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magical
plants
Herbology
Class
Professor
Sprout
Non-magical
plants
Abyssinian shrivelfig
Potion ingredient,
needs to be peeled. (CS15)
Alihotsy
Eating the
leaves causes hysteria (FB).
bouncing bulbs
repotted during
Herbology class, one wriggled free from Harry's grasp and banged him in
the face (GF18)
bubotubors
Bubotubors
are disgusting-looking plants which exude a yellowish pus that smells like
petrol. Bubotubor pus is an excellent cure for acne. (GF13)
Devil's
Snare
Devil's Snare
is a magical plant which loves the dark and damp. It is composed of a mass
of soft, springy tendrils and vines and is semi-sentient. When a person
gets too close to Devil's Snare, it uses its creepers and tendrils to ensnare
them, binding their arms and legs and eventually choking them. The harder
a person struggles against Devil's Snare, the more faster and more tightly
it binds them; if they relax, it will not kill them as quickly. Devil's
Snare shrinks away from fire, so a well placed flame spell such as Bluebell
Flames will drive it away from its victims.
First year
students at Hogwarts learn about Devil's Snare in Herbology classes.
Harry, Ron,
and Hermione encountered Devil's Snare in the chambers
under the castle which hid the Philosopher's
Stone (SS16):
"Devil's
Snare, Devil's Snare... what did Professor Sprout say?-- it likes the dark
and the damp..."
"So
light a fire!" Harry choked.
"Yes
-- of course -- but there's no wood!" Hermione cried, wringing her hands.
"HAVE
YOU GONE MAD?" Ron bellowed. "ARE YOU A WITCH OR NOT?"
"Oh,
right!" said Hermione, and she whipped out her wand, waved it, muttered
something, and sent a jet of the same bluebell flames she had used on Snape
at the plant. In a matter of seconds, the two boys felt it loosening its
grip as it cringed away from the light and warmth. Wriggling and flailing,
it unraveled itself from their bodies, and they were able to pull free.
"Lucky
you pay attention in Herbology, Hermione," said Harry as he joined her
by the wall, wiping sweat off his face.
"Yeah,"
said Ron, "and lucky Harry doesn't lose his head in a crisis-- 'there's
no wood,' honestly."
NOTE:
In the film, the Devil's Snare had somewhat different properties and was
driven back by a bright sunlight spell.
There cannot be bright sunlight spells in the Harry Potter universe, however,
so this is one of many instances where the film is in error.
dittany
One of the
plants found in One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi (SS14)
Flutterby
Bush
This kind
of bush quivers and shakes. The Flutterby bushes needed pruning in herbology
class (GF20)
"flutterby"
is sometimes used in English as a play on the word "butterfly"
gillyweed
Native to
the Mediterranean, this water plant, when eaten, gives a person gills to
breathe underwater and gives them webbed hands and feet for swimming. It
looks like slimy, grayish-green rat tails. The duration of the gillyweed
effect is approximately one hour. Snape keeps Gillyweed in his private
stores; it is not available to the students (GF26)
leaping toadstools
The second
year Herbology classes worked with these.(CS14)
Mandrake(Mandragora)
The Mandrake
root is a powerful restorative. It forms an essential part of most antidotes,
including one for Petrification (CS6) 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 (CS6) 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 (FB).
puffapod
fat pink pods
with seeds that burst into flower if dropped (PA8)
umbrella-sized
flowers
hanging from
the ceiling of greenhouse 3 (CS6)
venomous tentacula
spiky, dark
red - teething, reaches out vines toward people (CS6)
Whomping
Willow
large, violent
tree that attacks anyone who gets too close (CS, PA)
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