# Enquiry into Plants 5.1-6

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, ΘΕΟΦΡΑΣΤΟΥ ΠΕΡΙ ΦΥΤΩΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ, Chapter 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/5.1-6

V. Τὰ δὲ καὶ παρὰ τὴν ἄκανθαν ἔχοντα φύλλον, οἶον τὰ τοιαῦτα φέως ὄνωνις παντάδουσα τρίβολος ἱππόφεως μυάκανθος τε σφόδρα καὶ τὸ φύλλον ἔχει σαρκῶδες· πολυσχιδὲς δὲ καὶ πολύρριζον, οὐ μὴν κατὰ βάθους γε τὰς ῥίζας ἔχον. βλαστάνει δὲ ἅμα Πλειάδι καὶ τοῖς πρώτοις ἀρότοις καὶ ἀφίησι τότε τὸ φύλλον· οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ἐπέτειον ἀλλὰ χρονιώτερον.

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Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, ed. Arthur Hort. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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