Spirals

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I'll post pictures here of spirals in nature that I find fascinating.  Most of them will have herbal or edible uses, just because that's where I tend to put my focus.


Spiral Fern


Romanesco broccoli or Roman cauliflower



Echinacea purpurea (really close up)



Fibonacci sequence printed in 3D.

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