Balsam

Balsam, also referred to jewelweed as was a group of flowering plants that blossomed in the high elevations, often shedding their colorful petals to be carries by wind for miles.

Availability
Balsam was known to grow in the higher areas of the Western Heartlands, where it was used by locals as a curative herb and to prepare balsam ointments.

Balsam was known to grow in the colder areas of the Moonsea region. Local sages thought that presence of fiddlehead ferns, jewelweed, and jimsonweed was a sign of unnatural magic, especially when found not in their natural habitat.

Appearances

 * Novels
 * Pools of Darkness
 * Video Games
 * Baldur's Gate III