North American Flower Essences

North American Flower Essences


Aloe vera
(yellow)
Positive qualities: Creative activity integrated with vital life-energy, active expression of soul fire

Patterns of imbalance: Over-emphasis of will forces or creative fervor; “burned-out” or workaholic syndrome


Alpine Lily
Lilium parvum
(red-orange)
Positive qualities: Radiant and self-assured feminine identity, physical presence grounded in the female body

Patterns of imbalance: Artificial or disembodied feminine self, lack of connection and awareness of female body, rejection of female organs as“lower”


Angel's Trumpet
Brugmansia candida
(white)
Positive qualities: Spiritual surrender at death or at times of deep transformation; opening the soul to the spiritual world

Patterns of imbalance: Fear of death, resistance to letting go of material life and crossing the spiritual threshold; denial of the reality of the spiritual world or the soul’s need for change



Angelica
Angelica archangelica
(white)
Positive qualities: Feeling protection and guidance from spiritual beings, especially during threshold experiences such as birth and death, or other life passages

Patterns of imbalance: Feeling cut off, bereft of spiritual guidance and protection; spiritual orphan


Arnica
Arnica mollis
(yellow)
Positive qualities: Conscious embodiment, despite emergency or stress; recovery from deep-seated strain, post-trauma, or scarring

Patterns of imbalance: Disconnection of Higher Self from body during shock or trauma; disassociation, unconsciousness, dysfunction or latent illness deriving from past trauma


Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila menziesii
(light blue)
Positive qualities: Childlike innocence and trust; feeling supported and loved, especially by male figures; faith in the providence of spiritual beings

Patterns of imbalance: Defensiveness, insecurity, mistrust of others; estrangement from higher spiritual authority; lack of support from the father or other masculine influences in childhood


Basil
Ocimum basilicum
(white)
Positive qualities: Integration of sexuality and spirituality into a sacred wholeness

Patterns of imbalance: Polarization of sexuality and spirituality, typically leading to clandestine behavior, bifurcated relationships or sexual addiction


Black Cohosh
Actaea racemosa
(white)
Positive qualities: Courage to confront rather than retreat from abusive or threatening relationships or situations; clear and contained psychic forces

Patterns of imbalance: Enmeshed in a relationship or lifestyle that is abusive, addictive or violent; dark, brooding emotions, congested or toxic psychic forces


Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
(yellow/black center)
Positive qualities: Awake consciousness capable of acknowledging all aspects of the Self; penetrating insight and self-aware behavior

Patterns of imbalance: Avoidance or repression of traumatic or shadow aspects of the personality, addictive or hypnotic behavior due to loss of consciousness


Blackberry
Rubus armeniacus
(white-pink)
Positive qualities: Competent manifestation in the world; clearly directed forces of will, intentional and decisive action

Patterns of imbalance: Inability to translate goals and ideals into concrete action or viable activities; procrastination


Bleeding Heart
Dicentra formosa
(pink)
Positive qualities: Ability to love others unconditionally, with an open heart; emotional freedom

Patterns of imbalance: Entangled in relationships based on fear, possessiveness or neediness; emotional co-dependence


Borage
Borago officinalis
(blue)
Positive qualities: Ebullient heart forces, buoyant courage and optimism

Patterns of imbalance: Heavy-heartedness or grief, lack of confidence in facing difficult circumstances; depressive behavior


Buttercup
Ranunculus occidentalis
(yellow)
Positive qualities: Radiant inner light, unattached to outer recognition or fame; self-assured

Patterns of imbalance: Feelings of low self-worth, inability to acknowledge or experience one’s inner light and uniqueness; self-deprecating




Calendula
Calendula officinalis
(orange)
Positive qualities: Healing warmth and receptivity, especially in the use of the spoken word and in dialogue with others

Patterns of imbalance: Argumentative, lack of receptivity in communication with others; verbal abuse


California Pitcher Plant
Darlingtonia californica
(green/purple)
Positive qualities: Earthy vitality, healthy bodily instincts

Patterns of imbalance: Listless or anemic; disassociated from or fearful of the instinctual aspects of the Self, poor digestion and assimilation


California Poppy
Eschscholzia californica
(gold)
Positive qualities: Radiant heart-centered spirituality; strong interior alignment for values and choices

Patterns of imbalance: Attachment to illusion or grandeur, superficial spirituality or fantasy, external glamour or escapism through psychedelic drugs or other out-of-body activities

California Wild Rose
Rosa californica
(pink)
Positive qualities: Love for the Earth and for human life, enthusiasm for doing and serving

Patterns of imbalance: Apathy, resignation, pronounced passivity; inability to catalyze will forces through the heart


Calla Lily
Zantedeschia aethiopica
(white/yellow)
Positive qualities: Clarity about sexual identity, sexual self-acceptance; individualized integration of masculine and feminine qualities

Patterns of imbalance: Confusion or ambivalence about sexual identity or gender; wounding due to cultural gender bias

Canyon Dudleya
Dudleya cymosa
(orange)
Positive qualities: Balanced psychic and physical energies; grounded presence in everyday life; positive charisma

Patterns of imbalance: Distorted psychic experiences; inflated involvement in psychic or charismatic experiences; addiction to “trauma-drama” lifestyle

Cayenne
Capsicum annuum
(white)
Positive qualities: Fiery and energetic, inwardly mobile, capable of change and transformation

Patterns of imbalance: Stagnation, inability to move forward toward change

Chamomile
Matricaria recutita
(white/yellow center)
Positive qualities: Serene, sun-like disposition, emotional balance

Patterns of imbalance: Easily upset, moody and irritable, inability to release emotional tension, especially in the stomach or solar plexus

Chaparral
also known as Creosote Bush
Larrea tridentata
(yellow)
Positive qualities: Balanced psychic awareness, deep penetration and understanding of the transpersonal aspects of oneself

Patterns of imbalance: Psychic and physical toxicity, disturbed dreams and chaotic inner life, toxicity due to drugs, violence or post-traumatic stress

Chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemum morifolium
(red-brown)
Positive qualities: Able to distinguish higher spiritual identity from temporal personality; transpersonal and transcendent soul expression

Patterns of imbalance: Fear of aging and mortality, over-attachment to temporal personality; healing crisis due to materialistic focus of the soul

Corn
Zea mays
(yellow-white)
Positive qualities: Alignment with the Earth, especially through the body and feet; grounded presence

Patterns of imbalance: Inability to stay centered in the body; disorientation and stress, particularly in urban or crowded environments

Cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus
(red-purple/yellow)
Positive qualities: Integration of ideas and speech; coherent thinking; mercurial expression
Patterns of imbalance: Unfocused, disorganized communi
cation; overexcited speech, overwhelmed by too many ideas






Dandelion Taraxacum officinale
(yellow)
Positive qualities: Dynamic physical energy and expressive life force; inner ease in work and play
Patterns of imbalance: Tense, rigid or stiff, especially in the musculature of the body; over-striving and hard-driving

Deerbrush
Ceanothus integerrimus
(white)

Positive qualities: Gentle purity and clarity of purpose; motives and actions that are allied with one’s true feelings
Patterns of imbalance: Mixed or conflicting motives; dishonest or polite responses not based upon genuine feelings

Dill Anethum graveolens
(yellow)
Positive qualities: Ability to experience and absorb a wide variety of sensory experiences, heightened awareness of taste, touch, hearing, sight, smell, etc.
Patterns of imbalance: Overwhelm due to excess stimulation, hypersensitivity to environment or to outer activity, sensory congestion

Dogwood Cornus nuttallii
(yellow/white bracts)
Positive qualities: Grace-filled movement, physical and etheric harmony in the body
Patterns of imbalance: Awkward and painful awareness of the body; latent emotional trauma or abuse affecting the body, accident prone




Easter Lily Lilium longiflorum
(white)
Positive qualities: Soul purity which embraces all aspects of life and body, especially sexual identity
Patterns of imbalance: Tension in sexual identity; conflicting sexual values or experiences; virgin/whore split in psyche

Echinacea Echinacea purpurea
(pink/purple)
Positive qualities: Core integrity and immunity, maintaining a strong sense of Self, especially when challenged by stress or disease
Patterns of imbalance: Shattered by severe trauma or abuse; physical or emotional disintegration of Self Identity; poor immune function; vacant presence

Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata
(yellow)

Positive qualities: Awareness and healing of painful early emotions absorbed from parents; ability to open emotionally and form deep, committed relationships
Patterns of imbalance: Profound feeling of rejection stemming from in utero or early childhood experience; avoidance of commitment in relationships, fear of parenthood; sexual and emotional coldness or repression




Fairy Lantern
Calochortus albus
(white)

Positive qualities: Healthy maturation; acceptance of adult responsibilities, positive integration of “child” identity
Patterns of imbalance: Immaturity, helplessness, neediness, childish dependency; unable to take responsibility

Fawn Lily Erythronium purpurascens
(yellow with purple)
Positive qualities: Involvement in the social fabric of the world; ability to share one’s spiritual gifts with others
Patterns of imbalance: Withdrawal, isolation, self-protection; overly delicate or mystical, lacking the inner strength to participate in community and family

Filaree Erodium cicutarium
(violet)
Positive qualities: Star-like vision, a cosmic overview which holds the events of ordinary life in perspective
Patterns of imbalance: Obsessive worry and compulsion about minor events; unable to gain a wider perspective in daily life; hyper-focus on small details

Forget-Me-Not Myosotis sylvatica
(blue)
Positive qualities: Awareness of karmic connections in one's personal relationships and with those in the spiritual world; deep mindfulness of subtle realms; soul-based relationships
Patterns of imbalance: Lack of connection with souls in the spiritual world; loneliness and isolation due to death of a loved one; soul myopia

Fuchsia Fuchsia magellanica
(red/purple)
Positive qualities: Genuine emotional vitality, ability to express intense feelings
Patterns of imbalance: Hyper-emotionality or hysteria that masks deeply-seated pain and trauma; misdirected psychosomatic responses to pain and stress




Garlic Allium sativum
(violet)
Positive qualities: Resilient and vital response to life, active resistance to adverse influences
Patterns of imbalance: Fearful or weak due to parasitic influence, prone to low vitality; mediumistic

Golden Ear Drops Ehrendorferia chrysantha
(yellow)
Positive qualities: Ability to remember and understand core experiences that define emotional history; nourishment and insight from past experiences
Patterns of imbalance: Suppressed toxic memories of childhood; feelings of pain and trauma about past events, affecting present emotional identity

Golden Yarrow Achillea filipendulina
(yellow)
Positive qualities: Remaining open to others while staying self-contained; active social involvement which preserves inner equilibrium
Patterns of imbalance: Over-sensitivity to one’s social surroundings, resulting in social isolation, or a false social persona; dependence on drugs for protection or social masking

Goldenrod Solidago californica
(yellow)
Positive qualities: Strong and secure sense of individuality, balanced with group or social consciousness
Patterns of imbalance: Overly influenced by group or cultural ties; inability to be true to oneself, easily susceptible to peer pressure or external social demands




Hibiscus Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
(red)
Positive qualities: Warmth and responsiveness in sexuality; integration of soul warmth and bodily passion
Patterns of imbalance: Inability to enjoy sexual experience; lack of warmth and vitality, often due to prior exploitation, false cultural expectations or abuse

Hound's Tongue Cynoglossum grande
(blue/white)
Positive qualities: Holistic thinking; perception of physical reality united with lively thoughts, integration of imagination and intellect
Patterns of imbalance: Materialistic world view, weighed down or dulled by a mundane or overly analytical viewpoint; can be accompanied by heaviness or torpor in the physical body




Indian Paintbrush Castilleja miniata
(red)
Positive qualities: Lively, energetic creativity, exuberant artistic activity
Patterns of imbalance: Low vitality and exhaustion, difficulty rousing physical forces to sustain the intensity of creative work; inability to bring creative forces into physical expression

Indian Pink Silene californica
(red)
Positive qualities: Ability to remain centered and focused, even under stress or high levels of activity; managing and coordinating diverse tasks
Patterns of imbalance: Psychic forces which are easily fragmented by too much movement; frayed and overwhelmed during multi-leveled activity

Iris Iris douglasiana
(blue-violet)
Positive qualities: Inspired artistry, soulful creativity in touch with higher realms; radiant, iridescent vision in all aspects of life
Patterns of imbalance: Lacking inspiration or creativity; feeling weighed down by the ordinariness of the world; dullness or spectator consciousness



Lady's Slipper (Yellow)
Cypripedium parviflorum
(yellow)
Positive qualities: Higher purpose aligned with daily work, integration of spiritual vision with vital forces in the root and creative chakras
Patterns of imbalance: Life purpose and direction not aligned with outer activity; nervous exhaustion or sexual depletion due to inability to access life force in the lower chakras

Larkspur Delphinium variegatum
(blue-violet)
Positive qualities: Charismatic leadership, contagious enthusiasm, joyful service
Patterns of imbalance: Leadership distorted by self-aggrandizement or burdensome dutifulness; inability to motivate or inspire others

Lavender Lavandula officinalis
(violet)
Positive qualities: Spiritual sensitivity, highly refined awareness intact with stable bodily health
Patterns of imbalance: Nervous or high-wired energy states, over-stimulation of mental or spiritual forces, depletion of physical forces; insomnia

Lotus Nelumbo nucifera
(pink)
Positive qualities: Expansive and inclusive spirituality, ability to synthesize diverse life experience in service to the spiritual world
Patterns of imbalance: Spiritual pride, inflated sense of Self, out of touch with ordinary personality and humble tasks

Love-Lies-Bleeding Amaranthus caudatus
(red)
Positive qualities: Transcendent consciousness, the ability to move beyond personal pain, suffering or mental anguish; transpersonal vision; compassionate acceptance of life karma
Patterns of imbalance: Intensification of pain and suffering due to isolation; profound melancholia or despair due to the over-personalization of one’s pain




Madia Madia elegans
(yellow/red spots)
Positive qualities: Precise thinking, disciplined focus and concentration
Patterns of imbalance: Easily distracted, inability to concentrate, splintered activity that is unproductive

Mallow
Sidalcea glauscens
(pink-violet)

Positive qualities: Warm and personable, open-hearted sharing, trust in social process
Patterns of imbalance: Insecure in relationships, paralysis in reaching out to others, resulting in social barriers

Manzanita Arctostaphylos viscida
(white-pink)
Positive qualities: Joyous embodiment, spiritual identity integrated with the physical body
Patterns of imbalance: Estranged from the earthly world; aversion or revulsion toward the body and physical world; eating and sleeping disorders

Mariposa Lily Calochortus leichtlinii
(white/yellow center/purple spots)
Positive qualities: Maternal consciousness, warm, feminine and nurturing; mother-child bonding, positive connection to mother and similar female figures
Patterns of imbalance: Alienated from mother or from mothering role, feelings of childhood abandonment or abuse; orphan state of consciousness

Milkweed Asclepias cordifolia
(red-purple)
Positive qualities: Healthy ego strength; independence and self-reliance
Patterns of imbalance: Neediness and emotional regression, dulling the consciousness through drugs, alcohol, overeating; creating dependency or sickness to receive attention

Morning Glory Ipomoea purpurea
(blue)
Positive qualities: Sparkling vital force, awake and refreshed; in touch with natural life rhythms
Patterns of imbalance: Dull, toxic, or “hung over,” inability to fully enter the body, especially in the morning; addictive or erratic living habits that deplete life force

Mountain Pennyroyal
Monardella odoratissima
(violet)

Positive qualities: Strength and clarity of thought, mental integrity and positivity
Patterns of imbalance: Unconscious absorption of negative programming, psychic contamination or possession

Mountain Pride
Penstemon newberryi
(magenta)

Positive qualities: Forthright masculine energy; warrior-like spirituality which confronts and transforms
Patterns of imbalance: Vacillation and withdrawal in the face of challenge; lack of assertiveness, inability to take a stand for one’s convictions

Mugwort Artemisia douglasiana
(yellow)
Positive qualities: Integration of psychic or dream experiences with daily life; flexible, multi-dimensional consciousness, warm and expansive soul qualities
Patterns of imbalance: Tendency to hysteria, fantasy or projection, overactive psychic life unable to distinguish or integrate trans-physical experiences

Mullein Verbascum thapsus
(yellow)
Positive qualities: Strong sense of inner conscience, truthfulness, uprightness
Patterns of imbalance: Inability to hear one’s inner voice; moral weakness and confusion, indecisiveness; lying or deception to oneself or others




Nasturtium Tropaeolum majus
(orange-red)
Positive qualities: Glowing vitality, radiant warmth; living thinking
Patterns of imbalance: Overly “dry” or intellectual consciousness; depletion of life-force and emotional verve from too much study

Nicotiana Nicotiana alata
(white)
(Flowering Tobacco)
Positive qualities: Inner peace centered in the heart and breath; physical and emotional well-being through harmonious connection with rhythmic pulsations in the Earth
Patterns of imbalance: Rigid or mechanized qualities in the body; blunted feelings, shallow breathing; over-use of hard-edge masculine forces



Oregon Grape Berberis aquifolium
(yellow)
Positive qualities: Loving inclusion of others, positive expectation of good will from others, ability to trust
Patterns of imbalance: Paranoid or defensive behavior; expectation of hostility from others; antagonistic projection




Penstemon Penstemon davidsonii
(violet-blue)
Positive qualities: Inner fortitude despite outer hardships; perseverance; ability to endure and forbear adversity
Patterns of imbalance: Feeling persecuted or sorry for oneself; inability to bear life’s difficult circumstances

Peppermint Mentha piperita
(violet)
Positive qualities: Mindful and wakeful clarity, warm metabolism balanced with cool head forces
Patterns of imbalance: Dull or sluggish, especially mental lethargy; under-active metabolism which depletes mental forces

Pink Monkeyflower Mimulus lewisii
(pink)
Positive qualities: Emotional transparency; courage to take emotional risks with others
Patterns of imbalance: Feelings of shame, guilt, or unworthiness; fear of exposure and rejection due to prior abuse or trauma

Pink Yarrow Achillea millefolium var. rubra
(pink-purple)
Positive qualities: Loving awareness of others within a field of self-contained consciousness; appropriate emotional boundaries
Patterns of imbalance: Unbalanced sympathetic forces, overly absorbent auric field, lack of emotional clarity, dysfunctional merging with others

Poison Oak Toxicodendron
diversilobum
(greenish-white)
Positive qualities: Positive vulnerability, ability to make contact with others through touch
Patterns of imbalance: Fear of intimate contact, protective of personal boundaries; reactive or rejecting in relationships

Pomegranate Punica granatum
(red)
Positive qualities: Joyful expression of feminine creativity, actively productive and nurturing at home or in the world
Patterns of imbalance: Ambivalent or confused about the focus of creativity, especially between values of career and home, creative and procreative, personal and global

Pretty Face Triteleia ixioides
(yellow, brown stripes)
Positive qualities: Radiant inner beauty; self-acceptance in relation to personal appearance despite handicaps or blemishes
Patterns of imbalance: Feeling ugly or rejected because of personal appearance; over-identified with physical appearance

Purple Monkeyflower Mimulus kelloggii
(purple)
Positive qualities: Love-based rather than fear-based spirituality, calm and clarity when experiencing spiritual phenomena; the courage to trust in one’s own spiritual experience or guidance
Patterns of imbalance: Fear of retribution or censure if one departs from religious conventions of family or community; apprehension or avoidance of threshold experiences due to fear-based beliefs or ritual abuse




Quaking Grass
Briza maxima
(green)
Positive qualities: Harmonious community consciousness, flexible and receptive in group work
Patterns of imbalance: Dysfunctional in group settings, inability to compromise, over-attachment to personal will and desire in social situations

Queen Anne's Lace Daucus carota
(white)
Positive qualities: Spiritual insight and vision; integration of psychic faculties with sexual and emotional aspects of Self
Patterns of imbalance: Projection or lack of objectivity in psychic awareness; distortion of psychic perception or physical eyesight due to sexual or emotional imbalances

Quince Chaenomeles speciosa
(red)
Positive qualities: Loving strength and firm loving; integration of masculine initiating power and feminine nurturing qualities
Patterns of imbalance: Inability to catalyze or reconcile strength and power with affection and tenderness; dysfunctional or inconsistent parenting or leadership behavior



Rabbitbrush
Chrysothamnus nauseosus
(yellow)
Positive qualities: Lively and alert mental field; acute sensory perception and mobile state of mind
Patterns of imbalance: Easily overwhelmed by details; unable to cope with simultaneous events, “fuzzy” consciousness that is unable to register details


Red Clover
Trifolium pratense
(pink-red)
Positive qualities: Calm and steady presence, especially in emergency situations, internally generated behavior
Patterns of imbalance: Susceptible to mass hysteria and anxiety, easily influenced by panic or other forms of group thought

Rosemary
Rosmarinus officinalis
(violet-blue)
Positive qualities: Warm physical presence and mental vitality; healthy embodiment
Patterns of imbalance: Forgetfulness or poor learning ability, loosely incarnated in body, lacking physical/etheric warmth, especially in bodily extremities; traumatic out-of-body spiritual experiences



Sage
Salvia officinalis
(violet)
Positive qualities: Wisdom derived from life experience; ability to assess and understand life process from a higher perspective
Patterns of imbalance: Seeing life as ill-fated or undeserved; inability to perceive higher purpose and meaning in life events

Sagebrush
Artemisia tridentata
(yellow)
Positive qualities: Essential awareness that releases what is extraneous, receptive “emptiness” capable of transformation and change
Patterns of imbalance: Over-identification with illusory parts of oneself; cluttered and chaotic attachments; need to release dysfunctional and stifling aspects within the personality or surroundings

Saguaro
Carnegiea gigantea
(white, yellow center)
Positive qualities: Awareness of what is ancient and sacred, a sense of tradition or lineage; ability to learn from elders
Patterns of imbalance: Conflict with images of authority, sense of separateness or alienation from the past

Saint John's Wort
Hypericum perforatum
(yellow)
Positive qualities: Illumined consciousness, light-filled awareness; solar strength
Patterns of imbalance: Psychic and physical vulnerability; fearful or disturbed dreams; depression due to lack of contact with spiritual world

Scarlet Monkeyflower
Mimulus cardinalis
(red)
Positive qualities: Direct and clear communication of deep feelings, especially anger or disappointment, integration of the emotional “shadow”
Patterns of imbalance: Fear or repression of intense feelings; inability to act upon issues of anger and powerlessness; need to be seen as “nice” rather than “real”

Scotch Broom
Cytisus scoparius
(yellow)
Positive qualities: Positive and optimistic feelings about future events; sun-like forces of action and connection in the world
Patterns of imbalance: Disheartened and depressed; overcome with pessimism and despair, especially regarding one’s personal relationship to world events

Self-Heal
Prunella vulgaris
(violet)
Positive qualities: Ability to tap into health-giving forces for body and soul; lifestyle choices that lead to wellness and wholeness
Patterns of imbalance: Inability to take inner responsibility for one’s healing, lacking in spiritual motivation for wellness, overly dependent on external advice for health choices


Shasta Daisy
Leucanthemum
x superbum
(white/yellow center)
Positive qualities: Mandalic or holistic consciousness, ability to synthesize disparate ideas into a living wholeness
Patterns of imbalance: Over-intellectualization of reality, especially seeing information as bits and pieces rather than parts of a whole; artificial or mechanized intelligence

Shooting Star
Dodecatheon hendersonii
(violet/pink)
Positive qualities: Humanized spirituality, cosmic consciousness warmed with caring for all that is human and earthly
Patterns of imbalance: Profound feeling of alienation, especially not feeling at home on Earth, nor a part of the human family; disturbed birth trauma

Snapdragon
Antirrhinum majus
(yellow)
Positive qualities: Lively, dynamic energy; healthy libido; verbal communication which is emotionally balanced
Patterns of imbalance: Verbal aggression and hostility; repressed or misdirected libido; mouth and jaw tension, misplaced snapping, biting or eating behaviors

Star Thistle
Centaurea solstitialis
(yellow))
Positive qualities: Generous and inclusive, ability to share with others due to an inner feeling of abundance
Patterns of imbalance: Fear of lack, inability to give freely and spontaneously, miserly or hoarding tendencies

Star Tulip
Calochortus tolmiei
(white/purple)
Positive qualities: Sensitive and receptive attunement; serene soul disposition, inner listening to others and to higher worlds, especially in dreams and meditation
Patterns of imbalance: Inability to cultivate quiet inner presence, lack of attunement or soul insight, unable to meditate or pray

Sticky Monkeyflower
Mimulus aurantiacus
(orange)
Positive qualities: Balanced integration of human warmth and sexual intimacy; ability to express deep feelings of love and connectedness in sexual relationships
Patterns of imbalance: Repressed sexual feelings, inappropriate sexual behavior divorced from human love; inability to experience human warmth in sexual experiences; deep fear of sexuality and intimacy

Sunflower
Helianthus annuus
(yellow)
Positive qualities: Unique individuality, spiritualized ego forces infused into a sun-radiant personality
Patterns of imbalance: Distorted or vacillating sense of Self; inflation or self-effacement, low self-esteem or arrogance; poor relation to father or solar aspects of Self

Sweet Pea
Lathyrus latifolius
(red-purple)
Positive qualities: Commitment to community, a sense of one’s place on Earth, ability to form social roots
Patterns of imbalance: Inability to form bonds with social community or to find one’s place on Earth; homelessness, dislocation or frequent travel and moving


Tansy
Tanacetum vulgare
(yellow)
Positive qualities: Decisive and goal-oriented, purposeful in action, self-directed mastery and achievement
Patterns of imbalance: Lethargy, procrastination, inability to take straightforward action; habits which undermine or subvert real abilities and talents

Tiger Lily
Triteleia ixioides
(yellow, brown stripes)
Positive qualities: Positive social interaction; collaboration derived from dynamic balance of feminine and masculine soul forces 
Patterns of imbalance: Overly aggressive “yang” forces, excessive competition rather than cooperation

Trillium
Trillium chloropetalum
(purple)
Positive qualities: Secure sense of personal welfare and financial well-being; ability to serve and give to others
Patterns of imbalance: Distortions in survival chakra, fear due to materialistic emphasis, greed for possessions and power; poverty consciousness that leads to overly-materialistic focus

Trumpet Vine
Campsis tagliabuana
(red-orange)
Positive qualities: Articulate and colorful in verbal expression; active, dynamic projection of oneself in social situations
Patterns of imbalance: Lack of vitality or soul force in expression; inability to be assertive or to speak clearly, speech impediments



Violet
Viola odorata
(violet-blue)
Positive qualities: Delicate, highly perceptive sensitivity, elevated spiritual perspective; socially responsive but self-contained
Patterns of imbalance: Profound shyness, cool and aloof, fear of being submerged in groups



Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
(white)
Positive qualities: Luminous and strong auric field, compassionate and inclusive sensitivity, refined and flexible psychic forces
Patterns of imbalance: Extreme vulnerability to others and to the environment; easily depleted, overly absorbent of negative influences, psychic toxicity

Yarrow
Environmental
Solution
flower essences of Yarrow Achillea millefolium, Pink Yarrow Achillea millefolium var. rubra, Golden Yarrow Achillea filipendulina, Arnica mollis, and Echinacea purpurea, with Yarrow and Echinacea tinctures, in a sea salt water base
Positive qualities: Physical and etheric vitality, self-regulating and adaptive immune response to environmental stresses
Patterns of imbalance: Disturbance of life-force and vitality by noxious radiation, pollution, or other geopathic stress; residual effects of past exposure; dysfunctional immune response; allergic hypersensitivity



Yellow Star Tulip
Calochortus monophyllus
(yellow)
Positive qualities: Empathetic receptivity to the feelings and experiences of others; compassionate response based upon social awareness
Patterns of imbalance: Insensitivity to the sufferings of others; lack of perception for the consequences of one’s actions on others

Yerba Santa
Eriodictyon californicum
(violet)
Positive qualities: Free-flowing emotion, ability to harmonize breathing with feeling; capacity to express a full range of human emotions, especially pain and sadness; positive melancholy and soul depth
Patterns of imbalance: Constricted feelings, particularly in the heart and lungs; internalized grief and melancholy, deeply repressed emotions



Zinnia
Zinnia elegans
(red)
Positive qualities: Childlike playfulness and curiosity, detached perspective on Self, sense of humor
Patterns of imbalance: Over-serious and dull, lack of spontaneity or humor; overly somber self-identity; workaholic tendencies