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Magical Plants and FungiBy Phydillia Spore

With a forward by Professor Sprout

I am so excited to be introducing Spores new catalog of Magicalplants and fungi. Herbology is an important magical science used in

healing, potions, and defense, Many magical plants can also be keptas pets. Students who study herbology can expect an exciting andunpredictable career as new plants and their magical uses are beingdiscovered all the time. Beware of those venomous tentaculas andalways wear your ear muffs when working with Mandrakes.

Professor Sprout

Herbology is the study of magical plants and fungi, including their care and theirmagical properties and uses. Some magical plants form important ingredients in potions,

others have magical effects in their own right.

At Hogwarts, Herbology is taught by ProfessorSprout. She holds her classes in thegreenhouses. For the Gryffindors, Herbology is a double class with the Hufflepuffs. The

classes include plenty of hands-on activities, including pruning alihotsy bushes, repotting

mandrakes, and harvesting bubotubor pus

The plants listed herein range from the mundane to the fantastic. Some aremagical plants, some common, and some are something in between.

Editor's note: Some of these plants exist in Muggle folklore but are not necessarily

credited with the attributes attributed to them in the wizarding world. Plants which

appear to have been invented entirely by JKR are in italics while non-magical plants

are listed in brown.
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Abyssinian shrivelfig Second-year Herbology students work withthese plants, learning to prune them When peeled, shrivelfigs are used as an ingredient in

Shrinking Solution

aconite (monkshood, wolfsbane) Extremely poisonous plant (hence the namewolfsbane). The name monkshood comes from the shape of the flowers.

Alihotsy Eating the leaves causes hysteria

asphodel A key ingredient of the Draught of Living Death this plant is traditionallyassociated with the afterlife and the underworld.

belladonna Essence of this poisonous plant is part of a student's standard potion-making kit

bouncing bulbs Repotted during Herbology class, one wriggled free fromHarry's grasp and banged him in the face.

bubotuber A bubotuber looks like a thick, black, giant slug (it even squirmsslightly, although it sticks vertically out of the soil) with many large shiny swellings on it

that are filled with a yellow-green pus that smells like petrol. As Professor Sprout taughther fourth-year students, the pus reacts oddly with human skin. Undiluted, it will raise

horribly painful boils on contact, but properly diluted and processed can be used to cureacne.

cabbage Hagrid maintains a cabbage patch for Hogwarts, presumably to supply theschool kitchens. According to Hagrid, flesh-eating slugs have been known to get intothem

daisy Chopped, the roots are an ingredient in Shrinking Solution

Devil's Snare Devil's Snare is composed of a mass of soft, springy tendrilsand vines that possess some sense of touch. Devil's Snare uses its creepers and

tendrils to ensnare anyone who touches it, binding their arms and legs and

eventually choking them. The harder a person struggles against Devil's Snare, themore faster and more tightly it binds them; if they relax, it will not kill them as

quickly. Devil's Snare prefers a dark, damp environment and shrinks away from


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fire, so a well-placed flame spell such as Bluebell Flames will drive it away from

its victims.

dittany One of the plants found in One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungiand which historically has indeed been believed to have magic powers.

Fanged Geranium This plant, which will bite humans, turned up onHarry's Herbology O.W.L.

Flitterbloom This plant apparently superficially resembles Devil's Snare inappearance, but is non-violent; St. Mungo's healer Miriam Strout mistook theDevil's Snare that killed Broderick Bode for a Flitterbloom

Flutterby Bush This kind of bush quivers and shakes. The Flutterby

bushes needed pruning in herbology class

fluxweed An ingredient in Polyjuice potion, but has to be picked at the fullmoon to be effective therein

gillyweedNative to the Mediterranean, this water plant looks like a bundle ofslimy, greyish-green rat tails. When eaten, gives a person gills to breathe

underwater and gives them webbed hands and feet for swimming. The duration of

the gillyweed effect is approximately one hour.

ginger The roots are an ingredient in Wit-Sharpening Potion

hellebore A poisonous plant occuring in several varieties.

holly A species of tree that qualifies as a "wand tree", in that its wood can beused in the making of magic wands. Holly is a traditional symbol of resurrection,but in a much more upbeat sense than yew (being associated with Christmas

rather than cemeteries helps its image considerably).

Pliny attributed several interesting magical properties to it, among them that holly

grants protection from poison, lightning, and witchcraft. Harry, of course, has hadclose encounters with poison on several occasions, most notably in the Chamber

of Secrets, and we all know about the scar on his forehead.

honking daffodilSprout has some, but Lavender Brown, for one, prefersmundane daffodils
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hornbeam A species of tree that qualifies as a "wand tree", in that its woodcan be used in the making of magic wands. Viktor Krum's wand is made ofhornbeam.

knotgrass An ingredient in Polyjuice potion

leaping toadstoolThe second year Herbology classes worked with these.

lovage Used in Confusing and Befuddlement Draughts

mallowsweet Centaurs burn this, observing the fumes and flames to refine theresults of their stargazing

Mandrake(Mandragora) The Mandrake root is a powerful restorative. It forms

an essential part of most antidotes, including one for Petrification. The Mandrake

Restorative Draft returns people who are transfigured or cursed to their original state.Mandrake seedlings are tufty little plants, purplish green in color with what look like tiny

babies growing where the roots would be. These creatures grow and develop over the

course of several months until they mature and can be harvested and used for potions.The cry of the Mandrake is fatal to humans, so special care must be taken when growing

them. Even as a baby, the Mandrake's howls can knock a person out for a couple of

hours.The Dugbog is particularly fond of eating Mandrakes.No, it's not an editorial oversight that the Mandrake is listed as a plant that J KR didn't make up. The real-life mandrake was oncebelieved to have almost all the properties that Mandrakes have, the main exception being that the plant only sort of looks human-shaped instead of having the unusual roots that Mandrakes have. Or maybe Muggles just can't see them..

maple A species of tree that qualifies as a "wand tree", in that its wood can be used inthe making of magic wands.

mahogany A species of tree that qualifies as a "wand tree", in that its wood can beused in the making of magic wands. James Potter's first wand was made of mahogany,

and according to Mr. Ollivander was "excellent for Transfiguration", which should havebeen of help to James as an Animagus JKR herself has said that if she had a wand, it

would be mahogany with a phoenix feather core.

mimbulus Mimbletonia Very rare, native to Assyria, this plant resembles agrey cactus, but with boils where the spines would have been. The boils are a defensive

mechanism that spews Stinksap upon contact.
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nettle An ingredient featured in a simple potion used to cure boils (SS8).

monkshood See aconite.

oak A species of tree that qualifies as a "wand tree", in that its wood can be used in themaking of magic wands. Oak is a common symbol of strength. Oaks grow in the

Forbidden Forest

privet One of only two English representatives of the olive family, this very boringplant is often grown in Muggle suburbs to form hedges.

puffapodFat pink pods with seeds that burst into flower if dropped

pumpkinHagrid maintains a pumpkin patch outside his hut, which produces the

pumpkins used to decorate the Great Hall for the Halloween feast. Although the plants

aren't inherently magical, Hagrid gives them some "help" so that the pumpkins swell tothe size of garden sheds by the time the feast rolls around.

rosewood A species of tree that qualifies as a "wand tree", in that its wood can beused in the making of magic wands.

sage Centaurs burn this, observing the fumes and flames to refine the results of theirstargazing.

scurvy-grass Used in Confusing and Befuddlement Draughts.

sneezewort Used in Confusing and Befuddlement Draughts

umbrella-sized flowers Hanging from the ceiling of greenhouse 3

venomous tentacula Spiky, dark red - teething, reaches out vines towardpeople

willow A species of tree that qualifies as a "wand tree", in that its wood can be usedin the making of magic wands.

Whomping WillowA species superficially resembling the willow, this large,violent tree attacks anyone who gets too close

wolfsbane See aconite.
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wormwood A key ingredient of the Draught of Living Death. Traditional symbolof bitterness.

yew A species of tree that qualifies as a "wand tree", in that its wood can be used in themaking of magic wands. Yew trees are symbolic of death and resurrection - the wood isparticularly resistant to rotting - and were once a traditional feature of churchyards. Yew

trees grow in the churchyard at Little Hangleton. Yew trees grow in parts of theForbidden Forest. In a nice bit of foreshadowing, Harry noticed them in the clearing

where Hagrid first taught the fifth years about thestrals .

Tools for Herbology

dragondung compost -used for planting

greenhouses -there are several greenhouses; first years only work in greenhouse1, but in the second year the students work with more dangerous plants in

greenhouse 3

dragon-hide gloves -often worn when handling dangerous plants such asbubotubers

ear muffs (including a pair of fluffy pink ones) -used by students to protectthemselves from plants like the Mandrake which can harm with the sounds they

make; these ear muffs are apparently magical as they completely block all sound

slug pellets - Hagrid has been known to carry a few of these around in hispockets

Flesh-Eating Slug repellent -occasionally required to keep Flesh EatingSlugs out of Hogwarts' cabbages, these must be bought on Knockturn Alley,which suggests that they are somewhat Dark in nature

Mooncalfdung -when collected at the full moon (probably the ONLY time youcan collect it), this substance makes magical herbs and flowers grow extremely

well. (FB)

books about herbology

Magical Water Plants of the Mediterranean ,One Thousand Magical Herbs and

Fungi,Encyclopedia of Toadstools.
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