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originated in the Caucuses, traveled west through Greece and Rome; mentioned in Pliny's Natural History

tulip likely originated in Persia, and was first brought to the Netherlands in 1594 for the Hortus Botanicus in Leiden; the Tulip Breaking Virus caused the distinctive stripes—making those bulbs particularly rare—although the flowers died after only…

origins in Europe and Asia, grows in bogs and wet places, beside streams and rivers

native to the Netherlands, native to Belgium before going extinct in 1899, grows in grasslands in damp soils, river meadows

native to Asia and the Mediterranean, can be hardy on some cool climates, said to improve memory and used as a divinitory herb

native to eastern Mediterranean, southeastern Europe, northeastern Africa; while not resenbling the Ranunculus asiaticus of today, this flower (not appearing in any of Bosschaert's other paintings) resembles Basilius Bessler's drawing of the flower…