Monday, 23 November 2020

Chinese flower has evolved to be less visible to pickers

Chinese flower has evolved to be less visible to pickers

For thousands of years, the dainty Fritillaria delavayi has grown slowly on the rocky slopes of the Hengduan mountains in China, producing a bright green flower after its fifth year. But the conspicuous small plant has one deadly enemy: people, who harvest the flower for traditional Chinese medicine.

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