The Secrets of Wildflowers: A Delightful Feast of Little-Known Facts, Folklore, and History.
JACK SANDERS
From meadows to parking lots, wildflowers are North America's most abundant plant. They're so common that we're apt to look right past them. Nevertheless, Sanders celebrates more than 100 varieties of wildflowers and explores the role of these plants in the environment, as well as their cultural and natural history. More than just a field guide, this book details the most interesting facets of these plants including relevant folklore, uses, name origins, and even their place in literature. Sanders explains how speedwells attract butterflies to a less-than-manicured yard, how ancient Egyptians This is a list of ancient Egyptian people who have articles on Wikipedia. A
- Ahhotep, queen (17th dynasty)
- Ahmose, princess (17th dynasty)
- Ahmose, queen (18th dynasty)
- Ahmose, prince and high priest (18th dynasty)
used dandelions to treat malnutrition malnutrition, insufficiency of one or more nutritional elements necessary for health and well-being. Primary malnutrition is caused by the lack of essential foodstuffs—usually vitamins, minerals, or proteins—in the diet. , and why the European settlers in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. stuffed their pillows with milkweed milkweed, common name for members of the Asclepiadaceae, a family of mostly perennial herbs and shrubs characterized by milky sap, a tuft of silky hairs attached to the seed (for wind distribution), and (usually) a climbing habit. down. The book's entries are arranged chronologically by bloom times. Lyons, 2003, 304 p., color photos/illus., hardcover, $24.95.
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