Intestinal parasites are pretty creepy things...
If the plant is Vernonia anthelmintica, which was primarily used to treat parasite and other digestive system problems, maybe the flowers (and colon-like shape of the root) are meant to echo things like this:
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In fact, it occurs to me now that the "snake" root in the small-plants section isn't necessarily a snake. Maybe it's a plant used to treat tapeworm:
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If the plant is Vernonia anthelmintica, which was primarily used to treat parasite and other digestive system problems, maybe the flowers (and colon-like shape of the root) are meant to echo things like this:
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In fact, it occurs to me now that the "snake" root in the small-plants section isn't necessarily a snake. Maybe it's a plant used to treat tapeworm:
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