Difference between revisions of "Knobweed"

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'''Knobweed''' wasis a fairly common{{book ref|sa1|23}} reed that grew outside the [[Alethi]] warcamps near the [[Shattered Plains]] on [[Roshar]]{{book ref|sa1|17}} and likely other locations.

Knobweed grows on plains of rock on the leeward side of boulders. The stalk of the reed is immobile, attached to the rock, and can grow as long as a man's forarmforearm. The top of the reed contained a frond that would retract during [[highstorm]]s. During each storm, some get pulled free and blown to a new location, where they reestablish themselves and spread.{{book ref|sa1|23}} Knobweed also gives off fluff.{{book ref|sa1|30}}

== UsesUsages ==

Knobweed stems are sturdy, theyand have the potential to be woven into hats.{{book ref|sa1|23}}

The creamy white sap or "milk" of knobweed is a powerful antiseptic.{{book ref|sa1|23}} It is a creamy white color.{{book ref|sa1|27}} The sap can be removed from the stalk by squeezing it along the stem.{{book ref|sa1|23}} Usually two or three drops are produced. ItThe sap can then be used to clean wounds, or to sanitize hands during surgery.{{book ref|sa1|41}}

The trade of knobweed sap is a lucrative business among the apothecaries supplying the warcamps.{{book ref|sa1|27}} The highprinces are unaware that the reeds they see growing are knobweed, so the apothecaries charge a high rate, two [[spheres|skymarks]] for each jar.{{book ref|sa1|27}} When Kaladin discovereddiscovers this, he beganbegins selling some of the sap he collected for his [[bridgemen]] to one of the apothecaries for money to feed the wounded and to pay for the nightly stew's ingredients. The apothecary agreedagrees, even though he receivedreceives less profit, because he could claim ignorance as to where the reeds were coming from if the Alethi foundfind out what he and the other apothecaries hadhas been doing. Furthermore, knobweed hadhas started to become hard for the apothecaries to find.{{book ref|sa1|27}} In Dalinar's camp, the surgeons and their servants gather knobweed.{{book ref|sa2|5}}

As sheShallan is traveling with [[Tvlakv]]'s caravan, Shallanshe harvests knobweed sap and uses it to tend to her feet when she doesn't have proper shoes.{{book ref|sa2|15}}{{book ref|sa2|17}}

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