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unusual facts about ''Vincetoxicum hirundinaria'' on Mont-Ventoux



Abrostola asclepiadis

The larvae feed on Vincetoxicum hirundinaria, which contains toxic alkaloids and is unpalatable to most generalist herbivores.

Éric Caritoux

In 1984, Skil became main team sponsors (making the Skil-Sem team) and Éric showed that he had potential to be more than just Kelly's helper in the mountains, he started the season by taking the Tour du Haut Var, a tough hilly one day race in the south of France and then won the Orange to Mont Ventoux stage of Paris–Nice.

Jan Kal

His earliest published work is dated 1966, and his first volume of sonnets, Fietsen op de Mont Ventoux ("Cycling up Mont Ventoux") was published in 1974.

Philippe Nys

Function of Aesthetic in Modern Society (1962) from Joachim Ritter, translated from German by Gérard Raulet (1978), with “The Mont Ventoux Ascension” from Petrarch, the poem of Schiller “The Walking”, a commentary of Massimo Venturi Ferriolo and a general introduction of Philippe Nys,Paris-Besançon, Editions de l’Imprimeur, collection Jardins et Paysages.

Vincetoxicum hirundinaria

As Iarba fiarelor the plant was mentioned by Pedanius Dioscorides as a traditional plant used by Dacians and known as "ZOO-USTE", the "herb of animals", believed to open any locked door.


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