#london rocket

[theantarwitch]

Book of Shadows: London Rocket

Element: Air. 

Planet: Sun/Mercury. 

Gender: Masculine. 

Power: Repelling curses, cleansing the body, healing, banishing, enhancing a spell’s potency, good luck.

This little plant is a survivor and an opportunist. 

Properties: Counter-irritant, nutritive, moves blood, respiratory decongestant, expectorant, fevers, cough, chest congestion, painful joints, to treat asthma, throat and chest infections. London rocket is perfectly safe to eat with a very low level of toxicity. Edible Parts: Flowers, leaves, seeds. The raw leaves contain a relative abundance of Vitamin C, calcium, potassium, magnesium, iron, and zinc. Pick them off of young plants (not yet flowering).

[walrus-queen]

Sisymbrium irio, London Rocket

This plant tastes like the result of horseradish's disgusting affair with a bottle of Heinz yellow mustard. It burns like cheap wasabi with grassy undertones.

Some of you sick freaks would probably love this monstrosity.

Rating: 5/10

[kenneturner]

Honey Bee On London Rocket Wildflower Honey Bee On London Rocket Wildflower -- Image by kenne The London Rocket is a naturalized weed native to Europe.

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[kenneturner]

Signs of Spring In The Canyon London Rocket (Sisymbrium irio) In Sabino Canyon -- Image by kenne Spring is beginning to push aside old winter bringing on new life. -- kenne

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