
← Herbarium of the Bizarre26 sep 2025 · 13 min
Narrow-leafed Campion
<p>There seems to be disagreement whether it ought to be spelled narrow-leafed or narrow-leaved. Neither is easy to say, for the record.</p><p><br></p><p>Music by James Milor from Pixabay</p><p><br></p><p>Information provided by:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-17100574">https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-17100574</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/120221-oldest-seeds-regenerated-plants-science">https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/120221-oldest-seeds-regenerated-plants-science</a></li><li><a href="https://www.livescience.com/2602-extinct-tree-christ-time-rises-dead.html">https://www.livescience.com/2602-extinct-tree-christ-time-rises-dead.html</a></li><li><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2012/02/22/3436826.htm">https://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2012/02/22/3436826.htm</a></li><li>Germination, genetics, and growth of an ancient date seed by Sarah Sallon, et al. (2008). <em>Science, 320</em>(5882), pg. 1464. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1153600">https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1153600</a> [Abstract]</li><li><a href="https://www.selinawamucii.com/plants/caryophyllaceae/silene-stenophylla/">https://www.selinawamucii.com/plants/caryophyllaceae/silene-stenophylla/</a></li><li>Exceptional seed longevity and robust growth: Ancient Sacred Lotus from China by J. Shen-Miller, et al. (1995). <em>American Journal of Botany, 82</em>(11), pg. 1367-1380. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2307/2445863">https://doi.org/10.2307/2445863</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldest_viable_seed">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldest_viable_seed</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silene_stenophylla">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silene_stenophylla</a></li><li>Regeneration of whole fertile plants from 30,000-y-old fruit tissue buried in Siberian permafrost by Svetlana Yashina, et al. (2012). <em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109</em>(10), pg. 4008-4013. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1118386109">https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1118386109</a></li></ul>