HOL Ravenclaw

After the last potions ingredient task, your group is joined by your Herbology professor. Together, the two teachers start to give you a deeper insight into some of the plants around the forest that can be used in many different potions.

"We are surrounded right at this moment, not only by beautiful parts of nature, but by some of the most useful potion ingredients. So many of these plants, even non-magical ones, can be used to help generate a range of magical effects when brewed together. Aconite, fluxweed, even the simple dandelion - all are used regularly by the most advanced potioneers. A personal favourite of mine is knotgrass - which you may have heard of as an ingredient in the Polyjuice or Invisibility Potions. Take a look around, see what plants you can identify as ingredients."

Task:
Complete this colouring page - https://postimg.cc/pyWcrjnc

Alternatively, in at least 100 words, describe your favourite plant.

This activity is worth 10 beans/sapphires, with an additional 10 beans/sapphires available if all Week Two tasks are completed by the due date. Everything is due at 11:59 pm HOL time on November 30th.

Posted on behalf of Lex Green.

If I had to choose a favorite plant, I'd go with lavender, though it is just a genus in general. It consists of about 47 species of flowering plants in the mint family, which is also known as Lamiaceae. They have a lovely smell, not only to us but to pollinators like butterflies and bees, meaning if you have the plant, you'll also get some visitors (whether they're wanted or not). The produced scent is regarded as distinctive and calming. Most species are native to the Mediterranean, eastern Africa, southern Asia, India, and the Canary Islands. However, they have been cultivated and are now grown worldwide for many of us to access.

My favourite plant is probably the Dahlia, as it has so many different varieties-there are 49 different species, and the plants come in almost every hue (except for blue).It is part of the Asteraceae family, which also includes daisies and sunflowers. It is a perineal plant with tuberous roots, though they are grown as annuals in some colder region-there tuberous nature means that they can survive periods of dormancy. Dahlias are native to Mexico and other South American countries, and were only known by the Aztecs and surrounding countries until the Spanish conquest, when they were brought to Europe.