender: Feminine Planet: Moon Element: Water Deities: Hypnos and Demeter

Powers: Fertility, Love, Sleep, Money, Luck and Invisibility

POTATO
Root (*G); Greens (*X)

Folk Names: Blue Eyes, Flukes, Lapstones, Leather Jackets, Murphies, No Eyes, Pinks, Red Eyes, Rocks, Taters, Tatties

Gender: Feminine Planet: Moon Element: Earth

Powers: Image Magic and Healing

PRICKLY ASH
Bark (*P)

Gender: Masculine Planet: Mars Element: Fire

Power: Love

PRIMROSE
(*Sk)

Folk Names: Butter Rose, English Cowslip, Password

Gender: Feminine Planet: Venus Element: Earth Deity: Freya

Powers: Love and Protection

PURSLANE
(*P Ks)

Folk Names: Garden Purslane, Golden Purslane, Pigweed

Gender: Feminine Planet: Moon Element: Water

Powers: Sleep, Love, Luck, Happiness and Protection

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