nostr:npub1dh9wu27nh6n7nm9h6zznleelf7z473su7f0jejlyzg4a7esnfzzsl4q67d crazy that cardoons are used so widely around the world, and i had never heard of them even once.

i love stuff like this 🙂

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As distinct from an artichoke?

the globe artichoke is a bred and cultivated strain of cardoon.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardoon

Their full form is spectacular. I don’t know how children resist pulling them up for medieval games.

+ they divide easily. Even if you do not want to go through the trouble of processing them to eat they make beautiful flowers that the pollinators love.