Plant collectors have become a force of evolution. The way in which they’ve harvested a Himalayan wildflower has inadvertently driven the species toward a shorter form, according to a new report.
REDUCED BY DESIRE. The rare snow lotus (left), which attracts more medicinal-herb harvesters than a more common relative (right), is becoming shorter.
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