Calea Zacatechichi (Dream Herb)

Description

Calea zacatechichi is a species of flowering plant native to Mexico and Central America. Its English language common names include bitter-grass, Mexican calea, and dream herb.

The Chontal people of Oaxaca reportedly use the plant during divination. Isolated reports describe rituals that involve smoking a plant believed to be this species, drinking it as a tea, and placing it under a pillow to induce divinatory and lucid dreams due to its properties as an oneirogen.