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This Lost Roman Era 'Miracle Plant' May Have Been Rediscovered

A Turkish botanist is learning how to cultivate what some believe to be the closest living relative to a Classical-era kitchen staple written about by Romans and Greeks. The golden-flowered "Silphium" was reported by Pliney the Elder as growing in modern-day Libya, and has been translated as being a prescription for everything from "stomach pain […]