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Calligonum comosum
Calligonum comosum, the fire bush, arta or abal, is a species of flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae.
The plant grows to around 1.2 metres (4 feet) tall, with green branches that split off from the main stem like the wisps of a broom. The plant is high in sugar and nitrogen.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Athanasii Kircheri... Magnes sive de arte magnetica
Kircher, Athanasius · 1643 · p.726
Athanasii Kircheri Societatis Jesu Magnes sive de arte magnetica opus tripartium quo universa magnetis natura, eiusque in omnibus scientiis & artibus usus, nova medthodo explicatur, ac praeterae e viribus & prodigiosis effectibus magneticarum, aliarumque abditarum naturae motionum in elementis, lapidibus, plantis, animalibus, elucescentium, multa hucusque incognita natureae arcana, per physica, medica, chymica, & mathematica omnis generis experimenta recluduntur
Kircher, Athanasius · 1654 · p.533
Les Voyages en Asie (Travels)
Odoric of Pordenone · 1891 · p.638
The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...
Catesby, Mark, bioloog, kunstenaar · 1743 · p.177
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.204
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.594
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.82
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.443
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.325
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.195
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.196
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.323
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 496045.