Mandragora officinarum, also known as mandrake, is a real, medicinal plant native to the Mediterranean. There’s nothing magical about it, strictly speaking. But its leaves are poisonous as well as hallucinogenic, and its roots look like little dirt babies, so the plant does make excellent nightmare fuel. The mandrake has long been a staple of superstition and mythology, so it’s only fitting that the plant should find its way into the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling, particularly in Chamber Of Secrets. In the Potterverse, the roots of the mandrake look exactly like human infants, and they emit a cry that can be fatal, necessitating ear protection for all who approach them. Sounds adorable, right? Proud parents Jesse and Katherine Oldfield must have thought so, because they dressed their newborn son Theodore like a mandrake plant and their other son, Sebastian, like a resident of Gryffindor for an elaborate photo shoot recently. Buzzfeed reports that the Oldfields are “huge Harry Potter fans.” Yeah, no shit.