- Botanical Name
- Stillingia sylvatica
Queen's Delight
Details
Queen's delight, also called stillingia, queen's root, silver leaf or yaw root, is a herb or low shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. Wikipedia says it is native to the south-central and south-eastern United States, where it grows in sandy places such as sandhills and pine flatwoods, and flowers between March and June. Cunningham, who prints the heading as Stillengia, gives it one power, psychic powers. The root is burned to develop them, and if something is lost the smoke of burning stillingia is followed to its hiding place. Kynes gives it no entry. The American Herbal Products Association lists the root as its part and records hazards, set out in the safety notes.
Caution
The American Herbal Products Association says stillingia is not for use except under the supervision of an expert qualified in its use. It says an overdose may cause vomiting and purging, sometimes with a burning sensation in the stomach or elsewhere in the gastrointestinal tract, and that use has been associated with tachycardia. It says the side effects suggest stillingia should not be used during pregnancy or lactation.
Correspondences
- Elements
- No elements recorded.
- Celestial Bodies
- No celestial bodies recorded.
- Zodiac Signs
- No zodiac signs recorded.
- Colours
- No colours recorded.
- Deities
- No deities recorded.
Folk Names
- Queen's Root
- Silver Leaf
- Stillingia
- Yaw Root
Categories
- Psychic Work
Substitutes
No substitutes recorded.
Forms
Root
Cunningham has the root burned to develop psychic powers and to find lost things by the smoke. The American Herbal Products Association lists the root as its part and records an overdose hazard.
Caution
The American Herbal Products Association says stillingia is not for use except under the supervision of an expert qualified in its use, and that an overdose may cause vomiting and purging.
References
Notes
- Cunningham, Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical, under "Stillengia".
- Gardner and McGuffin, American Herbal Products Association's, p. 832.
- Wikipedia, under "Stillingia sylvatica."
- Cunningham, Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical, under "Stillengia".
- Gardner and McGuffin, American Herbal Products Association's, p. 832.
Bibliography
- Cunningham, Scott. Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs. 2nd ed. Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 2012. (EPUB.)
1 4 - Gardner, Zoë, and Michael McGuffin, eds. American Herbal Products Association's Botanical Safety Handbook. 2nd ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2013. (PDF.)
2 5 - Wikipedia, under "Stillingia sylvatica." Accessed October 23, 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stillingia_sylvatica&oldid=1218307046. Open the Source (opens in a new tab)
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