Home›Sources›A Modern HerbalSourcesA Modern HerbalCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "A Modern Herbal." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/a-modern-herbal.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). A Modern Herbal. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/a-modern-herbalCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-a-modern-herbal, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {A Modern Herbal}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/a-modern-herbal}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXMaud Grieve's 1931 herbal reference, reissued by Dover Publications, long the standard twentieth century English language herbal and the route by which much of the seventeenth century herbalist Nicholas Culpeper's own material reached modern readers, sometimes with its attributions altered along the way. Its long standing use as a working reference places it at this atlas's middle tier, a reputable secondary compilation rather than a peer reviewed academic study. It is a strong source for traditional herbal lore and folk plant associations as popularly transmitted. Because material has been known to shift in transmission through this and similar herbals, a claim needing certainty about an original historical attribution is better checked against an earlier primary source directly.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (421 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationAuthorWell-attestedMaud GrievePublisherWell-attestedDover PublicationsThis is the 1982 Dover reprint; Grieve's A Modern Herbal was first published by Harcourt, Brace and Co. in 1931.Publication YearWell-attested1931URLWell-attestedhttps://archive.org/details/modernherbalmedi0002grie_s4m0Source TypeWell-attestedreferenceAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested2A long standing standard English language herbal reference, the route by which much of the seventeenth century herbalist Nicholas Culpeper's own material reached modern readers, a reputable secondary compilation rather than a peer reviewed academic study.NotesWell-attestedThe standard twentieth-century English herbal reference, and the route by which much of Culpeper reached modern readers, often with the attributions altered in transit.Claims Backed By This Source (421 claims)This source backs 421 claims across the atlas. As facts: 170 well-attested, 5 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 119 holds. Plus 127 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicPlants, 321 claims: 71 well-attested, 5 scholarly debate, 119 holds, 126 general references.Articles, 89 claims: 89 well-attested.Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.Disciplines, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested170ArticlesA Cool and Homely HerbA Guard Against Ghosts and DespairA Name That Means WashingA Poison Named for a FateA Poison, Stated PlainlyA Preaching Flower, and a Calming ReputationA Word Applied to Many TreesAbsinthe, Thujone, and a CorrectionAn Aphrodisiac of the Old EastAn Economy, Not a SymbolAthena's Gift, and the Branch of PeaceAttis, the Thyrsus, and the Tree of MidwinterAvalon, the Hesperides, and the Fruit That Was Not in GenesisBran, War and the Whistling WoodDeath, the Longbow, and a Cancer DrugDodona, Zeus, and the Best-Attested Plant Correspondence There IsField Poppy, Remembrance, and a SubstitutionFormic Acid Is the Wrong AnswerOlder Uses, and the NameRosmarinus, and the Memory ClaimSaint Anthony's FireSalicin, and the One Case Where the Doctrine of Signatures Got LuckySell Your Coat and Buy BetonySincerity, and the Turning of the YearThe Apotropaic Bulb, and the Late Arrival of the VampireThe Apple-Scented Herb of the GroundThe Archangel's HerbThe Bitter Herb of HorusThe Black Rod, and the Witch's TreeThe Bone-Knitting RootThe Clock and the WishThe Craft of the Healing and Magical HerbsThe Dark Thorn of WinterThe Dolphin FlowerThe Dragon's Herb, Against SerpentsThe Evergreen of MidwinterThe Evergreen of the North American WoodsThe Fairy Flower, and a Footnote of Medical HistoryThe Fever-Scattering DaisyThe First Rose of SpringThe Flower Named for the Physician of the GodsThe Flower of ModestyThe Flower of the Bride, and a Chemical FootnoteThe Flower of the PassionThe Flower of the Twin RootsThe Folk's Glove, and a Plain WarningThe Forked Rod, and the DivinerThe Green of Graves and GarlandsThe Hag's TaperThe Herb Named for Health, and Loved by CatsShowing 1 to 50 of 153 entities carrying this claim. NextScholarly debate5PlantsBorageCarawayCorianderMarjoramThymeHolds119PlantsAngelicaAppleAshBasilBay LaurelBelladonnaChamomileDandelionDaturaElderFennelFigFoxgloveFrankincenseGarlicHawthornHenbaneHollyHyssopIrisIvyJasmineLavenderLilyMandrakeMarigoldMeadowsweetMugwortMulleinMyrrhNettleOakOliveOrchidParsleyPassionflowerPeonyPlantainRoseRosemaryRueSaffronSageSolomons SealSt Johns WortThymeValerianVervainVioletWood BetonyShowing 1 to 50 of 52 entities carrying this claim. NextGeneral References127DisciplinesHerbalism (Wortcunning)PlantsAcaciaAlderAngelicaAppleAshBasilBay LaurelBeechBelladonnaBlackthornBorageCabbageCalla LilyCarawayCarnationCedarChamomileChervilChickweedCinnamonCloveCockscombComfreyCorianderCypressDandelionDate PalmDaturaDillElderFennelFeverfewFigFoxgloveFrankincenseFumitoryGarlicGingerGladiolusHawthornHazelHenbaneHibiscusHollyHorehoundHorsetailHydrangeaHyssopIrisShowing 1 to 50 of 100 entities carrying this claim. NextComments (0)No comments yet. 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