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'''Knotgrass''' is a plant with magical proprieties. It is used in [[potion|potion-making]], being an essencial ingredient of the [[Polyjuice Potion]] and in the brewing of alcoholic beverages such as [[Knotgrass Mead]].
  
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{{Quote|This is the most complicated [[potion]] I've ever seen. Lacewing flies, leeches, fluxweed, and knotgrass. Well, they're easy enough.|[[Hermione Granger]] about the [[Polyjuice Potion]] ingredients, including knotgrass.|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets}}
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'''Knotgrass''' is a plant with [[magic]]al proprieties. It is used in [[potion|potion-making]], being an essential ingredient of the [[Polyjuice Potion]] and in the brewing of [[alcohol]]ic beverages such as [[Knotgrass Mead]].
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Knotgrass can be found growing in the [[Forbidden Forest]]. [[Harry Potter]] and [[Hermione Granger]] struggled through a patch of it on their way back from their first meeting with [[Grawp]], just before they and [[Rubeus Hagrid|Hagrid]] were approached by the [[Forbidden Forest Centaur colony|centaurs]].
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==Behind the scenes==
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*Knotgrass may refer to several species of the ''Polygonum'' genus found in England and Europe. It is most likely ''Polygonum aviculare,'' which was believed to halt the growth of animals and was mentioned as such in the works of Shakespeare.<ref>Grieve, Margaret, and Maud Grieve. A modern herbal:
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the medicinal, culinary, cosmetic and economic properties, cultivation and folk-lore of herbs, grasses, fungi, shrubs, & trees with all their modern scientific uses. Courier Dover Publications, 1976. (http://books.google.com/books?id=KgfHxvGFHAoC&pg=PA458&lpg=PA458&dq=knotgrass+shakespeare++britain+polygonum&source=bl&ots=D-xme2veOy&sig=rJo-wf_IY2CKqYPa2S7ylAO9frk&hl=en&ei=HRg3TvmIJo6ugQey_MmCDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBsQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false)</ref>
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*The use of knotgrass in the Polyjuice Potion was chosen by [[J. K. Rowling]] to represent "being tied to another person".<ref>[http://www.pottermore.com/en/book2/chapter12/moment2/polyjuice-potion/2 Pottermore - The Polyjuice Potion - J.K. Rowling's Thoughts]</ref>
   
 
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)]]''
  
*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' {{Mention}}
  
*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' {{Mention}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''
 
*''[[The Wizarding World of Harry Potter]]'' {{Comment|Mentioned on a bottle}}
  
*''[[The Wizarding World of Harry Potter]]'' {{Comment|Mentioned on a bottle}}
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*''[[The Road to Hogwarts Sweepstakes]]''
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*''[[Pottermore]]''
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[[Category:Potion ingredients]]

Revision as of 19:57, 20 December 2012

"This is the most complicated potion I've ever seen. Lacewing flies, leeches, fluxweed, and knotgrass. Well, they're easy enough."
— Hermione Granger about the Polyjuice Potion ingredients, including knotgrass.[src]

Knotgrass is a plant with magical proprieties. It is used in potion-making, being an essential ingredient of the Polyjuice Potion and in the brewing of alcoholic beverages such as Knotgrass Mead.

Knotgrass can be found growing in the Forbidden Forest. Harry Potter and Hermione Granger struggled through a patch of it on their way back from their first meeting with Grawp, just before they and Hagrid were approached by the centaurs.

Behind the scenes

  • Knotgrass may refer to several species of the Polygonum genus found in England and Europe. It is most likely Polygonum aviculare, which was believed to halt the growth of animals and was mentioned as such in the works of Shakespeare.[1]
  • The use of knotgrass in the Polyjuice Potion was chosen by J. K. Rowling to represent "being tied to another person".[2]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Grieve, Margaret, and Maud Grieve. A modern herbal: the medicinal, culinary, cosmetic and economic properties, cultivation and folk-lore of herbs, grasses, fungi, shrubs, & trees with all their modern scientific uses. Courier Dover Publications, 1976. (http://books.google.com/books?id=KgfHxvGFHAoC&pg=PA458&lpg=PA458&dq=knotgrass+shakespeare++britain+polygonum&source=bl&ots=D-xme2veOy&sig=rJo-wf_IY2CKqYPa2S7ylAO9frk&hl=en&ei=HRg3TvmIJo6ugQey_MmCDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBsQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false)
  2. ↑ Pottermore - The Polyjuice Potion - J.K. Rowling's Thoughts
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