We’ve Been Looking For This Plant For 2000 Years
Ancient texts described silphium as a remedy for everything from tetanus to tooth ache, and a delicacy – it could do it all and was prized around the Mediterranean world. But by the end of the first century CE, it was gone. This plant has the dubious honor of being the first extinction in recorded history… or does it? Endlings portrait illustrations are by Zoe Keller. You can find out more about her and her work here: https://www.zoekeller.com/ Subscribe to the pin club here: https://complexly.store/products/biza... You can cancel any time by emailing [email protected] Follow us on socials: Instagram: / bizarrebeastsshow Facebook: / bizarrebeastsshow Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bizarrebeast... #BizarreBeasts #Endlings #silphium ----- Sources: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dicti... https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/... http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/t... https://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/si... https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/... https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/10/1/102 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/pr... https://www.worldhistory.org/article/... https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/5/2/51 https://www.britishmuseum.org/collect... https://www.merriam-webster.com/dicti... https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tingis... https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/... https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/... https://www.britannica.com/science/de... https://www.britannica.com/topic/Grea... https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/8... https://evolution.berkeley.edu/the-hi... https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/georges-... https://www.uky.edu/KGS/education/did... https://www.vox.com/2015/4/13/8384167... https://lewis-clark.org/sciences/geol... https://www.monticello.org/research-e... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://www.gbif.org/species/8048981 https://www.gbif.org/species/3636208 ------ Images: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L...

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