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The outer bracts are similar to leaves, while the inner bracts surrounding the disk florets are membranous and stiff, with a golden color. The flowering period extends from June through August. The flowers are hermaphrodite and are pollinated by insects (usually bees, wasps and butterflies) . The fruits are achenes 2.5 millimetres (0.1 in) long ...
Carlina species have been used as herbal remedies in European systems of traditional medicine. [12] C. acaulis root is known as Carlinae radix and is still used medicinally as a diuretic and a treatment for such conditions as skin lesions and rashes, catarrh , and toothache .
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John Dory, St Pierre, or Peter's fish, refers to fish of the genus Zeus, especially Zeus faber, of widespread distribution. It is an edible demersal coastal marine fish with a laterally compressed olive-yellow body which has a large dark spot, and long spines on the dorsal fin .
Carlina vulgaris, the carline thistle, is a plant species of the genus Carlina. [1] It is a biennial that grows on limestone, chalky or other alkaline grasslands or dunes. The flowers are clusters of very small brown florets surrounded by brown-golden bracts. Both feel dry and spiky, so at first glance the plants appear to be dying when in full ...
Exercise may positively influence the interactions between brain cells in the hippocampus, a brain region involved in learning and memory, a study in rats suggests, shedding light on why physical ...
Golding Constable's Flower Garden (1815) by John Constable Golding Constable's Flower Garden is an oil-on-canvas painting by the English artist John Constable , created in 1815. The work shows the flower garden belonging to Constable's father, Golding Constable, who lived in the Suffolk village of East Bergholt .