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minus-squareTXL@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agoPotatoes? One of the “family” just decided to be a tuber?
minus-squarechuckleslord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days ago… what? No, they’re all nightshade plants. Not the same plant, mind, but still the same family.
minus-squareᴍᴜᴛɪʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴡᴀᴠᴇ @lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-29 days agoGet this, they’re so closely related that botanists created a plant that grows tomatoes above ground and potatoes below.
Potatoes? One of the “family” just decided to be a tuber?
… what? No, they’re all nightshade plants. Not the same plant, mind, but still the same family.
Get this, they’re so closely related that botanists created a plant that grows tomatoes above ground and potatoes below.
Wild. TIL. Thanks.