f1v is definitely not agreed upon. I think the two best possibilities are nightshade and Hypericum, but many other IDs have been suggested.
I spent years trying to figure out if nightshade existed in the Old World before the conquest because botanists have expressed contradictory opinions about this. Many of them were saying it didn't exist in the Old World before plants were brought back from the Americas.
I came to the conclusion that there are enough pics of nightshade and eggplant in medieval manuscripts that the Solanaceae family did exist in the Old World in the medieval period (I have an unfinished blog on this with examples).
I think maybe the botanists missed nightshade because it takes time to become familiar with medieval plant drawings, and it had a different name in those days.
Which means it is possible that You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is nightshade (but I believe Hypericum is also possible).
I spent years trying to figure out if nightshade existed in the Old World before the conquest because botanists have expressed contradictory opinions about this. Many of them were saying it didn't exist in the Old World before plants were brought back from the Americas.
I came to the conclusion that there are enough pics of nightshade and eggplant in medieval manuscripts that the Solanaceae family did exist in the Old World in the medieval period (I have an unfinished blog on this with examples).
I think maybe the botanists missed nightshade because it takes time to become familiar with medieval plant drawings, and it had a different name in those days.
Which means it is possible that You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is nightshade (but I believe Hypericum is also possible).
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