DAHLIA POMPOM...
A member of the Asteraceae family of dicotyledonous plants, its garden relatives thus include the sunflower, daisy, chrysanthemum, and zinnia.
There are 42 species of dahlia, with hybrids commonly grown as garden plants.
Dahlias are perennial plants with tuberous roots, though they are grown as annuals in some regions with cold winters.
Spaniards reported finding the plants growing in Mexico in 1525, but the earliest known description is by Francisco Hernández, physician to Philip II, who was ordered to visit Mexico in 1570 to study the "natural products of that country".
The tubers were grown as a food crop by the Aztecs, but this use largely died out after the Spanish Conquest.
They were used as a source of food by the indigenous peoples, and were both gathered in the wild and cultivated.
The Aztecs used them to treat epilepsy, and employed the long hollow stem of the (Dahlia imperialis) for water pipes.
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DAHLIA POMPOM...
A member of the Asteraceae family of dicotyledonous plants, its garden relatives thus include the sunflower, daisy, chrysanthemum, and zinnia.
There are 42 species of dahlia, with hybrids commonly grown as garden plants.
Dahlias are perennial plants with tuberous roots, though they are grown as annuals in some regions with cold winters.
Spaniards reported finding the plants growing in Mexico in 1525, but the earliest known description is by Francisco Hernández, physician to Philip II, who was ordered to visit Mexico in 1570 to study the "natural products of that country".
The tubers were grown as a food crop by the Aztecs, but this use largely died out after the Spanish Conquest.
They were used as a source of food by the indigenous peoples, and were both gathered in the wild and cultivated.
The Aztecs used them to treat epilepsy, and employed the long hollow stem of the (Dahlia imperialis) for water pipes.
I hope your day is filled with beauty, thanx for your comments, Magda, (*_*)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN (BY LAW!!!) TO USE ANY OF MY images or TEXT on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission.
If you do, without accreditation, it is STEALING © All rights reserved
Dahlia, red, white cropped, petals, flowerhead, garden, natural, Nature, Summer, flowers, blooming, colour, NikonD200, magda indigo