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November 9: Coneflower
Nov. 9th, 2010 07:35 pmI picked two more tomatoes today! There are still viable blossoms on the plants.
There are a few purple coneflowers blooming at the zoo. The Latin name of the coneflower, Echinacea, is the name that's used when the plant is used in herbal medicine. It's believed (but not conclusively proven) to stimulate the immune system, and it has been used for centuries, if not thousands of years, as traditional medicine. I do drink echinacea tea when I'm feeling run down, because I don't think it will hurt. But all I know for sure is that it's darned pretty. The coneflowers we see in the wild around here are usually pale-purple coneflower, which has impressively droopy petals.
There's also definitely some gorgeous mathematics in nature going on there.
There are a few purple coneflowers blooming at the zoo. The Latin name of the coneflower, Echinacea, is the name that's used when the plant is used in herbal medicine. It's believed (but not conclusively proven) to stimulate the immune system, and it has been used for centuries, if not thousands of years, as traditional medicine. I do drink echinacea tea when I'm feeling run down, because I don't think it will hurt. But all I know for sure is that it's darned pretty. The coneflowers we see in the wild around here are usually pale-purple coneflower, which has impressively droopy petals.
There's also definitely some gorgeous mathematics in nature going on there.