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Weeds for lunch: Dandelions are a member of the Daisy family. The young flowers have a sweet, honey-like flavor. The full grown ones are bitter.
Sun protection:North African natives chewed the root of the plant from which the Queen Anne's Lace flower comes from to protect themselves from the sun because it stimulates pigment production in human beings. Flower god: The natives of the Inca Empire in Peru were seen worshiping a giant sunflower by Francisco Pizarro in 1532.
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