Sunday, 22 December 2024

20-12-2024 BOTANICAL GARDENS, MADRID - THAPSIA GUMMIFERA (syn. Margotia gummifera)


Thapsia gummifera (syn. Margotia gummifera) is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to the western Mediterranean; Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. It has been proposed as a candidate for the plant known in antiquity as silphium and gone extinct in Libya in the 5th century.

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