Species information
Sentience
• Non-sentient
Distinction(s)
• The seed of the Belladonna plant is purple.
Usage
• Potion-making
Belladonna is a mundane plant with magical uses. Fluids from the poisonous plant are used by students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Potions class, where it is a part of their standard potion making-kit. Other names for Belladonna are Atropa, Deadly Nightshade, Deaths Herb, Dwale, and Witch's berry. The seed of the Belladonna plant is purple.
Like Aconite, belladonnas were once believed to be a key ingredient in witches' flying ointment. In the Middle Ages, some believed belladonna to be the favourite plant of the devil.
