Changes: Knotgrass

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"This is the most complicated potion I've ever seen. Lacewing flies, leeches, fluxweed, and knotgrass. Well, they're easy enough."

— Hermione Granger on the Polyjuice Potion ingredients^[src]

Knotgrass is a plant with magical proprieties. It is used in potion-making, and is an essential ingredient in the making 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]
In the GBA version of Chamber of Secrets, this is instead received from a Venomous Tentacula.

Appearances

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) (Mentioned only)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Mentioned only)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter (Mentioned on a bottle)
The Road to Hogwarts Sweepstakes
Pottermore

Notes and references

↑ 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)
↑ Pottermore - The Polyjuice Potion - J.K. Rowling's Thoughts

[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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 *Ingredient in 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}}
+{{Quote|This is the most complicated [[potion]] I've ever seen. Lacewing flies, leeches, fluxweed, and knotgrass. Well, they're easy enough.|[[Hermione Granger]] on the [[Polyjuice Potion]] ingredients|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets}}
-'''Knotgrass''' is a plant with magical proprieties. It is used in [[potion|potion-making]], being an essential ingredient of the [[Polyjuice Potion]] and in the brewing of alcoholic beverages such as [[Knotgrass Mead]].
+'''Knotgrass''' is a plant with [[magic]]al proprieties. It is used in [[potion|potion-making]], and is an essential ingredient in the making of the [[Polyjuice Potion]] and in the brewing of [[alcohol]]ic 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 [[Rubeus Hagrid|Hagrid]] were approached by the [[Forbidden Forest Centaur colony|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.<ref>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)</ref>
+*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>
+*In the GBA version of [[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)|Chamber of Secrets]], this is instead received from a [[Venomous Tentacula]].
 ==Appearances==
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 *''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)]]''
 *''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' {{Mention}}
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''
 *''[[The Wizarding World of Harry Potter]]'' {{Comment|Mentioned on a bottle}}
 *''[[The Road to Hogwarts Sweepstakes]]''
+*''[[Pottermore]]''
+==Notes and references==
+{{Reflist}}
+[[pl:Rdest ptasi]]
 [[Category:Plants]]
 [[Category:Potion ingredients]]