A lesser known fact about Silphium is that its seed is thought to have been the origin of how we draw heart shapes If you compare the drawing of a heart and an

A lesser known fact about Silphium is that its seed is thought to have been the origin of how we draw heart shapes If you compare the drawing of a heart and an actual heart, you will see many dissimilarities. Scholars believe that the heart shape is actually inspired from the Silphium seed, which was heavily used in contraception [0]. I would like to see how the seed of one of these plants looks like, and if it looks similar in shape to it’s depiction on ancient coins. [0] https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/silphium-seed-pod-heart-shape https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/silphium-seed-pod-hear...