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Location
Particularly associated with the hill of Amon Rûdh in West Beleriand
Settlements
Grew around Bar-en-Danwedh on the summit of Amon Rûdh
Pronunciation
se'regon
Meaning
'Blood of Stone', named from the colour of its flowers and its preference for growing on rocky ground
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Seregon

The blood-red flower of Amon Rûdh

A plant noted for its deep, blood-red flowers, from which it took its name: seregon means 'blood of stone'. It was a plant of the same kind known today as 'stonecrop', which grows in low clumps on the face of rocks, and produces bright clusters of flowers.

Seregon was famously the only plant found on the rocky head of Amon Rûdh: when it was in flower, the head of that hill appeared to be bathed in blood. This proved to be ominous, because it was here that Túrin's outlaw band were betrayed to the Orcs by Mîm, and their blood ran among the red flowers of the seregon.


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