Herbarium of the Bizarre

Silphium

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Information provided by:

  1. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20170907-the-mystery-of-the-lost-roman-herb
  2. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/miracle-plant-eaten-extinction-2000-years-ago-silphion
  3. https://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/silphium-mystery
  4. Next chapter in the legend of silphion: Preliminary morphological, chemical, biological and pharmacological evaluations, initial conservation studies, and reassessment of the regional extinction event by Mahmut Miski (2021) https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10010102
  5. https://allthatsinteresting.com/silphium
  6. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silphium
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    Herbarium of the BizarreBy Meredith Hemphill