Curious Mandragora flowers

The best known and used of all time. According to legend, its root provided gold, love and luck. It was believed to be very dangerous to uproot it: without moving it it was necessary to tie the tail of a black dog to its root. Then the dog was beaten to run and it tore out the root. The plant screamed, causing the dog to drop dead.

I knew it?
Depending on the shape of the root, a distinction was made between male and female mandrakes. Whoever had a male mandrake, took good care of her, dressed her and provided her with food and food. If well cared for, its power was especially great.