User:DCDuring/Strewing herbs
- lady's bedstraw, Galium verum - Kills fleas. Also used to stuff matresses.
- sweet flag, Acorus calamus - Sweet smell. Rush-like leaves.
- Mentha pulegium, pennyroyal - Kills fleas (also known as fleabane) and repels ticks.
- lavender, Lavandula - Insect repellent (e.g. moths). Also used in matresses and pillows.
- hyssop, Hyssopus - Fragrant. Also has biblical reference to cleanliness: 'Purge me with Hyssop and I shall be clean.' Psalm 51
- Mentha, mint - Various species
- meadowsweet, Filipendula ulmaria - Sweet smell.
- chamomile - Insect repellent.
- southernwood - Also known as lad's love, this was thought to be an aphrodisiac. Often used in bedrooms.
- sweet woodruff - Insect repellent.
- thyme - Various species. Insect repellent.
- rue
- rosemary - Often strewn in churches. Kills and repels insects.
- rose - Petals only.
- Cinnamomum camphora w:Cinnamomum camphora, camphor laurel - Also known as Mawdelin (from the New Testament episode of the anointing of the feet of Jesus Christ by Mary Magdalen)
- Santolina chamaecyparissus, cotton lavender
- Salvia officinalis, sage - Insect repellent.
- tansy - Insect repellent.
- basil
- costmary, Tanacetum balsamita, or Balsamita vulgaris, alecost, balsam herb, bible leaf, mint geranium.
- Primula veris, cowslips
- Bellis perennis, daisy
- sweet fennel, w:sweet fennel
- germander
- spike lavender
- marjoram
- Achillea ageratum, w:Achillea ageratum, sweet maudlin, sweet yarrow, sweet Nancy
- winter savory, w:winter savory, Satureja montana
- hops
- violet