Known location: near Fort hold
Growth form: root
Uses: medicinal herb, anodyne, for heart palpitations. Root is used in a powdered form.
Outside Info: All parts of this plant are toxic. The root is used externally for nerve- related pain. It is a sedative, painkiller, and anti-fever treatment. The plant grows to 1.5m with helmut-sheped voilet flowers in early summer.

Aconite: Aconitum spp. (Monk's hood, wolfsbane, etc.). The rhizome of this blue bell-flowered perennial may be dried, ground, and used to treat irregular heartbeats. A herbaceous perennial, two to four inches/five to ten centimeters tall, violet-blue flowers, three, four or five pod-like fruit capsules. Prefers mildly acid, moist, well-drained soil, cold to temperate-zones.
Fans of murder mysteries, particularly those with Medieval settings (such as Elis Peters's Brother Cadfael), and maybe Harry Potter fans, are undoubtedly already familiar with aconite under its more familiar common names, monk's hood and wolfsbane. And, its use in Moreta, Dragonlady of Pern or in Remus Lupin's wolfsbane potion notwithstanding, all members of this family are extremely toxic. There is no part of this plant that is safe to consume. In very minuscule amounts, Chinese herbalists and some Western medical practitioners use aconite as a cardiac depressant or in topical applications for joint pain, but the therapeutic dose and toxic dose are so close to each other that even in controlled professional medical situations it is a drug of last resort. It is even possible to absorb fatal doses through the skin. Never experiment with aconite at home!

Adonis

Uses: medicinal herb, anodyne, for heart palpitations.
Outside Info: Grows to 20cm. Has feathery leaves with bright yellow daisy-like flowering tops in spring. All parts of the plant are toxic, and the flowering tops contain seeds which contain sedatives and heart stimulants.

Adonis: Adonis spp. A member of the family Ranunculaceae (buttercups), decoctions are used as pain relievers, to ease the heart, and as an antiseptic wash. Adonis, like aconite, is a member of family Ranunculaceae, and like almost every member of that family is highly toxic. Even goldenseal can cause extreme damage when taken for an extended period. Adonis should only be used by medical professionals in highly controlled doses.

[Data submitted by Jennifer Quail]

Air vines

Known location: Paradise River

Alfalfa

Uses: medicinal, as a tea it is good for the stomach. diuretic.
Outside Info: Grows to 80cm. Has purple flowers and 3-part leavs. Leavs and sprouted seeds can be eaten in salads. It is an appetite stimulant for convalescents, and is used by Arabs as horse fodder to increase speed. It is also said to increase production of cow's milk. The seeds are used to make a yellow dye.

Almond

Growth form: tree
Known locations: Benden hold
Uses: edible nuts
Outside Info: Has dark bark, and rose to white flowers in early spring. The fixed oil from the kernel is used in cosmetics and as a base for some medicines.

Aloe

Uses: medicinal herb, for burns
Outside Info: The gel can be used in shampoo for dry, itchy scalp. It speeds cell regeneration and is 1st aid for small burns, cuts, chapped skin, sunburn, eczema, and dermatitis.

Ash (I)

Growth form: Tree
General habitat: 'higher reaches' (Dragonlovers guide)-hills/higher ground over the flat plains(?)
Uses: ash bark used medicinally, as a diuretic and febrifuge.
Outside Info: Because of the variety of trees called 'ash', it is difficult t

Ash: Fraxinus spp. Ash was one of the species of trees brought to Pern by the colonists. They were planted in the higher reaches [DLG1/II:15].
Medicinal use: The dried bark and leaves can be used in decoction as a diuretic. Ash is a tall, deciduous tree with smooth grayish bark and toothed-edge oblong leaves up to 3" long. The bark contains tannin, an astringent. It may or may not have diuretic properties. (The only sources still citing it as medicinal are the reprint of a 1931 herbal and a highly credulous book on the herbal arts, which also lists planetary alignments for plants.) Ash is more valuable as a lumber product, especially in shipbuilding (it's highly elastic) and furniture.

Asparagus

Uses: asparagus tinticure used (primarily in Weyrs) to stave off drunkedness. Also is a part of the 'killer cure' for hangovers.

Bamboo grasses (N)

Growth form: bamboo-like grassoid, triangular cross-section
Known locations: nerat hold, Southern hold
General habitat: marshy land
Uses: nerat: braid and twisted like wicker, used for furniture.| Southern: used as food
Misc.: light and strong. Southern:''…grow so swiftly that in the afternoon a kitchen auntie has to cut down stalks she planted in the morning, or they will be too tough to eat at dinner.'' (Dragonlovers)

Banana

Known locations: Boll

Barley

Uses: brewed as tea to combat symptoms of cystis (common complaint of female Dragonriders)
Outside Info: Grain is used for cereal, meal, bread, soups, and is used to brew beer, whiskey, and gin. Malt extract and barley foods aid convalescence and soothe internal passages. Germinated grain treats bronchitis. straw left to rot in pond water inhibits algae growth.

Basil

Uses: medicinal herb, antispasmodic
Outside Info: Grows in many forms. The essential oil scents soaps and perfumes, and is used to treat anxiety, headaches, respiratory problems, and aids concentration and digestion. An infusion of basil aids digestion and is a nerve tonic. The essential oil should be avoided during pregnancy. Basil can be used in salads.

Beachberry

Uses: edible, used in pies.

Beans (I,H)

Growth form: Earth beans Uses: food
Outside Info: Bean pods help reduce high blood pressure and regulate blood sugar metabolism.

Berries

Known location: Igen/Lemos forest
Uses: edible, can be made into jam. Berry wax can be made into candles.
Misc.: Berries are often talked about, but sometimes not noted which type they are.

Birch

Growth form: tree
Known location: Igen/Lemos forests

Blackberries

(I, same as black marshberries?)
Growth form: Earth blackberry bush
Known locations: High Reaches hold
Uses: fruit, made into brandy
Outside Info: Leaf decoction is a blood and skin tonic. A poultice of the leaf treats eczema. Fruits create a blue-grey dye, and the young shoots (with alum as a moderant) make a creamy fawn color.

Black marshberries

Known location: near Half-Circle Seahold
Uses: edible, large quantities could be pressed for oil

Blooming plant

Known location:Southern Boll
misc. info: Has fragrant pink blossoms tangling in clusters. Blooms in 'winter'. possibly year round.

Blueberry (I)

Growth form: Earth blueberry bush
Uses: fruit, most popular for bubbly pies

Borage, Borrago(?) (I,H)

Growth form: herb
Uses: medicinal and/or cooking herb, used for coughs
Outside Info: Grows to 60cm, with blue star-like flowers. The flowers can be used to decorate salads and cakes. The leavs flavor drinks and dips. A leaf and flower infusion is an adrenalin tonic for stress, depression, or cortisone and steroid treatment. It reduces fevers, dry coughs, dry skin rashes, and stimulates milk folow. Pressed seed oil can be used for menstural and irratible bowel problems, eczema, blood pressure, arthritis, and hangover. The flowers produce a nice pure blue for paints. Mix leaf with barley and bran in a small muslin bag and use in a bath to cleanse and soften skin.

Box

Uses: medicinal, diaphoretic

Bran

Brassicae

Known location: Nabol
Outside Info: Brassicae is part of the scientific name of a variety of plants commonly known as mustards. At one time, it may have been adopted as another name for mustard. Unfortunately, I do not remember which book had this term.

Bulge-nut

Known location: Igen/Lemos forest.
Uses: edible, large quantities can be made into bread.
Misc.: The acid from teh nut kills other undergrowth.

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