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Celebrating Friedrich Welwitsch and the Surreal-Looking Tree: Welwitschia mirabilis
In 1862, Joseph Dalton Hooker described the plant as “the ugliest yet [most] botanically magnificent plant in the world.” February 5, 1806 Today is the birthday of the Austrian botanist and explorer Friedrich Welwitsch. Friedrich found a second home in Portugal, where he served as the Botanic Gardens director in Lisbon. Friedrich had some…
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