Key:
H=this plant is listed only in a historic manner, and may or may not currently exist on Pern. It can probably be safely assumed it still exists somewhere.
I=This plant is a known import to Pern from Earth
N=This plant is a known native to Pern
?=I was uncertain of the information, and made an educated guess.

 

[<<] Aconite (H)

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.

 

[<<] 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.

 

[<<] 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

 

[<<] 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, respitory 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 forrest.
Uses: edible, large quantities can be made into bread.
Misc.: The acid from teh nut kills other undergrowth.

 

[<<] Celery

Known location: Nabol

 

[<<] Cherries (I,H)

Growth form: Earth cherry

 

[<<] Citron

Growth Form: Large shrub or small tree
Uses: fruit (contains vitamin C). Used by Moreta as a hopeful preventitive.
Outside Info: Info on Citron can be found at http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/citron.html

 

[<<] Comfrey (H)

Known location: Fort Hold
Uses: medicinal herb, used for burns, coughs

Outside Info: Likes damp grasslands, river banks and woodlands. Oval, pointed leaf is marbled with green and yellow. Flowers range from blue to pink to white, and bloom in spring. The plants grow to 120cm. The leaf contains vitamins and minerals that speeds cell renewal of damaged muscels and broken bones. The leaf tea aids inflamed, ulcerated digestive tracts and eases coughs. Leaf poultice reduces swelling and brusing around sprains and arthritic joints. Comfrey speeds healing of cuts, bruises, open sores, and eczema. Internal use of roots and large amounts of leavs should be avoided. The leaf and root can be infused and added to a bath or lotion to soften skin. To make an 'oil' for eczema and skin inflammations, cut clean, dry leavs into 1" squares, put in clean,dark jar, and store unopened for 2 years. Decant into small container.

 

[<<] Conifers

Known locations: Tillek, High Reaches

 

[<<] Coriander (I,H)

Growth form:herb
Uses: medicinal and/or cooking herb

Outside Info: Grows to 20cm, flowers in summer. Leavs are used in Mid Eastern and Asian cusine. Its mildly narcotic seeds are used in pickles, cakes, biscuits, pies, curries, and liquors. The root is added to curries and the stem to beans and soups. It is a wine flavoring used by the Greeks. The seed is mildly sedative, aids digestion, reduces flatulence and eases migranes. The essential oil is made from the seeds, and is used in perfumes. It flavors medicine and toothpaste and is added to massage oil for facial neuralgia and cramps.

 

[<<] Corn (I)

Growth form:Earth corn
Known locations: Paradise River Hold

Outside Info: Corn can be made into vegitable oil and cornstarch. Cornstarch is used in cosmetics, laundry starch, and as a base for suppositorys. Cornsilk is a stimulant, diuretic, and is soothing, treats liver weakness and hypertension. A silk and bract poultice draws puss from wounds. Empty cob treats bleeding, roots and leavs treat urinary difficulties.

 

[<<] Cotton (I)

Growth form: Terran cotton
Known location: Fort Hold, Boll, Southern
General habitat: sand+clay soil
Uses: made into thread, cotton velvet material, other materials

Outside Info: Seeds are pressed for edible oil, residual oil is used for stock food. Gossypol, extracted from seed oil, has potential as a male contraceptive. Oil is antivirul, antibacterial, and eases menstural pain. Seed hairs are woven into fabric.

 

[<<] Cottonwood tree (I,H?)

Growth form: Earth cottonwood tree
General habitat: open plains
Uses: Used by the colonists to break ground and provide shelter for oak and pine seedlings.

Outside Info: Cottonwood is a very weak-wooded tree, and branches may come down in heavy storms.

 

[<<] Creeper vine

Growth form: clinging vine
General habitat: grows from borders of grain field
Misc.: strangles crops. (wheat)

 

[<<] Cress

Known location: general area of Half-Circle seahold
General habitat: streams by ocean where water freshens
Uses: edible, sweet with a tangy aftertaste.

Outside Info: Most likely the type of cress mentioned in Dragonsinger is watercress. It has small white flowers in spring and summer, pungent compound leavs, with large terminal leaflet. Popular in salads and soups. It is diuretic, an expectorant tonic for anemia, prevents scurvy, cleanses the blood, and clears the skin. It is a folk treatment for tuberculosis and internal tumors.

 

[<<] Cucumber

Uses: used for burns

Outside Info: Fresh slices give a cooling eye compress. The pressed seed oil is edible. Pulped flesh is added to facial masks and sooths sunburn. LEavs treat fever and intestinal flu. Fruit is eaten raw, pickled, or cooked.

 

[<<] Deal

Growth form: tree
Known location: Lemos
Misc.: grows quickly.

 

[<<] Dragon's tongue (N)

Growth form: similar to Aloe
Uses: for burns