These plants were written by members of Adrienne's Hogwarts from the beginning of August to the end of September, 2002. They are copyrighted to the people who created them, and are here for the voting purposes.

The members who created these plants love the Harry Potter books, and have created these plants to prove it. They do not claim to be in affiliation with JK Rowling, and these plants are not from the Harry Potter series, they are works of fan fiction.

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Aketa
By Harriet
The Aketa is a very rare, tropical plant that grows in the Bahamas all year round. It resembles a tulip wtih a very long green stem and no leaves. It grows at an alarming rate and can reach a height of ten feet tall in three days. The Aketa has two magical properties. The first one is in the petals. The petals heal scrapes in a matter of seconds if it is rubbed on the wound. Each petal can only be used once. The other is its stem. If added to a sleeping potion it will make the person's sleep dreamless. The only thing dangerous about an aketa is its pollen. It is highly poisonous and anyone or anything that eats it will suffer an instant death.

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The Amoris Plant
By SpinningJ
The Amoris plant is found in both the wizarding world and the Muggle world. It is a large blooming plant that grows from a single bulb. A thick green stalk grows to about 20 inches tall and blooms with trumpet shaped flowersthat can be red, pink or white. Muggles often send this bulb, which they call Amaryllis, as a gift around Christmas time, in order that the recipient will enjoy its blooms before winter ends.

Its primary use in the wizarding world is as the critical ingredient to love potions. The pollen must be collected on the first day the flower opens then added to the love potion. The pollen from the red flowers is the most potent. If the pollen is not collected on the first day the flower blooms, it is useless. A secondary use of the Amoris plant is its ability to cheer a person. When steeped, the dried stalk makes a tea which will improve the person's mood within 30 minutes of drinking it.

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Butterflyleaf Bush
By Dawn Bluequeen
The Butterflyleaf Bush is most wondrous in appearance, but that is how it can trick you. It has leaves that have little butterfly-like images on it, and they are very bright and colorful. It is usually about 3 feet tall and grows on an island named Standerkin, after the wizard that found it. It was hidden from the muggles by wizards in 1825 because of its poisonous plants and dangerous animals. It grows year-round because the weather never changes on the island. The Butterflyleaf is highly poisonous and only one part of it can be used, the core of the stem, and if the leaves are touched, the person will die in 24 hours. There is still no known cure for the poison. If the person only touches the stem part they will be sick for many days and it is best to wear some sort of gloves, before 1739 people died from it but in May 10th, 1739, a witch by the name of Helen Froggerhorn found the use of the plant. The core of the stem can be used for many things, it can be used to make people fly for about 5 hours and its most famous use is for curing PMS, a lot of young, stupid witches have died trying to get the core of the stem. There has been only one known case of a muggle ever being near one of them, in 1536 one had grown in a man's back. It was found to be growing there when a young boy flew over it on a broomstick and knew it was a plant he had read about, so he told his father and his father told the Minster and they took care of it. These plants have also been known to have a mind of their own, because they often speak to wizards and witches, trying to hypnotize them to stop them from taking there cores. For more on Butterflyleaf Bushes read the book called Butterflyleaf; A History by Dawn Bluequeen.

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The Candacid Plant
By OliverWoodFan
The Candacid Plant is a large bush, with violet leaves. It grows on the top of most mountain peaks. It has green boils on the leaves that are approximately one inch across. Inside each boil there is a small amount of sugary acid.

Once the boils start to develop, it takes only a week to fill up with the acid. If someone does not pop the boils, they will pop themselves. When they pop by themselves, the acid oozes out and burns a hole in the leaves.

The Candacid Plant was first discovered when a mountain climber became stranded on a mountain, and had to search for food and shelter. The wizard came across the Candacid Plant, and because the bush was so thick, he thought it would make a good shelter from the wind. When he crawled up against the bush, he smelt something very sugary. He examined the leaves and found out that the smell was coming from a boil on a leaf that had popped. It smelt so good that he couldn’t resist it, he licked the acid off of the leaves and he thought it tasted so good that he wanted some more. But when he went to lick the leaf again he realized that the acid had burnt a hole through his tongue.

The Acid Pop, a very popular candy, is made with the sugary acid from the Candacid Plant. Many wizards who specialize in Herbology grow Candacid Plants. They collect the acid in special bottle, and sell it to the makers of Acid Pops.

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Capies
By Divine
Capies are a very common plant, among, not only the Wizarding World, but can be seen by the Muggle eye in Muggle World.

Muggles call this fascinating plant poison ivy, because if Capies touch any part of bare skin on a Muggle, the Muggle breaks out into a VERY itchy rash. However, Witches and Wizards don't have to worry about such tactics.

This 3-leaved plant often grows as only a pesky weed. It's leaves remain green throughout the year, and Capies can grow to a reasonable length.

Capies do not have very much uses at all, therefore resulting the fact that many people but smelly chemicals That rid of Capies, but hurt and nearby plants.

Still, people avoid this plant, and everyone finds Capies "A very pesky plant." Though with a little research, I bet scientists can find a quick cure to poison ivy.

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Catcawl
By Percyweasley
Catcawl is a rare plant found only in high altitudes. They are mostly found in the American Rockies and the Himalayas of Asia, though they have been seen in the highlands of Scotland and the Andes of South America.

The plant grows as a shrub up to three feet in height and bears yellow flowers and pink berries. The leaves of the Catcawl shrub gives off a smell odorless to wizards but have the same effect as a Repelling Charm to muggles. Muggles that come close to the plant suddenly remember previous appointments and scurry off.

Anyone who eats these berries is given the ability to talk to any feline for up to an hour. There is a catch to this, however. Eating Catcawl berries does NOT make the cat talk like a human, but it makes the eater talk like a cat. Seconds after eating the berry, you will grow five whiskers on each cheek and will lose the ability to talk like a human. Your whiskers will get shorter as the berry's effect wears off and once they disappear, you will regain your ability to talk.

A young wizard named George Weatherby first discovered the use of Catcawl berries in 1894. George and his family were on a hiking trip when young George went astray from the path. He soon found himself lost with only his cat Benedict by his side. Hours passed and he grew hungry. He then stumbled upon the pink berries of a catcawl shrub. After eating as much as he can, he suddenly felt weird and his cheeks started burning. Soon, whiskers grew out of his cheeks. George was horrified and started to scream, yet the only sound he made was a loud, roaring meow.

George's cat, Benedict then meowed back and they soon were engaged in a conversation. George was shocked at first that he understood what Benedict was saying as if he had suddenly learned how to talk. After an hour had passed, Benedict's clear voice suddenly got muddled and then became meows again. George, being a bright student, then pieced everything together.

The use of Catcawl is currently under a loose supervision of Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. It is currently not strictly enforced because the Ministry of Magic decided that Catcawl is harmless. Wizards everywhere, however, have soon feared telling their deepest secrets to their house pets since this discovery.

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Climbing Death
By Eloria Felton
Climbing death is a vine plant that originated in Africa but is now found worldwide and has caused much destruction. Looking like regular ivy, it is very deceiving. The only difference that is noticeable is that the leaves have 7 “fingers” so to speak, but the other two are very small and the
average witch or wizard would not notice. They also have blooming flowers that are red, with yellow middles. They look like funnels and can easily be deceived as friendly meal for humming birds. Yet as soon as the beak of the bird goes down the long “trumpet” of the flower the bird is swallowed.

The plant can grow up to 22 feet a day invades any other plants. They wrap around anything and everything that lies in its path. They can take over a garden in a matter of days, leaving it useless afterward, for the vine literally strangles and sucks the life out of the other plants. Only one wizard has been killed by the plant that is known, a Stopher Pinker who took a nap under a flourishing wall of climbing death and was found strangled, the life looking as if it had been drained from him. The plant should be treated with care and only by expert Biologist. If you notice the beginnings of a climbing death colony, a very strong shearing charm will do until an expert can come and handle the situation. A total of 115 house have been taken over by climbing death in the past 10 years, and the deadly vine covers over 250 acres today.

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"Cloudy Night", Galinor*, Silicis labrusca**
By Lena_Radcliffe
The Galinor plant is a ground cover-type vine that is an unusually bright yellow. The vine is strikingly white, and the flowers (with many thin petals like that of the daisy family) are a royal blue with bright yellow specks surrounding the center of the flower. Thus the common name of this plant is "Cloudy Night," referring to the stem like clouds and the flowers like the night sky.

Probably the most unusual thing about this plant is that it cannot grow with or around water. As such, it is only found in the hottest deserts, and was discovered by a Lebanese wizard botanist in Saudi Arabia. The Galinor also must grow on the top of a cave or rock in bright sunlight or else it will be carried away by the winds, only to disintegrate. During the nighttime, the stem curls itself into a ball and the petals shield the stem from the darkness.

The stem is a powerful bleach that turns anything, including skin, a bright white if cut open. It is used in potions, and when added to any liquid will turn it bright orange.

The flowers are used as protection for the plant from the dark, and its bright colors make the exceedingly few animals stay away. The petals can be eaten and will give the eater about a half-gallon of water in order to survive the heat. It is very sought after, but there are so few of these plants around that they are all registered in the various world Ministries of Magic and those who wish to take some must show credentials saying that they are a qualified wizard and botanist or mediwizard.

*Galinor comes from the names Gazit, meaning "stone" in Hebrew, and Eleanor, coming from Helen, which is Greek meaning "light."

**Latin Genus species meaning "Stone vine."

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The Cosmet Flower
By OliverWoodFan
The Cosmet Flower is a very complex magical plant. It is an all green flower. The stem is dark green, the leaves and petals are light green, and the pollen is lime green. It looks the same as a common Daisy (except the colour). All the parts of this flower can be used for magical purposes.

The Cosmet Flower is also known as the Beauty Flower. It is called that not because of its appearance, but because it's magical uses are for beauty purposes. The Cosmet Flower's stems are used in weight loss potions. They are dried, and cut up and placed in the potion. It can be very dangerous if it is not mixed properly. Many wizards add too many Cosmet Flower stems, and they end up being reduced to skin and bones. If that happens, it is not life threatening, as long as they take the antidote, a bezoar, within forty-eight hours. The leaves are used as skin patches; they remove wrinkles within five minutes of contact on skin. The petals are very oily. This oil is used as an instant fix for dry skin. The pollen is used for manicures. It is soaked in water, and then removed. When a wizard soaks their fingers in the water, it magically cuts, files, and buffs their nails.

The Cosmet Flower is not known to muggles. The Cosmet Flower does not thrive by itself in the wild. It needs a lot of care. It is grown in greenhouses, or gardens belonging to wizards. It is illegal for these flowers to be in the presence of a muggle.

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Crystal Cotton
By Percyweasley
Crystal cotton is one of the rarest plants in the world. The plant only grows in very cold climates and is only found in Antarctica, Greenland and Siberia. The plant grows up to eight inches in height and bears silver flowers and golden seeds during the summertime. The silver flowers resemble tulips in size and shape. Inside a silver flower, there are two golden seeds that are the size of a jellybean.

The main use for the Crystal cotton plant is for textile since the golden seed has crystal fibers inside. The fibers have the strangest effect on wizards for it has the power of invisibility. Invisibility cloaks are made from these fibers.

Although many muggles have seen this plant, it is mostly just ignored. The golden seeds of the crystal cotton plant can only be opened with the simple spell of Alohomora, so muggles will never be able to open them, and thus cannot put it to use.

It is because of the rarity of the plant that Invisibility cloaks are so rare and expensive. The price of invisibility cloaks greatly depends on the yearly crop of the crystal cotton. Generally, an invisibility cloak would cost 2000 galleons, though the price once dropped to 300 galleons during the last Ice Age, when crystal cotton plants grew as far south as the Great Lakes area of North America.

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Disaperium Firius
By OliverWoodFan
Deep in the Amazon Rainforest, dwells a plant of great danger; the Disaperium Firius. Despite it's harmless apearence, it can cause a great deal of damage. It is a rare plant, that must only be harvested when in bloom. It only blooms when there is a blue moon. It is large green stalks, that grows in small patches. When in bloom, it turns a vivid red. Then it is ripe for collecting.

The main use of the Disaperium Firius, comes from the powder that fills the hollow stalk. It is the main part of floo powder. Ancient wizards that were residents of the Amazon discovered this plant. Many stories from an Amazonian tribe, explain how floo powder was discovered. A common story states that during a large celebration the burnt the Disaperium Firius stalks in a large bonfire. A man accidently stumbled and fell in the fire, and yelled 'get me out of here'. Miraculously he was thrown from the fire so fast that he was a blur. He wasn't burned at all.. That's how they first realised that the powder from a Disaperium Firius stalk had magical properties.

Now a highly efficient system has been set up for wizards to use floo powder. It is a network of wizards' fire places connected together. A department from the Ministry of Magic (The Floo Regulation Panel) is in control of this.

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The Dodectron
By Chantall Morningstar
This plant is very useful and attractive. It has bright purple petals and fades into a baby blue at the tip of the petal. It’s leaves are a normal green colour, but if you tear the leaves its sap will be a unusual orange color and will help heal the effects of the Unforgivable Curses if you have access to the plant straight away.

It is a small plant and that is why it is hard to find. This plant is very rare and only grows in the hills of Scotland in England in the winter. The brightly coloured flowers are incredibly dangerous and can be a powerful poison. This plant is only known to wizards and muggles can die if they sniffed the flowers.

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Dragon's Eye/Glass Eye Flower
By Natalie Granger
Dragon's Eye originated in Canada but is now only found in England. The Dragon's Eye has never been known to muggles because they never looked hard enough. Dragon's Eye has a short green stem with small leaves. The actual flower is a brilliant crimson with a vertical black stripe in the centre. Dragon's Eye never grows taller than 4 ½ inches.

Until 1704, wizards and witches never touched Dragon's Eye because of its deadly poison. Dragon's Eye bleeds a deadly poison that will kill you in less than 3 hours. No one has ever found a cure for its poison. Not even a Bezoar is a helpful antidote. In the summer of 1703, an elderly wizard by the name of Jack Riddle died from its deadly poison. In 1704 his daughter Liv Riddle made several discoveries. One of her discoveries was that the poison could not penetrate Dragon Skin Gloves. Another of her discoveries was that the stem and leaves of the plant could thicken a potion without disrupting the rest of it. Liv Riddle like her father died one week after her discoveries were made.

Many people started to research this plant in greater depth and found that they could not extract the poison but that they could make it dormant for three years. Researchers found that if they soaked the flower of the plant in the Draught of Living Death the poison would go dormant for three years. The appearance of the flower was dramatically altered once it was done soaking. It turned into a perfect glass sphere. Crimson turned white and the black stripe became a black dot in the center. After this discovery they changed its name to the Glass Eye Flower. Its appearance was not all that that changed its name. The Glass Eye could replace eyes. The Glass Eye could see everything, even things that were invisible. Many wizards have had eyes replaced.

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Dripstone
By OliverWoodFan
Dripstone is the worst enemy to all stone buildings. Muggles and wizards both hate this plant. It is a green plant that is identical in appearance to ivy. The only way to tell the difference is by feeling the leaves. Dripstone leaves will always feel damp.

The Dripstone grows twice as fast as regular ivy, and causes a lot of damage. The leaves always feel damp because of a special acid that it secretes. This acid only dissolves stone. If the ivy is left up against stone for more than twenty-four hours the stone will completely dissolve. This is one of the main reasons that the walls of castles end up crumbling.

Wizards have developed many kinds of pesticides to prevent this from happening to their homes. The pesticides dry the leaves acid, and stop the growth of the plant. If they want the whole plant gone, they can simply use a severing charm to cut it down.

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Flutterby Bushes
By Adrienne ([sorta] originally used in I Know You From Before; name from HP & the Goblet of Fire [page 345])
Flutterby Bushes are normal bushes which are covered in butterflies. If the butterflies are angered by a person, they will attack and attempt to kill them. The only known defense is using a Patronus at the actual bush, which will kill off the buttlerflies' life source. For this reason, protection spells have been cast around the unplottable forests where these plants grow.

If the butterflies are complimented, they will fly off the bush and around the person who complimented for several seconds. This gesture is said to have healing powers not quite as strong as Pheonix Tears, but no healing has ever been recorded throughout history.

The butterflies that live on these bushes have their uses as highly-prized potion ingredients, and are a part of various healing potions, which may have been the start of the healing myth. However, there are great risks in getting the butterflies, since you first must anger them, then do a Patronus and a powerful Reductor Curse at the bush. The butterflies fall, lifeless, to the ground, and the insects are collected and sold. They can fetch very high prices.

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Gallieta
By Bailey Porter
The Gallieta is a beautiful weeping plant that grows plentiful in Spain. It resembles the weeping willows that are found in America but this Gallieta is made out of little blood red or deep purple blossoms. They grow to be only 5' at the most. Unlike weeping willows this plant has blossoms all year round. The best part about this plant is that you can use it to cure chicken pox, measles, and mumps. You just take 1 little blossom, put it in the bathtub, and fill up the tub. You soak for 1 hour and you should be fully healed. This is only dangerous if it gets in your eyes. If it does, the poisonous chemicals will shrivel up your eyes and make them fall out. If your eyes do come in contact with it, run and pour vinegar on your eyes. It will counter act the poison. And though this tree seems like it would be happy to be healing itching people, it isn't. If you try to take any of it's blossoms in the winter, it will come to life and turn you into a chicken. So always keep enough for during that season. If you take the blossoms any other season, it won't turn you into a chicken but it is very ticklish. So be nice and try not to take to long taking them, or he might turn you into something much more horrible. And for those who are wondering if muggles know about it, no they do not. So go out and buy these amazing, healing plants.

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Gassquirticus
By OliverWoodFan
Gassquirticus or more commonly known as the Gas Rose is found in the forests all over North America. It originated deep in the remote forests of Canada. It is a pink, red, or white flower, which muggles often confuse with wild roses. It begins to grow in the spring, and blooms by summer, it does not begin to die until early winter. Campers, and hikers must be very careful of this plant. Whenever anyone approaches this plant to smell it, thinking it is just a rose; the Gas Rose will squirt out a purple gas that makes the person fall asleep. This gas is so powerful, that the person could fall asl eep for eighteen hours.& nbsp;There is no visible difference that can help you distinguish the Gas Rose apart from the common wild rose, except for tiny blue dots on the petals. If you get that close to see the dots, it would have squirted gas by then.

The different colours of the Gassquirticus plant emit different amounts of sleeping gas. The pink rose is very mild. It puts people to sleep for only two to four hours. While the red rose has a wide range of gas, it can make people go to sleep anywhere from four to twelve hours. The white rose is the most powerful. It makes people fall asleep for a minimum of twelve hours. The longest time recorded that it made a person sleep for, was eighteen and a half hours.

A wizard named Artimius Squirticus chose to develop the Gassquirticus in a Canadian forest because there were very few wizards and muggles that lived there. He chose a plant that was abundant, the wild rose, to cast the spells on. Squirticus cast spells and enchantments on it, to try to develop a cure for insomnia (not being able to sleep). He needed to make a plant so he could add it to potions. It took him three years to create this plant, two for the research, and one to cast the spells. It took so long to cast the spells because, he kept on passing out whenever he managed to get the gas to shoot out , he thought he made the petals the magical part of the plant.

The Gassquirticus is still used today in most sleeping potions. It is also used to calm magical animals. Spells have been developed to help collect the gas. Gas collectors must use the nose pinching charm. This charm keeps you from smelling the gas and falling asleep. The second charm they use is the gas freezing charm. It freezes the gas so it’s a solid, that you can collect. As a solid it can be cut up, or shredded and put in potions.

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Hukee Plants
By Adrienne (originally used in I Know You From Before)
Hukee Plants are cactus-like plants that grow in the desert. Muggles often mistake them for various kinds of cacti. They are brown-green in color and have pointy, sharp spikes which are ivory-colored.

Desert Hukees survive in only extreme heat, so if the desert cools suddenly, or there is a rainstorm, many die. Recently, their numbers have become so few that witches and wizards have been repotting Houseplant Hukees to send to deserts.

The other type was developed from Desert Hukee Plants to keep in houses. They are called Houseplant Hukees and are the type that you see more often, since they are tougher than the Desert variety.

Both types of Hukee Plants shrink when they feel animals or humans nearby as a method of protection. If the 'enemy' won't go away after several seconds, the Hukees make a popping noise and hit them with their spikes.

Hukee Spikes are not known to have any poisons or disease in them, but there is a liquid that causes boils and pain for several hours, but can be treated with an Anti-Poison Potion and bandages.

Hukees are commonly used as an alternative of watch dogs when placed in a doorway at night.

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Kisslate Flower
By Chantall Morningstar
This is more commonly known as the love plant.

This is a very common plant and grows mainly in rainforests around the globe, because it needs a lot of water and dies if it is in the sun too much.

It is called the Kisslate plant because it has strange looking flowers, which look like hearts, which are a bright pink color. The leaves on this plant is a green color and if you drain the sap out of them it can be a cure to a Shrinking Potion. The plant is quite small and hard to find but when you come across one you notice it instantly because of the pink flowers.

This plant is most seen on Valentines Day when lovers give them to who they love to show affection. There is a myth that this plant can lead you to your true love, and grant you eternal happiness. The plant has a wonderful scent too and is used in lots of perfumes.

This plant seems very useful but does have its down points. One of them is that the flowers are very poisonous and your pet is likely to eat it because of its lovely scent. It will kill your pet instantly. So if you find the plant take your pet away from it. Don’t kill it, because people pick them so often they are gradually becoming extinct.

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Kiterius
By Rachael_Granger

A Kiterius is a plant with few uses. But the uses are good ones.

Kiterius plants are the size of a Twin-size bed, much like the ones found in the dormitories found in Hogwarts. Kiterius plants are described as large bushes with small buds about the size of a Snitch on them. The buds are a deep, rich red. The leaves on them are average three to five feet.

The leaves on the Kiterius plants can save you from most poisons. They don't completely cure you; just keep you well enough to live for five hours, until you can be taken somewhere to be healed. To derive the potion, you need to rip about a square inch off and chew it up until all the juices have been sucked out, and then spit out the leaf.

A Kiterius bud cures something very different then poison. The buds cure hiccups. You don't need to chew them eat them. Pop a few in your mouth and suck on them like an Acid Pop for a bit. Works like a charm.

Although Kiterius plants are popular and grow everywhere, they can still be a bit hard to find. Kiterius plants grow in caves. The cool air keeps the buds fresh. More than likely, you could find at least one within a mile radius of your house.

If you have hiccups, find a Kiterius! They are quick and easy. And if you have been poisoned and no help is immediately available, find a Kiterius plant. Many people have been saved thanks to this plant and they have learned to treat these plants with respect, as should you.

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Lorpo
By Sarita7590
The Lorpo is a small, flat, pinkish/purple plant found in Brazil and Mexico. It can reach a height of up to 8 inches, but is usually only 6 inches. It grows year round, and feeds off of the soil and water, but they have small teeth to eat Flobberworms with if any are foolish enough to go by one. It is used to repair/clean wands. By rubbing it over your wand a clear liquid will come out of it, and it will fix holes, dents, and even repair mechanical problems with your wand. Muggles use this plant to flavor their foods, and it is known to them as Thyme.

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The Melocasia* Tree - Arboris mel mellis**
By Lena_Radcliffe
The Melocasia tree is a very fragrant tree. It has a cinnamon-scented bark that is a russet color. The bark is smooth, and peels off easily. The bark is very often used instead of smelling salts and will wake up the sleeper from the deepest of rests. It emits the trademark cinnamon scent and collects as sap. The sap can either be put in a phial or just left on the bark. Wizards have contemplated, due to how strong the waking powers of the bark are, that it may possibly be able to reverse the Killing Curse if used within the first minute or two (this a theory currently being tested by European and American wizard botanists in the International Safety and Regulation Department). The bark can also be used as a spice if well grounded. Be warned, however, that the Melocasia sap is deadly if swallowed and can burn through fabric.

The Melocasia leaves are roughly the size of oak leaves, but are bendable and soft whereas oaks have thick leaves with thorns. They are an unusual emerald green color and look like spades. The leaves hold no magic power, but will make a very sweet tea reminiscent of Japanese Green Tea.

The flowers look like royal blue and violet gardenias, and smell like cinnamon, lilacs, and roses. If eaten, the witch or wizard will levitate 4.7 inches off the ground (this is exact, no matter what the witch or wizard weighs). As such, young wizards and witches often try and climb the long trunk of the Melocasia tree to catch the flowers, not expecting the pointy seeds that fly out of the buds if attacked. This defense mechanism makes the tree a safe environment for birds and creatures, because it is only dangerous for humans. The seeds are used in numerous potions, and the flower petals were used to create the first Apparating potion (it was not always a spell) in 497 A.D.

*Melocasia is a combination of the name, Melosa, meaning "honeylike" in Spanish, and Casia, which is Latin, meaning "cinnamon, sweet, pleasurable tree."

**Arboris mel mellis is the Genus species name of the plant, because every creature has one. This is part of the classification system which includes:
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
species.
The names are always in Latin. Hence, Arboris mel mellis means "tree sweet" (read "sweet tree") in Latin.

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Midnight Vine
By Adrienne
The Midnight Vine is a very powerful cure for memory loss. They are deep blue in color, with silver or bronze speckles, and are relatively thin. This plant grows up trees in forests which don't have much light. If you are to use them, you must collect them without sunlight ever hitting them, so many witches and wizards collect them at nighttime, hence the name.

To collect the Midnight Vine, you must have thick gloves on, made of anything but dragon hide. Dragon hide soaks up the oils that help mediwizards. You use a trowel to scrape the vine off of the tree, then put it into a thick pouch. To use for medicine, check page 457 of Common Magical Ailments and Afflictions, section 'Memory Loss'.

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Oglafstain
By OliverWoodFan
The Oglafstain is a plant that was first discovered in Russia, but due to its popularity and many uses it is now grown all over the world. It is thick navy blue stems that grow to have a diameter of two inches, and four feet tall. At the end, it has a large red sphere that is very delicate. The spheres grow to be approximately six inches across.

Inside this sphere there is an orange gel that is very dangerous when not handled by a skilled wizard. The orange gel is called Ostain. Ostain is the main ingredient of burn healing paste. When not properly handled or diluted it can die every thing it touches permanently orange. When the burn healing paste was first discovered, wizards' burns would heal, but wherever there burn was there would be an orange mark on their skin.

Another one of its magical properties is its stem. The stem is a very nutritious food for magical herbivore creatures. It is often collected and sold as pet food. Gnomes, Puffskeins, and Nifflers will eat this plant when it's available. It is the main source of food for flobberworms.

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Pigsweed
By Percyweasley
Metabolica maximus, or Pigsweed, originated in England but can now be found everywhere. The plant looks like normal grass though its yellowish pigment distinguishes it from the more common green grass. Muggles often mistake Pigsweed as just regular grass that has dried up. Upon finding them, muggles curse at them, pull them up, and throw them away. Little do they know that its uses are invaluable. Knowledgeable wizards know better.

Ever wonder how you can eat your hearts desire at a feast and not have to worry about gaining a few extra pounds? Well, you have Metabolica maximus to thank for that. The leaves of the yellowish plant can be ground into a fine powder and is usually added into your favorite dishes to speed up your metabolism. So as you eat away, the Pigsweed powder quickly dissolve calories, leaving you free to eat as much as you like without worrying about gaining weight. Muggles everywhere would absolutely relish this idea, but no muggle has yet to discover its uses.

Its roots are also useful. Pigsweed oil, made by juicing the roots of the pigsweet plant and adding three drops of dragon blood, can be used as a curative for gashes, scrapes, lacerations, and burns.

It is, however, dangerous and in some cases even fatal to misuse Pigsweed powder. One must never consume the powder as is for it should only be taken with food. Taking the powder by itself will indeed increase your metabolism, but it will cause the individual to lose a significant amount of weight in a dangerously short time. Nausea, dizziness, and blurry vision are the first symptoms of overdose and could lead to anemia if not treated immediately.

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Singlax
By OliverWoodFan
The Singlax is a bright yellow shrub, with fuchsia flowers. The shrub grows to be about three feet high. The fuchsia flowers have a great resemblance to dandelions. The Singlax is very common in wizard gardens, grows all year round, and is always in bloom; but during the fall it does not sing very often, because most other plants die in autumn. It is said that the Singlax develops an emotional attachment to surrounding plants.

The Singlax is different from most plants because it sings. The song of the Singlax is very relaxing for wizards and animals. Many wizards keep one in their bedroom, to help them sleep. Wizards like to grow them on the outside of their gardens to keep out gnomes. When a wizard de-gnomes their garden they swing the gnomes around and throw them far, so they are dizzy and get find their way back. But sometimes they can find there way back, and if they do, the Singlax makes them stop and lay down. The Singlax has a greater effect on smaller animals, or when someone has one in a small room.

The ministry of Magic has restrictions on the Singlax to keep it unknown to muggles. Many muggles would injure themselves because they were so relaxed that they would forget about everything. The Singlax has a greater effect on people who are unaware of it’s ability.

If a wizard is trying to care for the plant, they can simply use the Stunning Spell to keep it from singing, and then wake it up after.

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The Shilly* Shrub, Eruca delecto**
By Lena_Radcliffe
The Shilly Shrub is the gnome's favorite delectable. In fact, the reason that all wizarding houses find themselves thick with gnomes is due to these nearly invisible flowers. They're quite small, only about three inches in height, and are a green that changes with whatever plants surround them. They are quite often mistaken as buttercup, which is unfortunate for gnomes because they can't stand it. The way to get rid of gnomes, besides spinning and throwing them out, is to plant buttercups everywhere possible, to confuse the gnomes into thinking that it's all buttercups, instead of the Shilly plants that are in random places throughout the yard.

The Shilly Shrub does two things (three, if you count the fact that it collects gnomes): it can shrink, to hide itself from the gardener and other threats, and change colors to blend into its surroundings. These two traits make the Shilly Shrub a very excellent find for the Shrinking Solution and the Camouflage Draught. They are the key ingredients, and although right under your nose, can be tricky to discover.

*Shilly comes from the names Shiela, meaning "dim-sighted" in Irish, and Shelley, which is "the wood on the slope" in Old English.

**The Genus species name means, in Latin, "Plant attract", meaning its attraction to gnomes. The name was given before its magical properties were known, and, if changed now, would alter the entire classification system for this plant from Family on down.

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The Snowflake Haitus
By Kyra Hawkens
Also known as the "Snow devil plant" and the "Icy Vampire", the Snowflake Haitus can be found only in the suburbs and cities of Northern Russia where there is snow much of the year. During the spring and summer, the snowflake haitus roots itself into the ground and takes on the appearance of a dandelion. The main difference between a snowflake haitus and a dandelion is that a dandelion produces a ball of white fluff and seeds before it dies, while a snowflake haitus lives all summer and into fall. In late fall, it produces a ball of miniature snowflake haitus which fall off at the fist snow. During the winter, this parasitic plant gives the appearance of a very small snowflake. It feeds on the heat emitted from the skin of both animals and humans. Having more than seven thousand snowflake haitus on your skin for more than two hours may cause extreme and incurable frostbite. Having only one snowflake haitus on human skin for five minutes will cause the temperature of the human body to drop one degree. Fortunately, due to their light weight, moderate movement or breeze moves the icy vampire. Surprisingly, the snowflake haitus's main mode of transportation is by snowplow, with wind/breeze coming in for a close second. This plant is unknown to most muggles and most Northern Russian wizard and witch tourists. It is recommended that tourists and
residents not sleep or sit out in the snow for a prolonged period of time. If mild heat loss has taken place, hot soup and a warm bath are the best remedies.

The snowflake haitus has no medical use, but selected muggle scientists are now working with the Ministry to study the snowflake haitus's massive heat storing abilities in hopes of finding a way to store large amounts of energy in small units, which would replace batteries.

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Sunstacious Felidius
By SpinningJ
This prolific plant has bright yellow fluffy blooms. Its leaves are dark green, oblong with spiked edges, growing close to the ground in a circular pattern. The plant can be between 4 and 12 inches in diameter. The blooms shoot up on narrow round stems to a height of up to 12". This plant
grows in almost every climate, except deserts. It grows best in bright sunlight, and those growing in shaded areas tend to be smaller in size.

Although its properties are not fully understood, the roots when stewed make a brilliant fuchsia dye. Much research is being done to determine the usefulness of the leaves and flowers. It was once believed that the flowers could be shredded and used to make a potion for a human-cat
transformation. Unfortunately, this has proved to be elusive. Research is still being done, although after the death of the first wizard to attempt the transformation, restrictions were placed on the testing of the potion.

The leaves and flower buds are quite bitter, but are edible. If a witch or wizard were stranded in the woods (or a muggle, for that matter), they could sustain themselves on a salad of this plant.

Muggles detest this plant and consider it a weed.

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Thornlily
By Adrienne
The Thornlily is a common weed that is often found growing at the base of the Flutterby Bush. It preys upon the Flutterby's butterflies with an almost invisible set of circular teeth between the petals. While not very dangerous, it is something of interest to muggles, so charms have been made to disguise and remove its teeth.

Thornlillies can live almost anywhere with the proper shade and enviroment. While by far its favorite treat are the Flutterby butterflies, the weed also grows like a normal plant. Most are blue, but some can be green and even pink. Muggles often mistake them for chickory.

The Thornlily has been tested repeatedly by witches and wizards, and there is no evidence of poison or anything useful coming from the plant. The teeth are of no use to anyone but very skilled mediwizards, who claim that they can cure several types of phobia.

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The Underwater Lily
By Eloria Felton
The Underwater Lily is an aquatic plant that lives on the bottom of freshwater rivers, streams, and lakes. Found in the Americas, Asia, and Australia it resembles a regular water lily, with the lily pad that supports the flower. The flower comes in shades of pink, red, and yellow. The most interesting quality though is its magical protective barrier that surrounds the entire plant. This is what allows it to live on the bottom of the strongest flowing rivers. Inside the barrier the plant is living in the conditions which resemble that of an aquarium, peaceful water which filters out to get more Oxygen. The plant’s barrier regenerates itself in the process of photosynthesis. The Underwater Lily has an extraordinary long lifetime if left alone and has been recorded to live up to 60 years.

The Lily’s major predators are muggles who try to examine the plant, and instead break the protective barrier, allowing the current to destroy the flower.

Fish also come in to devour the sweet tasting flower when the barricade is broken. Wizards and witches often have domesticated Underwater Lilies for their ponds and aquariums. The underwater lily grained great popularity when it was featured in the book My Broomstick Voyages written by Barney Phillips.

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The Waterpot Weed
By Raleen
The Waterpot Weed looks like an upside down mushroom with orange grass sprouting out of the top. It is about ten inches tall, including the sprouts, and it is green on the stem and orange on the sprouts. It grows in patches on the bottom of some lakes, and only grows in the late spring. The Waterpot Weed is used in making Jelly-Pop candy and can also cure broken bones almost instantly when cured with wolvesbane and frogs' blood. it can also be dangerous if eaten straight out of the water before being boiled. The plant actually multiplies by being split in half, and the spores are sometimes eaten by mermen.

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Wockes
By Divine
Wockes are tiny plants that can be found very rarely in Northern Canada. These Unique plants are native to Canada, and cannot be found anywhere else. They only blossom in rain.

Wockes are very small, and are hard to spot with the plain eye. They come in 3 different colors; yellow, green, and a bright orange. They're leaves often change color depending on the day.

Stepping on this tiny plant can result to ANYTHING! Reports say that this plant is venomous and stepping on it's spikes (Which are all over it's body) can result from headaches all the way to painful deaths.

Muggles can't see Wockes since they don't use their eyes very well. When a Muggle steps on one, all they receive is a small headache.

Wockes can grow to around one inch. They are impossible to see when newborn, but will eventually come into eyesight.

The roots of Wockes are used to make many different types of drugs. Finding this plant is extremely hard, therefore resulting the drugs to be very expensive.

Wockes were only discovered about a year ago, and have been studied by scientists all over the world since. According to Scientist Timothy Kern, Wockes used to cover our planet, but died out since dinosaurs ate them. "I don't understand how the came back. Amazing plants they are." Says Timothy.

Most Wockes potted plants, do not survive. They cannot adapt to a new habitat, therefore dying within a week. Since Wockes are very rare, a potted plant of one can cost around 5,000 dollars on sale! There's a plant that won't be on my shopping list!

Even after a whole year of research, Scientists still regard Wockes as one of the "Great Mysteries of Life in the Wizarding World".