The Middle-earth Botany Part 1 quiz

Athelas was a healing plant brought to Middle-earth by the Númenoreans. By what name was it known in the Westron tongue?

In the hands of the heirs of Elendil, the plant athelas had great powers for the curing of wounds. How did Aragorn use athelas to aid his stricken comrades?

What were the names of the Two Trees of Valinor?

After Melkor and Ungoliant poisoned the Two Trees of Valinor, the last fruit of one and the last flower of the other were used to fashion what objects?

What is the name of the golden flower that grew in the fields of Lebennin, the sight of which would awaken the sea-longing in the hearts of the Elves of Middle-earth?

What is the name of the Vala who was also called Tauron, "Lord of Forests", because of his love for trees?

The White Tree of Gondor was grown from a seed of a fruit stolen by Isildur from which tree, known as the White Tree of Númenor?

The Olvar are living things that grow and are rooted in the earth. As the Olvar were unable to flee their enemies the Valar brought forth guardians to protect them called...

Which plants are considered to be the highest of the Olvar?

Made from the flowers of the gardens of Yavanna, what was the name of the nectar served at the festivals of the Valar?

In the poem "The Mewlips", composed by a Hobbit of the Shire, what plant grew from the branches of the spider-shadowed wood of hanging trees?

Pipe-weed, whose leaves were first smoked by Hobbits, was prized by the Elves for the fragrence of its flowers. By what name did the Elves know this plant?

Which of these is NOT a variety of pipe-weed?

One of the greatest of the Valar, what is the name of the Queen of the Earth?

After the battle at Isengard, Merry and Pippin were delighted to find a small piece of home in the form of a couple of barrels of pipe-weed from the Shire, bearing the Hornblower brandmark. What variety of pipe-weed did they find within the barrels?