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Hempe


Title Hemp illustration
Variants Cannabis
Caption Hempe
Source Wikipedia
Origin Wikipedia
Notes Hemp is not a native plant in eastern North Carolina.
Occurrences

Hempe / Hempe

Additional Notes

Hariot p.8 Hariet says that flax and hemp are of “no great store in any one place, by reason it is not planted … He apparently found naturally growing plants having similar attributes except “leafe, and stemme or stalk does differ from ours”, but has expectation that, if planted, these plants will “growe in cordage and linnins’. {H&D} NOTE: Radford considers L. medium as a var. of L. virginianum, and not a separate species as indicated by H&D. The other possible species of flax would be L. striatum. - Dr. Vince Bellis