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The Herbarium

A Field Guide to Real and Imaginary Plants

Nightrain

Faya auris

Lunaraceae (the Moon family)

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Description

An aquatic plant floating on still water with submerged root systems. Leaves are translucent and veined with gold, visible when backlit.

Bell-shaped flowers hang in nodding racemes, colored pearl white. Blooms in the presence of kindness.

Habitat

Appears in gardens that have been tended with love for generations.

Traditional Uses

The root makes a mordant dye ranging from grey to silver depending on preparation.

Folklore

Folk wisdom holds that it should never be brought indoors.

Similar Species

Resembles Duskthorn.

Conservation

Not evaluated - may not actually exist.

Field Notes

Fragrance is strongest just after rain.