Condor Puma Serpiente: On a deep, timeless level, I really need to know what the fuck silphium was. What the fuck was that shit, where did it come from, why was is so specific to that spot, and how could it have gone extinct? Like how are there no surviving seeds of this literally empire-making crop?

On a deep, timeless level, I really need to know what the fuck silphium was. What the fuck was that shit, where did it come from, why was is so specific to that spot, and how could it have gone extinct? Like how are there no surviving seeds of this literally empire-making crop?