Blue vervain (verbena brasiliensis) 🪻is a perennial flowering plant from vervain family that I love as a tincture. Harvest its aerial parts (stems, leaves, & flowers) - it is best to harvest as the flower reaches full bloom🌿 and make a tincture in 55%-65% alcohol. Macerate (let it sit in the alcohol - shake it everyday) for two weeks-- press, strain and you will have a lovely tincture for helping stiff necks and uptight overachievers take a chill pill! Other names of this plant are Brazilian v

Today’s forage: ✨ American Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata) — a wild mood-regulating powerhouse. Like nature’s version of an SSRI, vervain gently supports serotonin and calms the HPA axis, easing anxiety, PMS, and tension carried in the neck and jaw. 🌼 Catnip (Nepeta cataria) — don’t let the name fool you. Mild like a low-dose benzodiazepine, catnip soothes the nervous system without sedation. Great for stress, digestive cramps, and even children’s colic. Both of these nervines calm the mind and

Nasami Farm Nursery Tech Peri Bergquist harvests blue vervain (Verbena hastata) seed from our seed-increase plots in the late fall sun. Nasami Farm is a key seed-processing hub for the Northeast Seed Network, which formed two years ago to help ensure a source of common species' seed to restore landscapes damaged by extreme weather. Read more about the network here: https://www.nativeplanttrust.org/northeast-seed-network/ Video: Alexis Doshas © Native Plant Trust | Native Plant Trust