Herbology

Walnut • Wandmaking A wand wood (Pm). Read More

Whomping Willow • Plants The Whomping Willow is a very valuable, very violent tree planted alone in the middle of the school grounds. It was planted the same year that Lupin arrived at Hogwarts (c. 1971) to disguise the opening to a secret passage from Hogwarts to the Shrieking Shack. Lupin would go through… Read More

The Whomping Willow is planted at Hogwarts • Event The tree is magically enchanted to protect what is concealed in its roots: the entrance to a secret passage to the Shrieking Shack. It is planted so that when Lupin arrives as a student, he can be taken by Madam Pomfey to the Shrieking Shack once a month when he… Read More

Wiggentree • Plants • Potion ingredients A magical tree with useful bark used in the Wiggenweld Potion. Read More

Wilhemina Tuft dies in office from a severe allergic reaction • Event She discovers her severe allergy to alihotsy-flavored fudge when it’s too late. Read More

Willow • Wandmaking Willow is a tree which produces wand wood (Pm). Read More

Witch's Ganglion • Plants • Potion ingredients A rare magical water plant from the Far East with a throbbing red bulb. Read More

Wolfsbane • Plants • Potion ingredients Wolfsbane, also known as monkshood and aconite, is a plant used in potion-making. The plant is highly poisonous and must be handled with extreme care. Wolfsbane can be found in the book One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi (Pm:SB). Read More

Wormwood • Plants • Potion ingredients Plant used in Draught of Living Death. Read More