this post was submitted on 19 Apr 2026
382 points (99.2% liked)

Mildly Interesting

26537 readers
3 users here now

This is for strictly mildly interesting material. If it's too interesting, it doesn't belong. If it's not interesting, it doesn't belong.

This is obviously an objective criteria, so the mods are always right. Or maybe mildly right? Ahh.. what do we know?

Just post some stuff and don't spam.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Edit:
Just realized the correct name for the tree is actually maple.

False friend caused mistake because its name is "Ahorn" in German.
Keeping the heading as it is, because it is funny, although it might trigger the Canadians (sorry, dudes!).

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] protist@retrofed.com 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Quite a few angiosperms have inconspicuous flowers. All grasses have flowers, but on most species you'll never see them unless you're studying them with a magnifying glass

[โ€“] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 3 weeks ago

You really can spend so much of your time learning about plants and barely ever know anything about them.