Lemon Verbena Leaf Cut, 1 oz (Aloysia triphylla)

A bright citrus leaf. Aloysia triphylla, with a clean, sharp lemon scent that survives drying unusually well.

Cut and sifted, 1 oz. Ready for sachets, charm bags, dressing blends, and loose incense.

For purification and attraction. The bright, clearing register in folk practice.

• Botanical: Aloysia triphylla (lemon verbena)
• Form: cut and sifted dried leaf
• Weight: 1 oz
• For ritual and spiritual use only; not a food, drug, or supplement, and not for ingestion
• Storage: keep sealed in a cool, dry place away from light
• SKU: HLEMVC

Scott Cunningham seats lemon verbena under Venus and the element of Air, naming purification and love among its powers, which places it on Friday among the days of the week. The folk logic follows the scent: a herb that smells this clean is reached for to clear a space, lift a heavy atmosphere, and brighten what has gone stale. Its citrus sharpness pairs it naturally with the other bright clearing herbs rather than the heavy resins.

Practitioners work it into sachets and charm bags, add it to dressing blends, and burn a pinch as loose incense for purification. The old sources also connect it to love work, which sits well with its Venus attribution, and it is sometimes added to attraction blends for the lift it gives them. Plentiful Earth offers this leaf strictly for ritual and spiritual use, not as a food, drug, or supplement.

1. Fold a pinch into a sachet or charm bag for purification or attraction work.
2. Add it to a dressing blend for a candle in the clearing or love register.
3. Burn a little as loose incense over charcoal, in a fire-safe dish and a ventilated room.
4. Scatter a few leaves as part of a cleansing working, where the bright scent suits.
5. Store it sealed and dark; the citrus scent is the point, and light degrades it.

• Lemon Peel Cut, 1 oz: the true citrus, for the same bright register.
• Lemongrass Incense Sticks: the citrus-green clearing scent as incense.
• Whole Lavender Flowers, 1 oz: a soft floral to pair in a sachet.
• White Sage Smudge Stick: for the heavier clearing, before the brightening.
• Magical Herbalism by Scott Cunningham: the standard reference for the correspondences.

What is lemon verbena used for in magic?

Purification and attraction. Cunningham places it under Venus and Air, naming purification and love, and its bright citrus scent is reached for to clear and lift a space.

Is it actually a citrus?

No, which is the pleasing part. Aloysia triphylla is a South American shrub with no botanical relation to lemons, and it still out-lemons most lemons.

Can I make tea with it?

Not from this. Plentiful Earth offers this leaf strictly for ritual and spiritual use, not as a food, drug, or supplement, and it is not for ingestion. Culinary lemon verbena is sold separately as a food product.

What are its correspondences?

Cunningham gives it Venus and the element Air, with purification and love among its powers, which puts it on Friday.

How should I store it?

Sealed, cool, and dark. The scent is the whole value, and light and air are what take it.