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themori-witch · 2 years

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English Folk/Traditional Names for Common Plants & Herbs

These are known now as folk names, but back in the medieval era and well into the 18th century, these were the common names for some of the herbs and plants in use in witchcraft (and generally!) today.

This list is not an exhaustive one; the names given here are just some of the names that were used primarily in England for common plants within the region.These plants have other unique and wonderful names in many other cultures and languages throughout the world.

✧ ADDER’S TONGUE (Ophioglossum Vulgatum) A.K.A.: English Adder’s Tongue, Snake’s Tongue, Viper’s Tongue, Serpent’s Tongue, Adder’s Spear, Christ’s Spear.

✧ AGRIMONY (Agrimonia Eupatoria) A.K.A.: Harvest Lice, Cat’s Tail, Liverwort, Sticklewort, Stickwort, Stickweed, Fairy’s Wand, Church Steeples, Aaron’s Rod, Beggar’s Lice/Ticks.

✧ ALDER (Alnus Glutinosa) A.K.A.: Black Alder, Fever Bush, Owler.

✧ ANGELICA (Angelica Archangelica) A.K.A.: Holy Ghost/Root of the Holy Ghost, St. Michael’s flower, Angel’s Food.

✧ ANISE (Pimpinella Anisum) A.K.A.: Sweet Alice, Aniseed.

✧ APPLE (Malus) A.K.A.: Fruit of the Gods, Fruit of the Underworld, Silver Branch, Silver Bough.

✧ ASH (Fraxinus Excelsior) A.K.A.: Bird’s Tongue, Hampshire Weed, Widow-maker, Venus of the Woods, Husbandman’s tree.

✧ BALSAM (Commiphora Opolbalsamum) A.K.A.: Balsam of Gilead, Balm Tree, Mecca Myrrh.

✧ BASIL (Oscimum Basilicum) A.K.A.: Our Herb, St. Joseph’s Wort, Witches’ Herb, King of Herbs, Holy Basil.

✧ BAY (Laurus Nobilis) A.K.A.: Bay Laurel, True Laurel, Daphne, Noble Laurel.

✧ BERGAMOT (Monarda Didyma) A.K.A.: Horsebalm, Bee Balm, Scarlet Mondara.

✧ BIRCH (Betula Pendula) A.K.A.: Silver Birch, White Birch, Lady of the Woods.

✧ BITTERSWEET (Solanum Dulcamara) A.K.A.: Woody Nightshade, Felon-wort, Felonwood, Blue Nightshade, Fever Twig, Staff Vine, Violet Bloom.

✧ BLACKBERRY (Rubus Fruticosus) A.K.A.: Bramble, Fingerberry, Blackhide, Blackbutter, Thimbleberrym Brambleberry, Gouthead.

✧ BLUEBELL (Hyacinthoides Non Scrupta) A.K.A.: Nodding Squill, Auld Man’s Bell, Ring-o-bells, Wood Bells.

✧ BROOM (Cytisus Scoparius) A.K.A.: Besom, Irish Tops, Scotch Broom, Butcher’s Broom, Sweet Broom.

✧ BURDOCK (Arctium Lappa) A.K.A.: Thorny Burr, Beggar’s Buttons, Sticky Bobs, Love Leaves, Hare Burr.

✧ CARNATION (Dianthus Caryophyllus) A.K.A.: Gilliflower, July Flower, Clove Pink, Sops-in-wine.

✧ CHAMOMILE (Anthemis Nobilis) A.K.A.: Whig Plant, Chamomel, Earth/Ground Apple,

✧ CHESTNUT [SWEET] (Castanea Sativa) A.K.A.: Marion, Jupiter’s Nut.

✧ CHICKWEED (Stellaria Media) A.K.A.: Starweed, Adder’s Mouth, Scarweed/wort, Tongue Grass, Stitchwort, White Bird’s Eye, Little Star Lady.

✧ CHICORY (Cichorium Intybus) A.K.A.: Witloof, Blue Sailors, Coffeeweed.

✧ CLARY [WILD] (Salvia Verbenaca) A.K.A.: Christ’s Eye, Wild Clear-eye, Vervain Sage, Eyeseed.

✧ CLEAVERS (Galium Aparine) A.K.A.: Catchweed, Beggar Lice, Goose Grass, Sticky Willy, Bedstraw, Robin-run-the-hedge, Goose’s Hair, Hedge-burrs, Milk Sweet, Stick-a-back, Scratchweed, Barweed.

✧ COMFREY (Symphytum Officinale) A.K.A.: Knitbone, Slippery Root, Blackwort, Bruisewort, Ass Ear.

✧ DAISY (Bellis Perennis) A.K.A.: Day’s Eye, Poet’s Darling, Bachelor’s Buttons, Bairnwort, Billy Buttons, Boneflower, Margaret’s Herb.

✧ DANDELION (Taraxacum Officinale) A.K.A.: Swine’s Snout, Blowball, Puffball, Clockflower, Tell-the-time, Priest’s Crown, Lion’s Tooth.

✧ DEADLY NIGHTSHADE (Atropa Belladonna) A.K.A.: Belladonna, Banewort, Black-cherry, Devil’s Cherries, Naughty Man’s Cherries, Devil’s Herb.

✧ FEVERFEW (Tanacetum Parthenium) A.K.A.: Featherfew, Featherfoil, Midsummer Daisy, Nosebleed.

✧ FOXGLOVE (Digitalis Purpurea) A.K.A.: Fairy Gloves/Fingers/Petticoats/Thimbles/Weed, Witches’ Glove, Witches’ Bells, Our Lady’s Glove, Dead Men’s Bells.

✧ GARLIC (Allium Sativum) A.K.A.: Poor Man’s Treacle, Stinkweed, Camphor of the Gods.

✧ GOLDENROD (Solidago Vibgaurea) A.K.A.: Aaron’s Rod, Cast the Spear.

✧ HAWTHORN (Crataegus Monogyna) A.K.A.: May Blossom, Mayflower, Whitethorn, Hagthorn, Ladies’ Meat.

✧ HELLEBORE [BLACK] (Helleborus Niger) A.K.A.: Bear’s Foot, Setter-wort/grass.

✧ HEMLOCK (Conium Maculatum) A.K.A.: Poison Hemlock, Devil’s Porridge.

✧ HENBANE (Hysoscyamus Niger) A.K.A.: Hog Bean, Stinking Nightshade, Henbell, Devil’s Eye, Witches’ Herb, Devil’s Tobacco.

✧ HOLLY (Ibex Auifolium) A.K.A.: Bat’s Wings, Holy Tree, Christ’s Thorn.

✧ HONEYSUCKLE (Lonicera Periclymenum) A.K.A.: Woodbind, Fairy Trumpets, Sweet Suckle, Honeybind.

✧ HOREHOUND [BLACK] (Ballota Nigra) A.K.A.: Madwort, Black Hoarhound, Black Archangel.

✧ HOREHOUND [WHITE] (Marrubium Vulgare) A.K.A.: Bull’s Blood, White Archangel, Eye of the Star, Houndbane, Devil’s Eye.

✧ IVY (Hedera Helix) A.K.A.: Gort, Bindwood, Lovestone.

✧ JUNIPER (Juniperus Communis) A.K.A.: Bastard Killer, Gin Berry.

✧ LADY’S MANTLE (Alchemilla Vulgaris) A.K.A.: Our Lady’s Mantle, Lion’s Foot, Bear’s Foot, Nine Hooks.

✧ LAVENDER (Lavendula Angustifolia) A.K.A.: Elf Leaf, Spikenard, True Lavender.

✧ LEMON BALM (Melissa Officinalis) A.K.A.: Sweet Melissa, Bee Balm, Sweet Balm.

✧ LEMON VERBENA (Aloysia Triphylla) A.K.A.: Lemon Louisa, Lemon Beebrush.

✧ LILY OF THE VALLEY (Convallaria Majalis) A.K.A.: May Lily, Our Lady’s Tears, Mary’s Tears, Ladder to Heaven.

✧ MALLOW (Malva Sylvestris) A.K.A.: Cheese-cake, Pick-cheese, Round Dock, Wild Mallow, Wood Mallow.

✧ MANDRAKE (Mandragora Officinarum) A.K.A.: Satan’s Apple, Love Plant, Mandragora.

✧ MARIGOLD (Calendula Officinalis) A.K.A.: Bride of the Sun, Drunkard, Husbandman’s Dial, Mary Gold, Summer’s Bride.

✧ MARJORAM (Origanum Majorana) A.K.A.: Wintersweet, Joy of the Mountain, Mountain Mint.

✧ MEADOWSWEET (Filipendula Ulmaria) A.K.A.: Bridewort, Queen of the Meadows, Little Queen, Quaker Lady, Mead Sweet, Gravel Root.

✧ MINT [PEPPERMINT] (Mentha Piperita) A.K.A.: Brandy Mint, English Mint.

✧ MINT [SPEARMINT] (Mentha Spicata) A.K.A.: Garden Mint, Hart Mint, Our Lady’s Mint, Sage of Bethlehem.

✧ MISTLETOE (Viscum Coloratum) A.K.A.: Druid’s Herb, Witches’ Broom, Wood of the Cross, Golden Bough, Devil’s Fuge.

✧ MONKSHOOD (Aconitum Napellus) A.K.A.: Monk’s Blood, Blue Wolf’s-bane, Aconite, Women’s Bane, Devil’s Helmet, Friar’s Cap.

✧ MUGWORT (Artemisia Vulgaris) A.K.A.: Lion’s Tail, Lion’s Tart, Heart-wort.

✧ MULLEIN (Verbascum Thapsus) A.K.A.: Blanket/Velvet/Woolly Mullein, Our Lady’s Blanket, Beggar’s Blanket, Aaron’s Rod, Adam’s Rod, Jupiter’s Staff, Jacob’s Staff, Peter’s Staff, Virgin Mary’s Candle, Lady’s Foxglove, Graveyard Dust.

✧ NETTLE (Urtica Dioica) A.K.A.: Stinging Nettle, Burn Weed, Burn Hazel.

✧ PARLSEY (Petroselinum Crispum) A.K.A.: Devil’s Oatmeal, Persil.

✧ PENNYROYAL (Mentha Legium) A.K.A.: Royal Thyme, Run-by-the-ground, Lurk-in-the-ditch, Pudding Grass.

✧ ROSEMARY (Rosemarinus Officinalis) A.K.A.: Dew of the Sea, Sea Dew, Elf Leaf, Guardrobe, Rose of Mary.

✧ RUE (Ruta Graveolens) A.K.A.: Herb of Grace, Herb of Repentance, Mother of Herbs.

✧ [CLARY] SAGE (Salvia Sclarea) A.K.A.: Clear-Eye, See-bright, Eyebright.

✧ ST. JOHN’S WORT (Hypericum Perforatum) A.K.A.: Scare-devil, Balm of the Warrior’s Wound, Rose of Sharon.

✧ SORREL (Rumex Acetose) A.K.A.: Green Sauce, Sour Sauce, Cuckoo Sorrow.

✧ SWEET WOODRUFF (Galium Odoratum) A.K.A.: Wild Baby’s Breath, Master of the Woods, Ladies in the Hay.

✧ TANSY (Tanacetum Vuulgare) A.K.A.: Bitter Buttons, Golden Buttons, Cow Bitter.

✧ TARRAGON (Artemisia Dracunculus) A.K.A.: Dragon’s Wort, Little Dragon.

✧ THISTLE [BLESSED] (Cnicus Benedictus) A.K.A.: Holy Thistle.

✧ THISTLE [MILK] (Silybum Marianum) A.K.A.: Our Lady’s Thistle, Saint Mary’s Thistle, Sow Thistle, Marian Thistle.

✧ VALERIAN (Valeriana Officinalis) A.K.A.: Garden Heliotrope, St. George’s Herb, Bloody Butcher, Cat’s Valerian, Vandal Root.

✧ VERVAIN (Verbena Officinalis) A.K.A.: Herb of Grace, Enchanter’s Herb, Britannica, Juno’s Tears, Divine Wood, Pigeongrass,

✧ WITCH HAZEL (Hamamelis Virginiana) A.K.A.: Spotted Alder, Winterbloom, Snapping Hazelnut.

✧ WORMWOOD (Artemisia Absinthium) A.K.A.: Absinthe, Crown for a King, Green Ginger.

✧ YARROW (Achillea Millefolium) A.K.A.: Woundwort, Nose-Bleed, Thousand-Leaf, Arrowroot, Carpenter’s Weed, Devil’s Plaything, Devil’s Nettle,

Sources, References and Cross-Checks: Breverton's Complete Herbal (Terry Breverton), Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs (Scott Cunningham), Medieval Plant Names and Their Modern Corollaries (The Met Cloister).

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falseandrealultravival · 4 months

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Today's Haiku with Picture 575

In the park

Blue on the bench

It is liverwort

公園の

ベンチに青く

ゼニゴケか

(2023.04.19)

#park #bench #liverwort #haiku #Today's Haiku with Picture

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delightingintragedy · 3 months

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Jupiter Correspondences

From Christian Astrology by William Lilly

(It is mostly word for word. I tried to format it to fit into a nice correspondence list, but the information itself is untouched.)

Zodiac: Sagittarius is his Day-house, and Pisces is his Night-house. Detriment in Gemini and Virgo, Exalted in Cancer, Fall in Capricorn.

Nature: He is a Diurnal, Masculine Planet, Temperately Hot and Moist, Airy, Sanguine, the greater Fortune, author of Temperance, Modesty, Sobriety, Justice.

Profession: Judges, Senators, Councillors, Ecclesiastical men, Bishops, Priests, Ministers, Cardinals, Chancellors, Doctors of the Civil Law, young Scholars and Students in a University or College, Lawyers, Clothiers, Woolen-Drapers.

Diseases: Pleurisy, all Infirmities of the Liver, left Ear, Apoplexies, Inflammation of the Lungs, Palpitations and Trembling of the Heart, Cramps, pain in the Backbone, all Diseases lying in the Veins or Ribs, and proceeding from corruption of Blood, Squinzies. Windiness, all Putrefaction in the Blood, or Fevers proceeding from too great abundance thereof.

Savours: Sweet and well scented Odors; or that Odor which in smell is no way extreme or offensive.

Colours: Sea-green or Blue, Purple, Ash-colour, a mixed Yellow and Green

Herbs: Cloves and Clove-Sugar, Mace, Nutmeg, Gillyflower, the Strawberry, the herb Balsam, Betony, Centaury, Flax, Arsesmart, Fumitory, Lungwort, Pimpernel, Wallwort, Oregano or Wild Marjoram, Rhubarb, Self-heal, Borage, Bugloss, Wheat, Willow-herb, Thorough-leaf, Violets, Lackwort, Liverwort, Basil, Pomegranates, Peony, Liquorice, Mint, Mastic, the Daisy, Feversend, Saffron.

Plants & Trees: Cherry-tree, Birch-tree, Mulberry-tree, Coral-tree, the Oak, Bayberries, Olive, Gooseberries, Almond tree, the Ivy, Manna, Mace, the Vine, the Fig tree, the Ash, the Pear tree, the Hazel, the Beech tree, the Pine, Raisins.

Beasts: The Sheep, the Hart or Stag, the Doe, the Ox, Elephant, Dragon, Tiger, Unicorn, those Beasts which are Mild and Gentle, and yet of great benefit to Mankind, are appropriate to him.

Birds, etc: The Stork, the Snipe, the Lark, the Eagle, the Stockdove, the Partridge, Bees, Pheasant, Peacock, the Hen.

Fishes: The Dolphin, the Whale, Serpent, Sheath-fish or River Whale.

Places: In or near Altars of Churches, in public Conventions, Synods, Convocations, in Places neat, sweet, in Wardrobes, Courts of Justice, Oratories.

Mineral: Tin.

Stones: Amethyst, the Sapphire, the Smarage or Emerald, Hyacinth, Topaz, Crystal, Bezoar, Marble, and that which in England we all Freestone.

Weather: He usually produces serenity, pleasant and healthful North Winds, and by his gentle Beams allays the ill weather of any former Malignant Planet.

Winds: Northern Winds

Element: Air

Number: 3

Angel: Zadkiel

Planetary Alliances: Friends with all planets except Mars.

Week Day: Thursday

Correspondence posts for the other planets: [Sun] [Moon] [Mercury] [Venus] [Mars] [Saturn]

#astrology #planets #jupiter #planetary #planetary magic #correspondences #magic #witchcraft #witchblr #astrology witch #magical correspondences #witches #witch community #witch #astro community #zodiac #zodiac signs #astroblr #astrology facts

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cedar-glade · 1 year

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Rainy day hike from early spring 2021 with @letsgetplanty, Clifton Gorge SNP, barren point rock, blue hole.

Gotta snap those hemispheric liverwort pictures

Reboulia hemisphaerica ,terminal archegonium doing their thing.

This thalloid liverwort is known for it’s aeration pores and oil cells being noticeable, oil cells being somewhat scattered and producing minute odors unlike hay scented liverwort which is very fragrant. This species is also known for being monoecious= mono is 1, ecium is house. referring to both of it’s reproductive elements being found on a single plant.

#reboulia hemisphaerica #reboulia #ohio #liverworts #H #botany

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jemichi90 · 1 year

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Liverworts, the first sign of new life in the spring here. I took these photos before my trip and now there are all kinds of flowers blooming, but these bright blue flowers popping up from places that look completely dead hold a special place in my heart. 💙

#flowers #plants #liverwort #hepatica #pennywort #kidneywort #Anemone hepatica #randomness

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lovesick-level-up · 2 years

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Ranpo Edogawa Flower Moodboard

anon requested: Ranpoe + 🌹, maybe? | part of our 100+ follower event (now ended)

feel free to use with credit! like or reblog if you save!

flowers have many meanings, but i picked these flowers for these meanings:

blue roses (mystery, attaining the impossible)

buttercup (childish)

camellia (unpretending excellence)

white columbine (folly)

liverwort (confidence)

#bungo stray dogs #bsd #bungo stray dogs edit #ranpo edogawa #bsd ranpo #moodboard #flower meanings #edit #fandom edit #edit blog #₍ᐢ..ᐢ₎ ~ our work #diluc ❤️

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melangle · 3 months

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HORNWORT

an odd hornwort that has more sporophyte matter than gametophyte matter, I can see how hornworts are closer to vascular plants, the amount of photosynthetic sporophyte material is much higher than for the liverworts and mosses

The hornwort is the central plant with lots of vertical stalks with blunt tips and a slight yellowing in places, the gametophyte of this hornwort was weird, the thallus not so much growing horizontal like most hornworts but more like many complex undulations that grew vertically upwards, it had the typical dark-blue-green of hornworts on the very tips of the thallus but bellow it was clear - white

#moss #hornwort #botany #bryophytes

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theroadtofairyland · 1 year

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Dancing Mania Of The Black Forest

Watercolor Black Cotton Paper

2023, 22"x 30"

Blue Liverwort, Anemone hepatica nobilis

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chris-mga2022mi5019 · 10 months

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🔵Research on the Blue hat | control | used for management and organization

“Fungi are absolutely remarkable chemists,” says McMaster University biochemistry professor Gerry Wright. Fungi produce molecules that humans still can’t reproduce in a lab, and we’re only beginning to scrape the surface of what we can learn from them.

Fungi drove evolution on land

Fungi were some of the first complex life forms on land, mining rocks for mineral nourishment, slowly turning them into what would become soil. In the Late Ordovician era, they formed a symbiotic relationship with liverworts, the earliest plants.

“Ultimately, fungi helped plants move away from being these marginal tiny little things on the water’s edge into large forests and entire ecosystems,” explains Katie Field, an associate professor in plant-soil interactions at the University of Leeds.

The fungi provided essential minerals for land plants that allowed them to spread and turn the planet green — changing the composition of the atmosphere.

Fungi were once the tallest life forms on the plant

Three hundred and sixty million years ago, in the Devonian era, there were no trees yet. The only animals living on land were invertebrates. But enormous fungi towered over the landscape. Prototaxites were megafungi that could be up to eight metres in height.

For over a hundred years after the discovery of the first Prototaxites fossils, scientists argued about whether they were fungi, trees, lichens or plants.

According to research by Dr. Francis Hueber of the Smithsonian, the Prototaxites met their end at the hands of evolving insects, who started using them as a source of food.

Fungi are part of the reason we exist

Roughly 65 million years ago, an asteroid strike would wipe out 70 percent of all life on Earth. But it wouldn’t happen all at once. The lack of sunlight that followed the asteroid impact meant that the plant life that didn’t die on impact would start to decay rapidly, creating the conditions for fungi to spread rapidly.

When that happened, mammals had one key advantage over cold-blooded reptiles, then the planet’s dominant life forms.

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thenon-floweringfairies · 11 months

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How the Forest Finds the Island

Growing Apart

"This one of yours, Hubae?" Si-woo spread his hands dramatically over a cluster of moist, green thalli.

"What? That's a liverwort, yaar," Askarya shouted at him across a gap between two boulders that, to them, might as well have been the Grand Canyon.

"What?" Si-woo hollered back.

"THATS. A. LIVERWORT. I GROW LICHEN! LICHEN!" Askarya cupped their hands to their mouth, generating an impressive echo but no recognition from Si-woo.

"Isn't that the same thing?!" The progymnosperm fairy watched as Askarya erupted into a stream of curses. He turned away with a shake of his head, calling, "Anyway, I wouldn't stay there if I were you, unless you fancy a soaking!"

"It's a perfectly blue sky!" Askarya folded their arms, returning their attention to the fungi. "Unbelievable."

Sen fluttered softly down beside Si-woo.

"What are you two, er, discussing now?"

"Just trying to figure out what this is," his friend replied, pointing out the liverwort.

"Oh, not one of ours anyway! That's a good sign!", sang Sen, his face flushed with pride. "If plants are establishing here independently, we've done our job!"

He examined the bryophyte quizzically.

"If you want to know what it is, I suggest talking to Nathair, he's so knowledgeable on these matters."

"Yeah, I used to wonder why he was so fascinated by plants besides his own, but his interests have helped me out a few times. Let's head to the fort."

Thunder rumbled, and Askarya screamed in frustration as they were drenched by a sudden downpour.

"Odd, I saw no hint of that on the way here." Sen twisted the hem of his robes. "I'd best go and fetch them."

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The fort was suspended in a dense stand of trees. Their growth had slowed since their initial, magical spurt, but they had rapidly matured all the same. Jess, busy as ever on the construction's upkeep, took a break from hauling new planks up to the canopy and waved at them. Askarya shook off the last drops of rainwater and waved back.

With Askarya clambering from his shoulders, Sen was about to launch into the air again when, unnoticed until now and leaning nonchalantly against a shoot, another fairy spoke.

"Gongsun."

Sen's spine stiffened. "Schuppenbaumer."

He faced the short and stocky chap. Older than Sen but still youthful looking, he wore his characteristically ragged jacket, pants and boots, his pointy tresses contouring his scalp.

"So ya finally made it, huh? Took ya long enough."

"I've been here years."

"What? Well, so have we. Longer, in fact. Reckon we were the first ones here after the mosses."

"Came with your family?", inquired Sen.

"Well, my old man's counting on me, yeah? Gotta put others first, y'know."

"Naturally."

"Why didn't you stop by before, Phonso, didn't you hear us singing?", interjected Si-woo.

"There's nothing we needed here," came the reply. "We have our own fort."

"Pragmatic as ever," Askarya mouthed to Si-woo.

"Really, better than this one?", teased Sen.

Phonso's crown quivered. "You should drop by and see it sometime. Built it in an old scale-tree trunk, Pa did, the first one he grew here. Two metres wide, impenetrable to anyone we don't want getting in, and furnished with all we could wish for." His eyes shone reverently.

"What are you preparing for, an invasion?!", Si-woo scoffed. "There's barely anyone here!"

"Times change," hummed Phonso knowingly. "We stand on the conception of a new biome, distinct from either realm. Where new opportunities arise, new challengers arrive to exploit them. I, for one, shan't be caught off guard."

Askarya muttered, "if this is something your parents have been telling you, they're more paranoid than a-"

They were cut off as Phonso hefted the spiked club he carried and swung it a few times, casually, but in a way that couldn't be ignored. "Not another word, fungus," he hummed, an almost amused look dancing across his face. Askarya had the sense to keep quiet.

Si-woo coughed and quickly asked Phonso, "So, er, if you have everything you need at your fort, what brings you here?"

"Oh, our librarian's been wanting to expand his repertoire, and he heard there's someone here who might help."

Sen's momentary confusion morphed into clarity. "You're not talking about-"

"Be right with you, Mister Schuppenbaumer!" a voice overhead announced.

All of them looked up as Nathair somersaulted off a high branch and parachuted gently down on his single wing. He nodded hello to Sen & friends before turning to Phonso.

"Ready to set off?"

"Yep. You… can actually fly, right?"

Nathair gave him a wink. "What you just witnessed represents the extent of my aerial aptitude."

"You're kidding. Blast it… okay, hop on, I guess."

"Much obliged, my good chap."

"Whoa whoa, hang on," Si-woo spoke up again. "You can't just take off with young master Quacey here, he's ours!"

Nathair smoothed back his pale hair. "I'm deeply touched, master Byun, but I already have a boyfriend."

Si-woo glared. "Not what I mean and you know it."

"Anyhow," continued the fern fairy, "Mam gave it the all clear and sure I'll only be gone a wee while."

"If we're done with goodbyes," prompted Phonso, and Nathair climbed smartly onto his back.

"Take care, dear friends!", he called, as they disappeared in a flap of Phonso's bristly wings.

"Fucking toff," fumed Askarya, fists balled up. "What, does he think I'm another of his sappy little servants?"

"Schuppenbaumer had no right to treat you like that. I should have spoken up for you," admitted Si-woo. "I'm sorry."

"It's fine, I would've hit him if you didn't step in when you did." Askarya let out a long, shaky breath. "Next time that swanky asshole shows his face he won't find me so easy to push around."

Sen left Si-woo and Askarya to catch up with the others at the fort and flew back to his longest-established ginkgo grove. On his approach, he saw something that made his little heart race.

The trees were coming into bloom!

He had made a few trips to this grove while he and his friends had been cultivating the granite fields. The first two trees, gifted with magic, were still vigorous, but their growth was beginning to slow. The smaller trees had yet to catch up, but were now large enough that Sen was confident he could leave them to fend for themselves. Normally it took two decades or more for ginkgos to begin producing fruit, but the two largest had hit this milestone a little early.

Sen landed softly in the upper branches, savouring the smell of ginkgo blossoms. He passed beneath one, reaching up to touch it gently, moving on to the next, and the next.

He relaxed in the treetops for a while, thinking. Even though these trees were maturing, there was little chance of them being fertilised without other adult trees nearby. Unless he could somehow get fresh pollen from an unrelated population, he'd just have to wait until the trees in Con and Wilbur's gulley reached this stage.

Something moved in the next tree. Sen sat up slowly, eyes widening in recognition. A jimmylegs, just like the one he'd seen years ago. Perhaps even the same individual, he had no idea how long they lived. The reptile was pecking at insect grubs beneath the bark, and Sen silently thanked it for its unintentional stewardship of his trees. Not noticing him, it opened the impressive wings on its legs and used its forelimbs to launch up and away.

Thinking back on their first encounter, Sen noted that he was still wearing the robes his friends had helped him weave that day. The silk had held up well, despite the unprofessional couture. Dust, water and sap had failed to destroy it, though it now barely even resembled clothing. Perhaps it was time for a change.

Sen snooped around for a few minutes, managing to snatch some silk from the insects and spiders disturbed by the jimmylegs before leaving the grove behind.

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Phonso didn't return with Nathair for months. Some of those at the fort worried about him, but Cullodena assured them her son was quite capable of fending for himself. So long as he had a secluded writing space, he really didn't care where he was.

Plants continued to propagate, more slowly away from the fort's magical nourishment, but steadily transforming the landscape nonetheless. The plains of rock and sand had all but disappeared as larger and larger species began to establish.

One day, Sen bade farewell to his friends, who were ogling some of the new additions to Kai's chemical lab, and flew south. He wanted to check on the ginkgos he had planted more recently. As he, Si-woo and Askarya had been breaking rocks, he had felt his power slowly increasing as the trees rose ever higher. He had only visited once or twice since they were sown, to gossip with Wilbur and Con, and was excited to see the plants' progress since.

The land was harsher here, on the cusp of being tamed, but still dominated by jutting stones and bare gravel. As Sen floated quietly into the gully, the atmosphere changed. The shape of the surrounding rock walls, and the plants growing within, had created their own microclimate.

Mosses coated the ground in a lush carpet. Ferns and lycophytes burst from every available crevice. Tree ferns, their spores probably drifting from those Aliwen had planted at the fort, were scrambling to spread above their neighbours. And above it all rose the ginkgos.

A golden grove, the first leaves falling, stood reflecting in the clear pool beneath. Sen landed at the water's edge and breathed deep of the cool, moist air. This proud stand of trees was young, yet it felt ancient, primordial. It felt like home.

Sen's breath rushed from his lungs in a joyous laugh and he took off running. His baggy robes billowed about his waist as he dashed straight for the water, his negligible weight allowing him to skip across the surface a few steps before diving under, and shooting up again in a shimmer of droplets, grinning from ear to ear. He glided back to shore and squeezed his clothes dry.

His heart at ease, he flitted from trunk to trunk, satisfied that they were all healthy. Their bark had been colonised by multifarious encrusting organisms, from fungi, to algae, to hornworts, to slime moulds, to things he couldn't even name.

Sen was stepping towards a patch of particularly interesting looking moss when he stopped short. Did it just move?

He stepped back abruptly as the moss peeled itself from the tree and revealed itself as the wings of a fairy even shorter than him. Barely more than a little boy, really, he blinked in surprise.

"Oh! Hi sir! Who are you!"

"Um," was all Sen could say for a second. He was unsure whether he should bow, and opted instead for ruffling the short, spiky moss that covered the kid's head. "Hey there. Sir, huh? My, what good manners you have! I'm Sen." He gave the boy a slightly awkward smile.

"I'm Gregor!" the moss boy replied. He looked about. "Are you here to see Con?"

"Oh! Well, if he's here, then yes!"

"He's with the others," chirped Gregor. "I just got tired and went for a lie down. Or up."

"The others?" wondered Sen, turning in the direction Gregor pointed. "Do you want to stay here or…"

"I'll show you!" offered Gregor, hopping on the spot before taking Sen's hand and leading him briskly across the forest floor.

Passing under a fern and into a hollow on the forest floor, Sen came face to face with a much larger group than he'd been expecting. His knees suddenly felt weak as they turned in unison to scrutinise him.

Inhaling through his nose, he calmed himself and stepped forth.

"Sen!" Wilbur called, spying him quickly. "Been a while, mon."

"Sorry. Work and all," mumbled Sen, but the other fairy wasn't put out.

"No problem, none at all, I know how it is," Wilbur reassured him, and gestured to the crowd. "I'm sure you know everyone here?"

Sen flushed in panic. "If-if-if I have to be honest, I'm having trouble putting names to faces."

"Big tree fairy thinks he's too high and mighty for us little cryptogams?", tutted Wilbur, nudging Sen, who rolled his eyes in exasperation. "Nah mon, I'm just messing, come here and I'll introduce you."

Wilbur led Sen, with Gregor trailing behind, rapidly through the crowd, telling him the names of the diverse bryophytes assembled there. Sen had trouble keeping up, and the names began to blur into each other. Yuval, Shane, Friso, Theodore, Viktor, Phoebe, Gaius, Elmer, Roy, Claude…

They finally reached Con, who was looking mildly harassed and attempting to separate two kids, a boy and girl.

"How's the babysitting going?" Inquired Wilbur, chipper as ever.

"Think your turn is overdue," grumbled Con, picking up the little boy and seating him on one broad shoulder.

"Ah, my friend, I still have to attend to our guests!" Wilbur produced a bowl of his moss punch as if from nowhere. "I'll take over as soon as I'm done!"

"I can do that for you," smiled Sen, receiving a grateful look from Con and a cup of punch from Wilbur. The fern fairy high-fived Gregor as he left. "Keep an eye on your cousins for me, bwoy."

As the crowd drank, laughed and held forth on their propagation successes, Sen and Con sat down on a flat-topped toadstool with the kids.

"Wanna say hi?" Con gently prompted. The pair were silent for a while, avoiding eye contact with Sen, but with an encouraging nod from Con they spoke up.

"I'm Shannon," mumbled the girl, even tinier than Gregor.

"My name's Lee," said the boy, who appeared to be the eldest.

"Good to meet you, Shannon and Lee," answered Sen, shaking Lee's hand as the lad extended his arm in an exaggeratedly formal way that got a grin from Con.

As the kids hopped off the mushroom and dashed through the leaf litter, Sen raised an eyebrow.

"Any idea who they're related to?"

"Don't think they have no family beyond each other," mused Con. "I reckon there's an adaptive radiation of mosses going on. Young'uns I've never before seen have been showing up in the last few million years."

Sen pondered this. "Could it be climate driven? This island is changing everything, we could all feel it even in Epiphyllia."

"And not only Epiphyllia. This will reach worldwide, to Laurelland too."

Sen went misty eyed. Laurelland. Terra recessa. The last time he or anyone he knew had walked that continent was over one hundred million years ago. An unfathomably long time, even by fairy standards. The ever-restless earth had split their beloved Pangaea in twain. One drifted east and one west. At first it was so easy to fly between the departing continents that nobody had thought twice about it. But in a geological heartbeat, Laurelland was so far behind the horizon that even the strongest fliers would not dare a crossing.

There were fairies there, of course there were. Wherever plants grew, fairies arose to tend them. But who or what they might be like was anyone's guess. Most fairies had opted to stay on what was now Epiphyllia. Only a few had departed with Laurelland, and what became of them, who could say? Belek had nearly been among them, but at the last moment had decided that being with their family was the most important thing of all. Sen would remember that day forever.

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LoL HC - Saving Zaun - Subterranean Flora & Fungi

This is a list of cave-dwelling plants & fungi that could be used to create a more diverse cave-dwelling ecosystems for Zaun.

Plants that grow specifically in caves are called Speleophytes.

There are 4 types of plants that can grow in caves.

1. Speleophytes: These are plants that grow in caves & are adapted to low light levels. Speleophytes rely on nutrients from organic matter that accumulates in the cave, rather than photosynthesis, to survive. Examples include some species of ferns, mosses, & fungi.

2. Epiphytes: These are plants that grow on the surface of other plants, rather than in soil. Some epiphytes, such as some species of orchids, bromeliads, & ferns, are able to grow in the humid environments found in some caves.

3. Lithophytes: These are plants that grow on rocks or cliffs, rather than in soil. Some lithophytes, such as some species of ferns, mosses, & lichens, are able to grow in the moist, shaded environments found in some caves.

4. Bryophytes: This is the informal group name for mosses, liverworts & hornworts. They are non-vascular plants, which means they have no roots or vascular tissue, but instead absorb water & nutrients from the air through their surface (e.g., their leaves). These plants grow near cave entrances.

Dwarf Fortress:

Plump Helmet (Fungi) = Wet & Dry - Spring, Summer, Autumn, & Winter - Food.

Pig Tail (???) = Wet & Dry - Summer & Autumn - Weave & Paper = A plant that corkscrews up from the ground, resembling the tail of a pig, thus its name. Used to make thread, cloth, & paper.

Cave Wheat (Wheat) = Wet & Dry - Summer & Autumn - Cooking = A variety of grain that grows underground. Can be milled into flour.

Sweet Pod (Bean) = Wet & Dry - Spring & Summer - Sugar, Syrup, Rum, & Food = Works similarly to soy beans in that they put nutrients back into the ground. A sort of sweet bean. Can be prossessed into sugar, syrup, brewed into rum, ect.

Quarry Bush (Nut) = Wet & Dry - Spring, Summer, & Autumn - Food & Soap = The leaves & nuts are stone gray with the whole thing, including the leaves & nuts, being vaguely shaped like the clubs playing card suit. Leaves are great filler & easy on space while nuts are edible & can also make Rocknut Oil. Oil can be used in place of tallow to create soap.

Dimple Cup (Dye Flower) = Wet & Dry - Spring, Summer, & Autumn - Midnight Blue Dye = A dark blue, cave-dwelling flower that grows close to the ground. Flower has 4 large petals.

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Stardew Valley:

Cave Carrot (Root Vegetable) = Wet & Dry - Year Round - Food = A brown, cave-dwelling tuber. Great for improving darkvision. A miner's best friend.

Fairy Rose (Magic Flower) = Wet & Dry - Spring - Ambiance & Honey = A magical, pink rose. One of the foundational flowers needed to create Arcana Honey & Arcana Royal Jelly (made when bees use Fairy Roses, Bluemist Flowers, & Red Magic Flowers to create honey). Not native to Zaun, but could, theoretically, be cultivated in the Promenade provided pollution has been reduced.

Sweet Gem Berry = Wet & Dry - Fall - Food = A shiny, red Berry. By far the sweetest thing you'll ever smell. Delicious & extremely sweet. Extremely rare & expensive. Not native to Zaun, but could, theoretically, be cultivated in the Promenade provided pollution has been entirely gotten rid of. - It is a relative of the Miracle Berry, being sweet, but tasting like bland peaches & after eating it, sour foods turn sweet.

Ancient Fruit = A previously extinct, blue fruit with a spiral from millenia ago. A seed was mined up from Zaun's depths recently & botanists have been trying to revive it. While technically native to Zaun, it only grows on the Promenade & requires that the pollution has been entirely gotten rid of. - Tastes like a mix of cantaloupe melon & guava with a texture not dissimilar to a peach. Or if you've never tried those, it tastes like apple, honey, strawberry, & vanilla. Meaning it is unique, juicy, sweet, tender, & almost universally pleasant.

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Harvest Moon:

Pontata Root (Medicinal Root) = Wet & Dry - Year Round - Medicine = A thick, light brownish root. Has strong, medicinal benefits. Bitter.

Moondrop Flower (Flower) = Wet & Dry - Spring - Ambiance = Not native to Zaun, but could, theoretically, be cultivated in the Promenade provided pollution has been reduced.

Bluemist Flower (Magic Flower) = Wet & Dry - Spring & Winter - Ambiance & Honey = A blue, magical flower. One of the foundational flowers needed to create Arcana Honey & Arcana Royal Jelly (made when bees use Fairy Roses, Bluemist Flowers, & Red Magic Flowers to create honey). Not native to Zaun, but could, theoretically, be cultivated in the Promenade provided pollution has been reduced.

Red Magic Flower (Magic Flower) = Wet & Dry - Summer & Fall - Ambiance & Honey = A red, magical flower. One of the foundational flowers needed to create Arcana Honey & Arcana Royal Jelly (made when bees use Fairy Roses, Bluemist Flowers, & Red Magic Flowers to create honey). Not native to Zaun, but could, theoretically, be cultivated in the Promenade provided pollution has been reduced.

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Minecraft:

Spore Blossoms (Ceiling Flower) = Wet & Dry - Year Round - Ambiance = Large flowers that grow on the ceiling. They spread glowing green spores. Is just very pretty & atmospheric. Firelights love them.

Glow Berries (Fruit) = Wet & Dry - Spring & Summer - Food = A type of cave-dwelling, ceiling vines that grow clusters of glowing, yellow berries. They need no direct sunlight, but prefer areas where water is found above them, on the surface, & leaks through the ceiling of the cave to drip down. Due to the presence of the River Pilt, these grow very well in Zaun. - They are very juicy with a grape-like skin & a tender, peach-like texture inside, with ovular, edible seeds & containing lots of vitamin D. It tastes like gooseberries & lilac. So, a tart grape flavor with a lemon-like sharpness & subtle sweetness that comes across like tropical fruit. It's flavor being like pineapple, cherry tomato, strawberry, & fig with a hint of lilac.

Dripleaf (Water Plant) = Wet - Year Round - Ambiance = Grows directly in water & actively cleans it. Long stalks that grow up to hang over the water with large leaves at the tops & hang over the water.

Shimmerleaf (Magic Flower) = Dry & Wet - Summer - Magic = A shinning, blue pompom-like flower.

Cinderpearl (Magic Flower) = Dry & Wet - Summer - Magic = A bright, orange, pompom-like flower.

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Blinkroot = Grows the fastest of any herb. Lives underground. Gives off light, but only shines when the flower blooms, which it does irregularly, thus blinking. Can grow anywhere underground. - Most commonly used in potions dealing with sight. Either motion or the consumer's sight or other's ability to see the consumer.

Daybloom = A bright, yellow flower that usually grows during the day. (Only on the Promenade after the pollution has been reduced enough to let the sun & moon shine through.) - Most commonly used in potions dealing with the sun, safety, protection, & health.

Deathweed = A droopy, purple & gray herb that appears as a short, withered stalk. Deathweed blooms during a Blood Moon or a Full Moon at night. (Only on the Promenade after the pollution has been reduced enough to let the sun & moon shine through.) - Most commonly used in potions dealing in combat.

Fireblossom = Fireblossom is a type of herb which appears as a small, magma-colored flower. It grows underground & near exposed lava. Will bloom when the sun is setting, from 3:45 pm to 7:30 pm, unless it is raining. They require that they are at least partially submerged in lava to bloom, but will bloom any time of day once they are submerged. - Most commonly used in potions dealing with fire or heat.

Moonglow = Moonglow is a type of Herb which appears as a bent stalk with a drooping blue-white flower. It typically grows in the jungle. Moonglow only blooms at night, emitting its small pearls of blue-white light. (Only on the Promenade after the pollution has been reduced enough to let the sun & moon shine through.) - Most commonly used in potions dealing with the moon, utility, magic, & finding things.

Shiverthorn = Shiverthorn is a type of herb that grows naturally on snow & ice blocks of any type. Always bloom after a period of growth, & unlike other herbs, remain bloomed permanently thereafter. Fully grown Shiverthorn emits a glowing particle effect. (Only on the Promenade during winter.) - Most commonly used in potions dealing with ice, cold, or feeling; whether emotional, tactile, or other forms of sensations.

Waterleaf = Waterleaf is a type of herb which appears as a very small, aqua-colored sprout. It can be found growing on sand, pearlsand, silt, or gravel. It will only bloom once fully grown & when it is raining or snowing. While blooming, its appearance will change, becoming larger & speckled with aqua leaves. A blooming Waterleaf will also emit little globes of water. Note that it does not need to be raining or snowing directly on the plant in order for it to bloom: rain or snow simply needs to occur. It is required to be at least partially submerged in water before they bloom & drop seeds. (Can be grown on the Promenade or in the lower levels.) - Most commonly used in potions dealing with water, swimming, & liquids.

Mushroom Logs only work on the Promenade, but all mushrooms can grow on mycelium regardless of location.

Illumushroom = A glowing mushroom that grows specifically on mycelium or caves. Luckily, Zaun is ideal for mushroom caves, which makes it perfect for mushroom gardening. Commonly used in potions dealing with light.

Vile Mushroom = Can grow on any corrupted layer.

Vicious Mushroom = Can grow on any Crimson Layer.

Green Mushroom = Can grow in the underground or in caverns.

Teal Mushroom = Can grow in the underground or in caverns.

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Dragon Quest: Builders 2

Vineapples (native name: Vinnáréva - vee-na-re-va) (Fruit) = Wet & Dry - Year Round - Food & Alcohol = A subterranean-growing wall vine that grows a round, wine-colored, juicy fruit that's exceptionally good for brewing. Grows in shade. Also called "Caveclimber Grapes" or "Spelunker's Apples."

Shineapples (native name: Jablesko - ya-bles-ko) (Fruit) = Wet & Dry - Year Round - Food & Alcohol = A variety of Vineapple that shines blue in the dark due to growing in complete darkness. Even better for brewing than Vineapples. More difficult to cultivate than regular Vineapples & takes more finesse to work with.

Frogstool (Fungus) = Wet - Year Round - Medicine = A poisonous, purple toadstool that's useful in medicines.

Glumgus (Fungus) = Wet - Fall & Winter - Food = A glowing, blue mushroom. High quality & delicious, but difficult to cultivate.

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Slime Rancher:

Pomagranite Mushtree (Mushroom Fruit) = Wet & Dry - Fall & Winter - Food = A giant, striped, pink & light blue, tree-like mushroom. From the cap, dark purple 'pomegranates' with rock-like formations at the bottom grow. A favorite of cave-dwelling fruit bats. The 'pomegranates' are not true fruit. They are more akin to Jackfruit, being growths.

Stoneheart Beets = Wet & Dry - Spring, Fall, & Winter - Food & Sugar = Beets that are a gray color with a tough outer skin, but a soft, supple, wine-colored inside. Can be made into sugar or cooked. Inspired by Heartbeets.

Water Cabbage = Wet - Year Round - Food = A blue, cabbage or lettuce-looking seaweed that lives on watery lake & riverbeds. Savory & somewhat fishy tasting. Good for making soup stock or making wraps when cave wheat stocks are down. Reminiscent of miso or nori. The leaves themselves are slightly iridescent.

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League of Legends:

Cavernberries = Wet & Dry - Spring & Summer - Food = A type of Zaunite native edible plant species. They are used to make juice. (Original Ideas: Grows on a bush with greenish-black leaves. The berries themselves are dark blue & aggregate like raspberries. Grows from pink flowers like Clerodendrum trichotomum.)

Piltover Shaddock = Wet & Dry - Spring, Summer, & Fall - Food = Native to Piltover, it shares a name with the real-world Pomelo, a large bitter-sweet fruit with a thick rind. Gangplank's 6 Citrus Courier is indifferent to these. The etymology of the name of these fruit on Runeterra is unknown, as the name 'Shaddock' actually comes from the name of the captain who introduced the Pomelo to Barbados. (Original Ideas: While not native to the Undercity, it grows in Piltover &, thus, could theoretically grow in the Promenade provided pollution has been reduced.)

Puffcap = Wet - Year Round - Poison & Traps = A poisonous mushrooms that grow in the toxic sewers of Zaun. Puffcaps have are green in color, with purple, red, or pink polka dots. They can grow to immense sizes. These poisonous mushrooms are very dangerous for consumption, as they would give the consumer hallucinations. With enough consumed, can result in death. They are also very volatile, seemingly being able to explode. Their spores & odors are able to poison & kill most of its victims. Puffcaps are used for a giant underground black market where they are collected by Whumps & brought back to the 4 Chump Whump Yordle or the 3 Puffcap Peddler for further trade.

Medicinal Elasticas = Wet & Dry - Spring, Summer, & Fall - Tubes = A type of plant native to the island city of Fallgren. Its natural elastic properties are used for creating Zaunite tubes. (Original Ideas: While not native to Zaun, it's used frequently enough there that I wouldn't doubt that a business-savy botanist might try to find a way to cultivate them for a profit.)

Honeyfruit = Wet - Spring & Summer - Food & Medicine = A green plant with furling limbs much like fiddlehead ferns. They grow edible, green, aggregate fruit. Native to Summoner's Rift & can be seen harvested near the city of Palcyff. Its healing properties are also used for medicinal purposes such as Health Potions. Being a semi-aquatic plant, it can be seen on the shores of rivers, lakes, & other bodies of fresh water. (Original Ideas: Not native to Zaun, but could, theoretically, be cultivated in the Promenade provided pollution has been reduced.)

Scryer's Bloom = Dry & Wet - Spring & Summer - Tea = A teal stem with a blue, orb-like flower. It has magical properties, used for clairvoyance. (Original Ideas: When made into a special tea, Scryers & Soothsayers' abilities are temporarily amplified. If processed correctly, can also temporarily impart True Sight or increased intuition upon the imbiber; extremely difficult & complicated. Not native to Zaun, but could, theoretically, be cultivated in the Promenade provided pollution has been reduced.)

Duskpetal = Dry & Wet - Spring, Summer, & Fall - Sleep Tea = Purple & pink flowers that give off a faint magical blue light with a purple stem & leaves that grow on edges of cliffs on Mount Targon. They only bloom at night, during a full moon. The fragrance of the Duskpetal is said to be sweet & unique, but fleeting, as the flower is as delicate as moonlight itself. It's said that only the Lunari have the knowledge and the skill to harvest them safely. They use the dust of a Duskpetal to magically enhance their weapons. (Original Ideas: While only the Lunari can use Duskpetals for their intended purpose, outsiders have discovered that when made into a tea, they are effective as a somnolent. Though not native to Zaun, they could potentially be cultivated on the Promenade provided pollution has been reduced.)

Naap = Dry & Wet - Spring, Summer, & Fall - Food = A type of edible plant native to the areas around Rokrund. Its roots, having a similar appearance to onions & carrots, are used for baking. (Original Ideas: Though not native to Zaun, they could potentially be cultivated on the Promenade provided pollution has been reduced.)

Serpentleaf = Dry & Wet - Summer - Poison & Medicine = A type of predatory flower native to the Nistaram Forest of Galrin. The flowers lure insects with its scent & color. Some animals have adapted an immunity to the flowers poisons, eating it from the inside when its leaves close. Serpentleaf poultice, if properly made, is used as an effective healing agent that dulls the pain but not the mind. If the flower isn't picked properly, its leaves are poisonous. (Original Ideas: Though not native to Zaun, they could potentially be cultivated on the Promenade provided pollution has been reduced.)

Pearl of the Moon = A type of flower found on the Shuriman Continent. Sold in the markets of Kumangra, their distinct scent is heavily sought after by flower collectors. Shuriman folk tales tell that if a person hung some Pearls of the Moon over their hearth, it would protect them from dangers such as the Voidborn. (Original Ideas: If properly processed into a medicine, could feasibly be used to help negate the mutation effects of Shimmer. Though not native to Zaun, they could potentially be cultivated on the Promenade provided pollution has been reduced. I imagine that they resemble Anouska Roselilies, but with pearlescent coloring & only blooms at night.)

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Original Ideas:

Cancerian Apples (Water Fruit) = Wet - Spring, Summer, & Fall - Food = A 'tree' that lives in water & grows like seaweed or kelp with a thick trunk that splits into vine-like limbs. At the end of each limb is a bunch of lilypad-like leaves, the topmost of which floating on the surface of the water. On these leaves grow apple-like fruits that are shaped vaguely like rounded, cartoonish crabs. Jokingly called Crapples.

Lantern Trees (Lucernový Strom, pronounced loo-ter-no-vee strom) (Bioluminescent Pear Tree) = Wet & Dry - Spring, Summer, & Fall - Food & Light = A cyan, bioluminescent, subterranean tree that grows large, upside-down, flame pink or pink-orange, gloriosa lily-like flowers that eventually turn into Lanternfruit (Zářícívoce, pronounced za-shee-tee-vo-tse). The leaves only glow before the lantern flowers bloom & fruit grow; afterwards, only the flowers & fruit glow. When the leaves do glow, it's so light that it's barely noticeable except in the deep dark. Due to there being less surface area & thus more energy for fewer things, the fruit & flowers glow much brighter than the leaves. Lanternfruit can be yellow or green, always with dark green stripes, are pear-shaped, & delicious. - Lanternfruit can be yellow or green, always with dark green stripes, are pear-shaped, & delicious with a firm, crisp, & buttery texture inside. They taste like a mix of a Concorde pear & kiwi. So, their flavor is slightly acidic, filled with sweetness with a hint of tanginess & spice. A bit like a mix of apples, honey, pineapples, & strawberries with a hint of cinnamon.

Robustica Flower (Tea Flower) = Wet & Dry - Spring & Summer - Caffeine = This white flower is high in caffeine &, when the leaves are dried, roasted, & ground before being boiled, you get the best effect. Its leaves & stem are dark orange. Each cup has 200 milligrams of caffeine. Only grows on the Promenade.

Labyrinth Maize (Starch) = Wet & Dry - Spring & Summer - Food = A type of hybridized corn that grows more like nuts, the husk being harder & acting as a shell. As a result the kernels inside are more tender, but have a heartier flavor. Interestingly, if you look at the cobs, they have gaps between that form winding mazes. A common food for kids as they try to figure out how to navigate the mazes. Eating the corn is their prize for doing so. As a type of corn, it actively cleans the soil it's planted in.

Trench Potatoes (Root Vegetable) = Wet & Dry - Fall & Winter - Food = Just a variety of bronze-looking potato that can grow in caves.

Geode Pumpkin (Gourd) = Wet & Dry - Summer & Fall - Food = A stone gray gourd with dark grey vines & leaves that grows in caves. Has a hard outer shell, but soft, gooey, purple innards & hard, dark purple, rock-like seeds. Like an amethyst geode.

Bail Rice (Grain) = Wet - Spring & Summer - Food = A crossbred rice plant that grows in the Wastes, a swampland to the south-western edge of the city of Zaun. The grains are pinkish in color.

Mléčná Houba (pronounced mai-ch-na ho-ba) (Fungus) = Wet - Spring, Summer, & Fall - Food = Also called Milk Mushrooms. They have short stems with large, round, wide, brown caps with white splotches on them. Has a creamy flavor. Can be processed into a mild milk substitute high in calcium. Has a slightly earthy, mildly mushroomy undertone. The milk is slightly brownish in color.

Fissure Tomatoes (Tomato) = Wet - Spring & Summer - Food = Bright orange, subterranean tomatoes on teal vines.

Chasmcorn (Peppercorn) = Wet & Dry - Summer & Fall - Seasoning = A type of green peppercorn that grows underground. Resembles a heap of moss at first glance.

Kayn's Crypt Pepper (Pepper) = Dry - Year Round - Spice = (Also called a Zaunite Reaper or Ashen Wrath or Scorchleaf Pepper) Pepper plant that's the color of char, the edges of the leaves glow a white-orange as if burning. The peppers are a dark purple. Grows near lava pools. The peppers are used to make Struchkovet, which is basically purple cayenne powder. The leaves can be used to create a heat resistant balm.

Čokoláda Lanýž (pronounced 'choco-lah-dah lah-neesh,' literally translates to chocolate truffle) (Fungus) = Wet - Spring, Fall, & Winter - Food = A variety of truffle with a rich, dark chocolate-y flavor & earthy, mushroomy undertones. Also called Chocolate Cave Truffles. Used to make Čokoládanýž (choco-lah-dah-neesh), or Zaunite Chocolate, which is a chocolate substitute. Can also be used to make Chocolate Truffle Oil.

Solarishroom (Fungi) = Wet & Dry - Year Round - Lighting & Food = A yellow, spotted mushroom that shines brightly in the dark. The first were said to have grown from the tears of the Golden Sister, reinforced by the fact that they are proven to be infused with sun magic & give off sunlight. Full of vitamin D. So much so that it takes a special process to prepare them to be safe for consumption. Without said process, one could easily die of radiation poisoning. However, it is delicious. Having a very bright & warm, comforting flavor. Retains a mushroomy taste, but somehow isn't as earthy as other fungi. Too much at once, however, can make you sick.

Noctruffle (Fungi) = Wet & Dry - Summer & Fall - Somnolent = A green, yellow, & blue mushroom that gives off a soothing scent. Tastes & smells faintly of lavender, chamomile, & honey. Both the scent & meat of the mushroom is potently somnolent in nature & if you're not careful with how much you eat, it could send you into a sleep so deep you never wake up. Only the scent of the Mawkap can counter its effects.

Mawkap (Fungi) = Wet & Dry - Summer & Fall - Smelling Salts & Laxative = A horrendously virose orange mushroom with a yellow top. So putrid is it that it easily acts as a natural smelling salt. Has a vile taste & should never be eaten under any circumstances. Will cause violent nausea & vomiting to the point of internal bleeding. Can easily kill you if you don't act quickly enough & it won't be a pleasant death either. On the other hand, a tiny amount acts as a damn good laxative.

Cragplant (Aubergine) = Wet & Dry - Spring & Summer - Food = A brown, cave-dwelling eggplant.

Sump Yam (Root Vegetable) = Wet & Dry - Fall & Winter - Food = A copper, cave-dwelling sweet potato.

Shallot Root (Root Vegetable) = Wet & Dry - Spring & Summer - Food = A root vegetable that tastes much like shallots or leeks. A dark, almost black, shade of teal.

Abysmal Garlic (Garlic) = Wet & Dry - Fall & Winter - Food = A black garlic with a deeper, darker, more mature flavor than surface garlic when cooked right. The downside is that it's more pungent too.

Žebro Kapustazelí (pronounced jebro ka-pu-sta-ze-li) (Leafy Vegetable) = Wet & Dry - Fall & Winter - Food = A leafy green-type vegetable that tastes like a mix between cabbage, lettuce, & kale. Is slightly bioluminescent. The leaves being dark violet, but the stem gives off a faint, lilac light. This makes the leaves look like they have an illuminated skeleton. Highly nutritious. Colloquially called Skeleton Cabbukale.

Skořikaštan (pronounced sko-ree-kash-tan) (Nut Tree) = Wet & Dry - Fall & Winter - Spice = A variety of nut tree. Its nuts, when roasted, give off an unsweetened cinnamony smell & taste, if also chestnutty. Colloquially called Mock Cinnamon or Cinnanuts. Are typically roasted & ground into a fine powder called Skořichový (pronounced sko-ree-ho-vee) or Cinnanut Powder. When mixed with pod or beet sugar, it's instead called Sweet Skořichový or Cinnanut Sugar.

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Spelunker's Nettle (Pilea metallicus) (Nettle) = Wet & Dry - Spring, Summer, & Fall - Purifying = The first successful attempt to hybridize a phytoremedial speleophytal plant. A crossbreed of the Ionian Money Plant (Pilea peperomioides) & the Cave-Dwelling Nettle (Pilea cavernicola).

Note: To crossbreed plants, both need to be of the same genus.

Most real world plants that can be found in caves are called sciophytes, meaning they live at the entrances of caves, so these would live on Zaun's higher levels.

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Real Plants that can live underground:

Saxifrage

Wood Sorrel

Herb Robert

Ivy

Maidenhair Spleenwort

Liverwort

Brittle Bladder-Ferns

Hart's Tongue Ferns

Dog Violet

Cave-Dwelling Nettle

Various mosses & ferns

Real Mushrooms that can live underground:

Champignons

Hen-of-the-woods

Oyster Mushrooms

Sulphur Shelf Mushrooms

Types of Root Vegetables:

Yams, beets, parsnips, turnips, rutabagas, carrots, yuca, kohlrabi, onions, garlic, celery root (or celeriac), horseradish, daikon, turmeric, jicama, Jerusalem artichokes, radishes, and ginger.

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