The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary
I came across the bizarre image and story reading about Cryptids on Wiki. A Cryptid is any animal, creature or in this case plant that has been reported to have existed, but has not been proven ie: Loch Ness Monster or Yeti…
The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary (Latin: Agnus scythicus or Planta Tartarica Barometz) is a semi-legendary plant of central Asia, believed to grow sheep as its fruit. The sheep were connected to the plant by an umbillical and grazed the land around the plant. When all the plants were gone, both the plant and sheep died. Read more…
Image Taken from From: Lee, H. 1887. The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary: a Curious Fable of the Cotton Plant, to Which Is Added a Sketch of the History of Cotton and the Cotton Trade. S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, London.
