Garlic

Garlic

Garlic (Allium L.) is a genus of plants from the Amaryllidaceae family, including about 700 species cultivated or found in the wild throughout the Northern Hemisphere, mainly in the temperate zone. The following are important as edible plants: common garlic, common...
Milk thistle

Milk thistle

In previous entries, I talked about two representatives of the Asteraceae family: coltsfoot and dandelion. Today, another representative of this family – milk thistle (Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertner). It is a plant native to the Mediterranean area: southern and...
Dandelion

Dandelion

It is slowly fading to the coltsfoot and more spring yellow flowers (actually inflorescences) appear everywhere. This is a dandelion (also called common dandelion) – Taraxacum officinalis. It is a perennial with a long tap root, with a white milky sap and a...