Ginkgo

Ginkgo biloba, commonly known as ginkgo or gingko, also known as the maidenhair tree.
Summer, high 16 cm.
The ginkgo tree is used from the Cretaceous Period up to today. Originally spread from Asia (China) through Europe to North America.

The ginkgo plants belong neither to the conifers nor to the deciduous trees, but form their own group. Although at first glance the ginkgo bears a resemblance to deciduous trees (angiosperms), it is more closely related to the conifers and is therefore counted as a gymnosperm like them.
The poem entitled Ginkgo biloba, written by the 66-year-old Goethe in September 1815 and published in his collection West-östlicher Divan in 1819, made a major contribution to the popularity and spread of the ginkgo in Germany. The poem is dedicated to Goethe's late love, Marianne von Willemer, and because of its shape, it depicts the ginkgo leaf as a symbol of friendship. - Wikipedia -