Dodder
Folk Names: Beggarweed, Devil’s Guts, Fireweed, Hellweed, Lady’s Lace, Love Vine, Scaldweed, Strangletare, Witches’ Hair
Gender: Feminine
Planet: Saturn
Element: Water
Powers: Love Divination, Knot Magick
Magickal Uses: Pluck the dodder throw it over the shoulder, back onto the host plant (dodder is a parasite), and then return to the plant the next day. If the dodder has attached itself to the plant again, the person in question loves you. If not, no.
Use the “laces”as cords for knot magick (don’t tie the knots too tightly).
Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs Scott Cunningham
Witches Of The Craft® 