PermaSolarPotter on Nostr: I’ve posted these purple pom poms before. My mom bought me a gomphrena plant last ...

I’ve posted these purple pom poms before. My mom bought me a gomphrena plant last summer and I saved the seeds. I learned they’re a type of amaranth and I have them growing in six or seven spots all over the garden. I figured since they’re amaranth, they must be edible so I looked it up and it turns out you can use the flowers to make a tea that has many medicinal properties. I even found a scientific paper about it: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/393431256_The_Globe_Amaranth_in_Focus_Therapeutic_Prospects_and_Phytochemical_Riches_of_Gomphrena_globosa_L
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