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{{title|color = Orange|text = The plant of the month: '''Helianthus'''|image= Gluecksklee (transparent background).png}} | {{title|color = Orange|text = The plant of the month: '''''Helianthus'''''|image= Gluecksklee (transparent background).png}} | ||
[[File:Chrysanthemum perunianum 295 Dodoens Florum 1568.png|thumb|right|Chrysanthemum perunianum ([[:fr:Dodoens, images du Florum et coronariarum|Dodoens 1568]])]] | [[File:Chrysanthemum perunianum 295 Dodoens Florum 1568.png|thumb|150px|right|Chrysanthemum perunianum ([[:fr:Dodoens, images du Florum et coronariarum|Dodoens 1568]])]] | ||
Nowadays, [[Helianthus annuus|sunflower]] is a commercial crop, whereas [[Helianthus tuberosus|Jerusalem artichoke]] is viewed as a forgotten vegetable. It was the reverse in the XVI-XVIIIth centuries, when sunflower was considered as an occasional ornamental, and Jerusalem artichoke seen in Europe as competing with potato as a staple. Historical accounts show it clearly. | Nowadays, [[Helianthus annuus|sunflower]] is a commercial crop, whereas [[Helianthus tuberosus|Jerusalem artichoke]] is viewed as a forgotten vegetable. It was the reverse in the XVI-XVIIIth centuries, when sunflower was considered as an occasional ornamental, and Jerusalem artichoke seen in Europe as competing with potato as a staple. Historical accounts show it clearly. | ||
Latest revision as of 21:30, 9 December 2012
The plant of the month: Helianthus
Nowadays, sunflower is a commercial crop, whereas Jerusalem artichoke is viewed as a forgotten vegetable. It was the reverse in the XVI-XVIIIth centuries, when sunflower was considered as an occasional ornamental, and Jerusalem artichoke seen in Europe as competing with potato as a staple. Historical accounts show it clearly.
As an example, we offer the first known drawings of sunflower from Dodoens, and one of the first mentions of American plants by Champlain (1603)
It is now up to you to contribute!
Michel Chauvet