Lovage

Lovage
Species information
Sentience	Non-sentient
Stem	Green
Leaves	Green
Distinction(s)	Similar to celery
Usage	Used as an ingredient in Confusing and Befuddlement Draughts Herbology
Status	Extant

"These plants are most efficacious in the inflaming of the brain, and are therefore much used in Confusing and Befuddlement Draughts, where the wizard is desirous of producing hot-headedness and recklessness…"

— A passage about the uses of scurvy grass, lovage and sneezewort

Lovage (Levisticum officinale) is a plant similar to celery, whose fruit and seeds are used in cooking. It has been used in herbal medicines for centuries, especially to facilitate digestion.

History

A jar of Lovage

At some point before the 1890–1891 school year, a Graphorn killed a witch in Feldcroft. The witch's favourite plant was lovage, and her lover placed a bouquet of lovage on her grave.

According to one of Harry's school books, lovage was "most efficacious in the inflaming of the brain", and was used as an ingredient in Confusing and Befuddlement Draughts. It was also an ingredient in the Invigoration Draught.

During the 1990–1991 school year, a Muggle ate a salad prepared from magical plants from a witch's garden, which contained lovage, scurvy grass and sneezewort, causing them to became befuddled. Jacob's sibling as part of their student programme at the British Ministry of Magic, investigated the matter on Alastor Moody's instruction, and brewed a remedy in the Alchemy Room at St Mungo's for the Muggle. Professor Pomona Sprout also reviewed the types of plants found in a magical garden for seventh-year Herbology students that year.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (First mentioned)
• The Road to Hogwarts Sweepstakes (First appearance)
• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (Mentioned only)
• Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
• Harry Potter: Magic Awakened
• Hogwarts Legacy

Notes and references

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