Fanged Geranium

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Fanged Geranium

AFanged Geranium was amagical flower with sharp teeth.^[1][5] Its fangs were used aspotion ingredients, as well as inwizarding foodstuffs.^[4]

They were also an ingredient in theStrength Potion,^[6][7] as well as inSkele-Gro.^[6] Fanged Geranium seeds were sold atDogweed and Deathcap andBewildering Blooms.^[4][8]

Growth cycle[]

Green leaves started to fill out when the plant was in its seedling stage. They had to be provided with ample fertiliser so that its flowers could eventually grow fangs, otherwise they would only have gums. When it neared maturity, the flowers began to blossom and its fangs grew in. At this stage, it would get bitey when teething.^[9]

Once it had fully matured, the age of the plant could be determined by counting the rings on the fangs. It is not known exactly how long Fanged Geraniums lived for. However,Gerald, a Fanged Geranium belonging toPomona Sprout, was noted to be very old at several decades.^[10]

History[]

This plant was covered infifth-yearHerbology lessons in the1988–1989 school year atHogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.^[3]

This was one of the plants covered in1996 as a part of theO.W.L. practical for Herbology at Hogwarts.Harry Potter received a minor bite from one during his exam.^[1]

There was widespread historical speculation that theMuggleWar of the Roses actually started withwizarding neighbours arguing over a Fanged Geranium.^[11]

Fanged Geraniums were mentioned in an advertisement for theToots, Shoots 'n' Roots radio show that was printed inRumours!. The ad copy asked, "Fanged Geranium nothing but gums?"^[5]

In the early2010s, a spate of injuries during aQuidditch exhibition atRiver Piddle causedSt Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries to run out ofSkele-Gro. One of the ingredients in the healing potion was the Fanged Geranium, but they started to run low on their supply of their fangs. In order to brew more, thehealers were willing to pay good money for fully grown fangs to save the trouble of charming and collecting them.^[12]

In the early 2010s,ProfessorTofty had a complaint from a student who said their poor grade in theirHerbologyO.W.L. was because the Fanged Geranium they got was of poor quality, so he made a request for high quality Fanged Geraniums fromBewildering Blooms for the next year's O.W.L.s.^[13]

Appearances[]

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• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix(First appearance)
• J. K. Rowling's official site(Mentioned only)
• Pottermore
• HarryPotter.com(Mentioned only)
• The Wizarding World of Harry Potter(Seed packet only)
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
• Wonderbook: Book of Spells
• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
• Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells
• Hogwarts Legacy(Mentioned only)
• Harry Potter: Magic Awakened

Notes and references[]

Herbology study ·class
Herbologists
Eunon Blackwood ·Astrid Cole ·Clifford Cromwell ·Marmaduke Dale ·Blossom Degrasse ·Miranda Goshawk ·Alfred Lawley ·Olgae Marinus ·Beaumont Marjoribanks ·Ismelda Murk ·Nepali wizard ·Gethsemane Prickle ·Feuilles Racines ·Sanjay Shanker ·Selina Sapworthy ·Phyllida Spore ·Yubert Thorne ·Tilden Toots ·Hadrian Whittle ·Winogrand
Herbology at Hogwarts
Botanique ·Herbology Award ·Herbology Lesson Cup ·Herbology Race Cup ·Herbology Store ·Hidden Herbology Corridor ·Outskirts Greenhouse Caretaker
Greenhouses	One ·Two ·Three ·Four ·Five ·Six ·Seven ·Greenhouse tower ·Outskirts Greenhouse ·Professor's office
Professors	Mirabel Garlick's predecessor ·Mirabel Garlick ·Herbert Beery ·Unidentified Herbology professor ·Pomona Sprout ·Leah Lee ·Neville Longbottom
Textbooks	Flesh-Eating Trees of the World ·Ingredient Encyclopedia ·One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi ·Winogrand's Wondrous Water Plants
Essays	Essay on dittany and its uses ·Essay on self-fertilising shrubs
Plants studied and grown at Hogwarts
Aconite ·Alihotsy ·Asphodel ·Belladonna ·Bouncing Bulb ·Bubotuber ·Bubotuber pus ·Chinese Chomping Cabbage ·Cowbane ·Dandelion ·Devil's Snare ·Dirigible Plum ·Dittany ·Fanged Geranium ·Fat cactus-like plant ·Fire seed bush ·Flitterbloom ·Floo ·Flutterby bush ·Fluxweed ·Gillyweed ·Ginger ·Greenhouse Tree ·Hemlock ·Honking daffodil ·Ivy ·Knotgrass ·Lady's Mantle ·Lavender ·Leaping Toadstool ·Lovage ·Mandrake ·Mimbulus mimbletonia ·Mistletoe ·Moly ·Nettle ·Peppermint ·Puffapod ·Raspberry ·Rose ·Sage ·Screechsnap ·Scurvy grass ·Self-fertilising shrub ·Shrivelfig ·Snargaluff ·Sneezewort ·Sopophorous plant ·Sopophorous Bean ·Spiky Bush ·Spiky Prickly Plant ·Stinksap ·Sugar Shrub ·Toad-eating plant ·Tormentil ·Umbrella Flower ·Valerian ·Vampiric vegetation ·Venomous Tentacula ·Walking plant ·Wax vegetables ·Whomping Willow ·Wiggentree ·Wild rice ·Wormwood
Spells taught in Herbology at Hogwarts
Fire-Making Spell (Incendio) ·Herbivicus Charm (Herbivicus) ·Incendio Duo Spell (Incendio Duo) ·Severing Charm (Diffindo) ·Sunlight Charm (Lumos Solem)