Ultimate Plant Identification Guide (UPDATED)

[nightshade nocturne]

All 77 of the entries and all the plants! If I got any wrong or missed any, or need more detail, let me know and I'll edit this!

If you haven't finished the game and you want to find/identify the plants yourself, proceed with caution!

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***Spores are basically like seeds but for mushrooms, and they appear in the game as little spots on the mushrooms (raised or unraised).
***Anthers are the little round nodes that hold pollen, usually seen in-game hanging or sticking out of the flowers by a thin filament (stem).

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Full almanac:

• Aguria (Scyphus Spectaculum)
  
• Ambrella (Sanium Rubra)
  
• Bella Nox (Caligo Formosus
  
• Bishop's Parasol (Episcopus Pellebant)
  
• Brimlock (Folium Caldarius)
  
• Burdum (Abula Gilvus)
  
• Butterdale (Butyrum Dixerat)
  
• Caballia (Arbutum Alacrtias)
  
• Candlewood (Lucernum Callidonia)
  
• Carnivorous Torren (Haustum Grandis)
  
• Cauldery (Acutus Major)
  
• Clavilium (Marsilea Clavis)
  
• Common Trouse (Sporathus Nemesium)
  
• Copper Calcedonian (Aeris Agaricum)
  
• Daisy Dock (Primula Familiaris)
  
• Dead Man's Fingers (Digitatus Mortus)
  
• Demmel (Demmus Splendor)
  
• Devil's Nightcap (Mors Amicus)
  
• Dranthium (Mens Fortis)
  
• Elderphinium (Maior Corydalis)
  
• Embersoul (Animo Ignis)
  
• Evulum (Bacusis Palustris)
  
• Eyebright (Euphrasia Officinalis)
  
• Farmer's Worry (Agricola Timor)
  
• Feverkiss (Febris Osculum)
  
• Fool's Midnight (Nox Fatuus)
  
• Forest Camphry (Camimum Silva)
  
• Fox Button (Camimum Vulpes)
  
• Gandyroot (Apis Demissus)
  
• Gilded Dendra (Maurisca Obitus)
  
• Glowhorn (Lux Agaricum)
  
• Grey Sandfire (Sabulum Canus)
  
• Harlequin Blue (Scurra Caerulea)
  
• Haverage (Cumatilus Amor)
  
• Henchuck (Maculosus Retinentia)
  
• Hopheart (Cora Ingens)
  
• Jacob's Worth (Dignitas Iacobii)
  
• Lady of Summer (Cometessa Aestavium)
  
• Larkshine (Lucurus Halcyonus)
  
• Lemon Dandy (Citrum Crispus)
  
• Lesser Merrydock (Cachinnus Parvum)
  
• Lisle of Neptune (Boletus Veritum)
  
• Liverstone (Lapis Rigidum)
  
• Long Verecund (Humilus Proceria)
  
• Maiden's Sorrow (Doloris Spinatum)
  
• Mary's Breath (Celatum Regiis)
  
• Meakdew (Mollis Fidem)
  
• Mellow-Glow (Cincinnus Maturus)
  
• Mountain Astory (Alpinum Gracilis)
  
• Norwood (Xanthodermus Strictus)
  
• Palliance (Caelum Decoris)
  
• Pennybell (Primis Regii)
  
• Phennet (Acutus Minor)
  
• Poliscus (Brevifolia Tholi)
  
• Prittle (Aculeatus Furibundum)
  
• Red Abony (Occultus Grandis)
  
• Ren (Ipsam Flavus)
  
• Royal Gentia (Caesarii Rosea)
  
• Sheepsnap (Ovium Viridi)
  
• Shimmerlung (Animatus Lumensis)
  
• Solomon's Sceptre (Vargamus Infernum)
  
• Sour Bandy (Acerbus Varus)
  
• Spring Waxcap (Juvenis Agaricum)
  
• St John's Poppy (Papaver Vallemedy)
  
• Storian (Interitus Dulcis)
  
• Sunset Mountcap (Solis Ocassum)
  
• Swiftsnare (Laculis Maxima)
  
• Thum (Bacusis Pusillium)
  
• Trimblehuff (Caritas Pratensis)
  
• Twilight Lepiota (Crepusculum Lepiota)
  
• Wandering Bue (Bulium Vagus)
  
• Weeping Belle (Aurum Nixus)
  
• Widow's Woe (Metus Formidulosis)
  
• Wild Cole (Hispid Viburnum)
  
• Winterbore (Aloe Caeruleum)
  
• Witch Phygg (Striga Tenuis)
  
• Worryless (Lavanus Nana)

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Plants

• Aguria - pale blue cotton-ball-shaped flowers.
  
• Ambrella - dull pink five-petalled flower growing from a striped yellow-green bulb. Described as smelling of 'strawberry dipped in honey'.
  
• Bella Nox - dark purple four-petalled flowers growing on a long straight stem.
  
• Bishop's Parasol - red mushrooms with brighter red nodes on white stalks. Described to be oozing "a viscous white liquid".
  
• Butterdale - purple flower with enlarged yellow center. Described as having a buttery scent when inspected.
  
• Brimlock - leafy green plant with no other identifying properties. Has smooth waxy leaves when inspected. Easily mistakable for Mary's Breath.
  
• Burdum - Flower looks like a daisy - white petals and a yellow center. Described as having strong and leathery leaves. The leaves have indents in their sides.
  
• Butterdale - Light purple petals surrounding a raised yellow-orange center. Described as having a 'light buttery scent'.
  
• Caballia - Six-petalled purple flowers with teal centers and pistils. Described as having a sweet scent.
  
• Candlewood - Bright red fuzzy-looking flowers.
  
• Carnivorous Torren - Probably the simplest one. It has 'teeth', or thorns that grow on the upper leaves.
  
• Cauldery - Dull blue five-petalled flowers from which a single yellow anther emerges. Leaves grow sparsely on the stems, growing in pairs opposite each other. The plant seems to be growing from a bulb in the pot.
  
• Common Trouse - No flower. Looks a bit like Brimlock but taller and with more leaves, and a more saturated colour.
  
• Copper Calcedonian - Large white mushrooms with red spots on them.
  
• Clavilium - tall blue flower made of many smaller four-petaled flowers. Described as smelling pleasant when inspected.
  
• Daisy Dock - Pale purple five-petalled flowers with three stamens. The leaves look a bit like parsley leaves, with FIVE points. Easily mistaken for Prittle or Twilight Lepiota.
  
• Dead Man's Fingers - black mushrooms that grow a bit like saguaro cacti.
  
• Demmel - The flowers look like light blue clovers. The leaves look like dandelion leaves.
  
• Devil's Nightcap - Appears to be a dull red-orange lily with two stamens. Its leaves have an uneven lime outline. Described to have the scent of a pine forest.
  
• Dranthium - Purple nodes piled atop a green stem and surrounded by leaves. The thin leaves are described to have sharp edges. Could be mistaken for Long Verecund.
  
• Elderphinium - Many purple stamens stand tall above a brown center and green petals. Described to have a strong, sweet aroma.
  
• Embersoul - Teal flowers with an orange center and stem. Described to have jagged leaves that one can cut themselves on.
  
• Evulum - Looks a bit like a corn cob suspended on a thin straight stem. The leaves are many, growing opposite each other.
  
• Eyebright - Red petals surrounding a yellow center. Yellow thorns grow along its stem.
  
• Farmer's Worry - Small red mushrooms with white stems. Described to have a spongy texture.
  
• Feverkiss - It looks a bit like holly but with thin round leaves. Gradient green-gray leaves, with red berries growing close to the stem.
  
• Fool's Midnight - black mushrooms with red spots. Described as smelling rotten.
  
• Forest Camphry - dark blue rounded flower made of many smaller six-petaled flowers. Grows from a bulb. Smells pungent when inspected, with waxy leaves.
  
• Fox Button - bi-colored white flower with blue petals surrounding it. The leaves grow opposite each other. Smells of nothing when inspected.
  
• Gandyroot - Greenish-Yellow flowers with orange anthers. Each stem has two leaves growing opposite each other. Has a fragrant aroma when inspected.
  
• Gilded Dendra - Dark blue flowers with two stamens, and curvy stems. The petals are described as soft and feathery, though one's fingers can ache handling the plant.
  
• Glowhorn - Lime-coloured mushrooms that glow.
  
• Harlequin Blue - Fuzzy-looking sky blue flowers that hang downwards. Easily mistaken for Lemon Dandy. Has a light and airy scent when inspected.
  
• Haverage - Many small light blue flowers similar to bluebells - they grow opposite the straight stem. Described as having an "overpowering sickly sweet scent". Could be mistaken for Solomon's Sceptre.
  
• Henchuck - Orange fruits dangling from blue-gray stems. Grows out of a similarly-coloured blue-gray bulb.
  
• Hopheart - Indigo, four-petalled flower with leaves growing opposite each other on the stem.
  
• Jacob's Worth - yellow horns with two stamens, hooded within black leaflets. The stem starts black at the top and fades green to the bottom.
  
• Lady of Summer - a rich blue flower with two yellow stamens and an orange stem. Green leaves curl around the flower.
  
• Larkshine - a large, inverted, yellow parsnip-shaped growth at the top, with gray spines.
  
• Lemon Dandy - Fuzzy-looking teal flowers with curly green leaves. Easily mistaken for Harlequin Blue. Has an 'off-putting' smell when inspected.
  
• Lesser Merrydock - It looks a bit like Forest Camphry, but with yellow florets and no bulb.
  
• Lisle of Neptune - a four-petalled cyan flower with an elongated white center.
  
• Liverstone - Pointed red-orange mushrooms with white stalks. Described as being able to numb the fingers.
  
• Long Verecund - Purple nodes piled high on a stem with sparse, opposite-growing leaves. Has no leaves other than those on its stem. Could be mistaken for Dranthium.
  
• Maiden's Sorrow - a pink flower with dark brown thorns on its stem. The flower hangs downwards.
  
• Mary's Breath - Cattails growing in large curled leaves. Veiny and waxy leaves when inspected.
  
• Meakdew - Tall red flower made of many smaller four-petaled flowers with yellow centers. Has small leaves and delicate flowers when inspected.
  
• Mellow-Glow - Turquoise petals surrounding a yellow center. Has dark orange hooked thornws growing along its stem.
  
• Mountain Astory - A very wide orange flower with a gaping center. Described to have a musty smell like old books.
  
• Norwood - A purple vase-shaped flower with yellow spots and a yellow inner.
  
• Palliance - Pale blue five-petalled flower with two long stamens. The leaves look a bit like olive branches. Described as having a 'pleasant, fresh aroma'.
  
• Pennybell - potato-coloured bells with large, protruding, elongated yellow centers. The leaves are heart-shaped. Could be mistaken for Swiftsnare.
  
• Phennet - Pale yellow-coloured six-petaled flower.
  
• Poliscus - Yellow four-petalled flowers hanging downwards, with a protruding elongated yellow center. The center seems to be covered in orange bumps.
  
• Prittle - Five-petalled purple flowers with parsley-shaped leaves. The leaves have three points. Easily mistaken for Daisy Dock or Twilight Lepiota. Described as having a gentle scent.
  
• Red Abony - curiously blue, it looks a bit like a corpse flower. Dark blue and covered in lighter blue spots.
  
• Ren - Rather ugly-looking dull green plant with long leaves and a tiered, bumpy stalk. A scent that 'scratches the back of the throat' when inspected.
  
• Royal Gentia - Lipstick-mark-shaped pink flowers.
  
• Sheepsnap - vibrant green baubles, which are apparently the plant's seed pods.
  
• Shimmerlung - blue nodes piled up and wrapped with a stiff, ribbed leaf.
  
• Solomon's Sceptre - Tiny blue three-petalled flowers growing up alongside a green stem. Described as having an alluring scent. Could be mistaken for Haverage.
  
• Sour Bandy - A large white petal wrapped around. Has a purple edge and purple spots near the top. This petal surrounds a large yellow stamen.
  
• Spring Waxcap - dull salmon-coloured mushroom with thin white stalks.
  
• St. John's Poppy - Simple-looking five-petaled red flowers with yellow centers. Have a sweet scent when inspected. Might be the easiest plant to identify in the whole game.
  
• Storian - dark red, almost black fruits with red stems.
  
• Sunset Mountcap - three mushrooms with flies.
  
• Swiftsnare - No flowers, appears to be a bunch of vines. Attempting to escape its container.
  
• Thum - Dark blue five-petalled flowers with orange centers. Described to have the smell of sweet rhubarb.
  
• Trimblehuff - Several blue yew-like flowers, each with a single stamen. They grow hanging downwards, growing on opposite ends of the stems.
  
• Twilight Lepiota - Pale purple five-petalled flowers. The petals have an orange stripe in the center. Each flower has four pistils. Could be mistaken for Prittle or Daisy Dock.
  
• Wandering Bue - White mushrooms with small red spores. Described as having 'sharp undersides' when inspected.
  
• Weeping Belle - Red four-petalled flowers that hang downwards. Described as having soft leaves.
  
• Widow's Woe - Red bluebell-shaped, four petalled flowers that surround a large protruding yellow center. Described as having a 'damp' smell.
  
• Wild Cole - Somewhat-bamboo looking leaves, it has purple-red berries. Unlike Feverkiss the leaves are a much more vibrant green.
  
• Winterbore - Grey-blue flowers with an orange center.
  
• Witch Phygg - Long willowy yellow-green leaves, with yellow berries growing near the stems.
  
• Worryless - Two-petalled white flowers with bumpy yellow centers. The leaves are green with a lime stripe down the middle.
  
  Changelog:
  Sept 12: Original Post
  Sept 24: Identified Brimlock (thanks to @sreimer812), updated Fox Button, and added Sunset Mountcap + Sheepsnap to the almanac. Also added the changelog! (I'm also a computer science major, so this is good practice for documentation)
  Oct 3: Removed some unidentified flowers that disappeared during the update (they were probably resprited) and added their replacements.
  Nov 14: Fixed minor error (Brimlock was still listed as unidentified)
  Jan 21: Game was released and this post gets a major update... oh boy.
  Jan 24: @Forfiter points out I missed the description for Bishop's Parasol. Fixed

[Bad Viking]

This is awesome! Nice work.

[galearis]

As a botanist myself - I love this. This game is so wonderful I CANNOT WAIT for the full release.

[sreimer812]

"Leafy green plant with no other identifying properties. Has smooth waxy leaves when inspected. Easily mistakable for Mary's Breath." This one is Brimlock! It can be confirmed by travelling to A13 and using it to ward off hypothermia. This is a wonderful post and very helpful!

[nightshade nocturne]

Originally posted by sreimer812:

"Leafy green plant with no other identifying properties. Has smooth waxy leaves when inspected. Easily mistakable for Mary's Breath." This one is Brimlock! It can be confirmed by travelling to A13 and using it to ward off hypothermia. This is a wonderful post and very helpful!

Hey, thanks! I'll update the guide. Can I ask why you went to A13? DId a letter send you there or did you just go there by random?

[sreimer812]

Originally posted by nightshade nocturne:

Originally posted by sreimer812:

"Leafy green plant with no other identifying properties. Has smooth waxy leaves when inspected. Easily mistakable for Mary's Breath." This one is Brimlock! It can be confirmed by travelling to A13 and using it to ward off hypothermia. This is a wonderful post and very helpful!

Hey, thanks! I'll update the guide. Can I ask why you went to A13? DId a letter send you there or did you just go there by random?

Np! I think this post is great and wanted to help out =) I went to A13 for the sole reason that I had run out of things to do in the demo and started clicking on random mountains/towns to see if I could find any secret bits. There's also a task if you click on the Abbey at C3 that lets you identify Fox Button earlier.

[nightshade nocturne]

Originally posted by sreimer812:

Originally posted by nightshade nocturne:

Hey, thanks! I'll update the guide. Can I ask why you went to A13? DId a letter send you there or did you just go there by random?

Np! I think this post is great and wanted to help out =) I went to A13 for the sole reason that I had run out of things to do in the demo and started clicking on random mountains/towns to see if I could find any secret bits. There's also a task if you click on the Abbey at C3 that lets you identify Fox Button earlier.

Yeah! Saw that one. Went through about half the map at the various locations on it.

[Swiss]

There's no way to confirm it 100%, since there's no confirmation task in game, but the plant found at M21 that you're supposed to keep "secret" is probably Storian, and the plant found at H11 is probably Gilded Dendra.

[nightshade nocturne]

Originally posted by Swiss:

There's no way to confirm it 100%, since there's no confirmation task in game, but the plant found at M21 that you're supposed to keep "secret" is probably Storian, and the plant found at H11 is probably Gilded Dendra.

Yep! Many of the unidentified plants are pretty obvious (ex: Grey Sandfire) but I'm only putting the confirmed plants as 'identified'. Looking forward to going "I knew it!" when the full game comes out :)

[add1007]

White Scar Cave asks for Farmer's Worry. Haven't confirmed nor found the mushies yet that fit the description.

[Forfiter]

Seems like there is no Bishop's Parasol (Episcopus Pellebant) description
In plants: Butterdale description 2x, Grey Sandfire (Sabulum Canus) missing

[nightshade nocturne]

Originally posted by Forfiter:

Seems like there is no Bishop's Parasol (Episcopus Pellebant) description

Must've missed it, I'll get on that.

[Wazinsky]

Originally posted by Swiss:

There's no way to confirm it 100%, since there's no confirmation task in game, but the plant found at M21 that you're supposed to keep "secret" is probably Storian, and the plant found at H11 is probably Gilded Dendra.

Thank you very much!