hemp: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	industrial hemp • Indian hemp • Cannabis sativa

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Three hemp drawstring bags and a roll of hemp rope rest on coarse brown sackcloth fabric.

Dense field of industrial hemp plants with green, serrated leaves stretching to the horizon under an overcast sky.

Edible hemp seed

Cannabis sativa

Marijuana (Cannabis sativa) with (left) male plant, (right) female plant

Hemp production in the United States during World War II

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Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap

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