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Star of Persia

Allium christophi.

 

A wonderful study in geometry, I think. Al-Khwarizmi (c. 780–850), a Persian mathematician, is accepted to be the father of algebra. He probably had a theorem to describe this flower. I'll settle for calling it beautiful.

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Uploaded on May 25, 2026
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