![]() White, a conservative YouTube personality, caught it all on video, which had been her intention from the start: The stunt had been a "social experiment" to show her viewers just how maligned conservatism can be. Later, when the two were making their way out of the crowd, White said a passerby threw liquid in her face she believed to be alcohol. When White went to retrieve it, she said the protester stomped on her hand and broke her nail, causing her to bleed. After that, things went just about how they expected they would.Īccording to White, a male protester almost immediately snatched off her boyfriend's hat and threw it to the ground. The couple were both wearing red "Make America Great Again" hats when they walked into a throng of protesters. ^ Dioscorides, De Materia Medica (Book II, § 199).Blaire White and her boyfriend were dressed all wrong to attend an anti-Trump rally on Hollywood Boulevard."Reproductive biology of Asphodelus aestivus (Asphodelaceae)". ^ a b Avi Shmida, MAPA's Dictionary of Plants and Flowers in Israel, Tel-Aviv 2005, s.v."Ecophysiological Adaptations of Asphodelus aestivus to Mediterranean Climate Periodicity: Water Relations and Energetic Status". ^ " Vascular plants of Greece: an annotated checklist", Englera 31, Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem, retrieved."Lectotypification of Asphodelus ramosus (Asphodelaceae), a Misunderstood Linnaean Name". ^ Lifante, Zoila Díaz Valdés, Benito (1994).^ " Plants of the World Online", the reference for global plant names, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved.^ " The Euro+Med PlantBase", the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity, Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem, retrieved.Formerly, the entire plant was used in treating poisonous snake bites (its efficacy yet to be proven scientifically). According to Dioscorides, a concoction made from its roots (mixed with wine) induces vomiting. A remedy against warts is also derived from its root. Serish is the name for the adhesive made from the root and used in Persian & Iranian papermaking and bookbinding, in particular as a surface size and to laminate paper together for the boards of Persian lacquer bindings. Some traditional folk usages of the plant (could refer to several species of Asphodelus) have been to make a glue from the plant's root. There, the leaves are already withered by the time the plants flower. ![]() In the Iberian Peninsula it flowers from June to September, although in the Algarve (SW Portugal) it may flower in May or at the end of April. Its leaves, growing to a height of 60 centimetres (24 in)–80 centimetres (31 in), contain alkaloids that are harmful to sheep and goats in the wet, winter months, but during the summer when their leaves dry out, they lose their toxicity. The Asphodelus aestivus is a geophyte, having an underground storage organ which enables the plant to survive adverse conditions, such as excessive heat and drought. It grows in dry grasslands, phrygana and on rocky or sandy ground. ![]() There has been a lot of confusion over the nomenclature and taxonomy of the species, owing to its similarity to Asphodelus ramosus. Its distribution is limited to the Western Mediterranean, mainly found in Portugal and Spain on the European mainland. ![]() Its flowers are actinomorphic, pinkish-white, with six perianth segments, 14–19 mm long and six stamens of the same length, in two whorls. Asphodelus aestivus, the summer asphodel, is a species of asphodel, a common Western Mediterranean geophyte with a short vertical rhizome and basal leaves. ![]()
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