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Very uplifting. Instead of exterminating these plants completely, we only drove them to near extinction /s

Let’s go find some silphium and see what all the fuss was about.

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Right up to the point that someone exploits the rare plant - to extinction ☹️

Already found maybe https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/miracle-plant-eaten-extinction-2000-years-ago-silphion

That’s some of the best news I’ve read in a long time!

That was a great read - thank you!

Thanks for the award x

You're thinking of animals not plants, to profit from plants you kinda need to plant more.

I said that correctly. Thanks for 'splaining it to me tho

Is this the plant scientist think was used as birth control ? Amazing if so