wild madder

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wild madder - Eurasian herb with ample panicles of small white flowers; naturalized in North America

false baby's breath, Galium mollugo, infant's-breath, white bedstraw, white madder

bedstraw - any of several plants of the genus Galium

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Devotees of the Persian carpet have had numerous carpet buyer's guides and histories in the past, but ROOT OF WILD MADDER; CHASING THE HISTORY, MYSTERY, AND MORE OF THE PERSIAN CARPET is something different: a journey which follows the Persian carpet from remote Afghanistan and Iranian villages where they're often woven by young girls to bazaars which trade them, artists which revere them, and US carpet showrooms which display them for sale.

The Root of Wild Madder

By Linda Hales Somewhere past Tehran, beyond the void known as the Great Salt Desert, Brian Murphy arrived at a field of wild madder. He had been tracking the history of Persian carpets since 1999, between assignments in Iran and Afghanistan for the Associated Press.