All flowers are made from four key elements - but new research suggests the daffodil's distinctive trumpet is, in fact, a new fifth element.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-12615888
Also, interestingly, the daf also yields a drug, galantamine, that is used to slow Alzheimer's disease:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/8007175.stm
I find it amusing that the term 'herbal medicine' is used in such a derisory way.
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