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... that the 100 gecs tree was listed as a "place of worship" on Google Maps? (2023-07-27)
... that Abelmoschus ficulneus, a flowering plant found on three continents, is considered a crop weed in Australia? (2010-08-11)
... that the extinct fir species Abies milleri, known from Early Eocene fossils (pictured) found in Ferry County, Washington, is considered the oldest confirmed record for the fir genus? (2010-05-08)
... that Abutilon pitcairnense is extinct in the wild after the single wild plant died in a landslide in 2005? (2011-04-26)
... that Acacia leprosa 'Scarlet Blaze' (pictured), a rare red-flowering form of Acacia, was discovered by bushwalkers in Australia in 1995? (2010-08-27)
... that the belah can be found with bimble box, black gidyea, brigalow, nealie, boonaree and wilga? (2012-01-09)
... that the foliage of the coast myall (pictured) can produce cyanide when cut? (2011-11-17)
... that Acacia cultriformis (pictured) is so named for the resemblance of its foliage to knives? (2014-10-06)
... that the threatened sandpaper wattle (pictured) is extinct at the site it was first collected? (2014-05-20)
... that 98 species of bug have been recovered from sally? (2011-08-23)
... that the zig-zag wattle (pictured) is so named for its zig-zag stems? (2012-05-08)
... that the Sydney green wattle can grow to 8 metres (26 ft) tall in five years? (2014-07-21)
... that the vulnerable shrub Acacia pubescens, once grown at the Château de Malmaison, is threatened by housing development around Sydney? (2012-05-12)
... that the golden wattle (pictured) was proclaimed the floral emblem of Australia on 1 September 1988, and in 1992 this date was formally declared "National Wattle Day"? (2014-09-24)
... that the seed pods of Acacia ramulosa resemble horse tails? (2018-11-12)
... that the wattle Acacia riceana, native to Tasmania, was named after the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the time of its discovery? (2012-09-23)
... that the bark of the lancewood (pictured) smells like violets when cut or exposed? (2019-02-23)
... that the seeds of Acacia tenuissima (pictured) were used by Indigenous Australians to make damper? (2018-11-16)
... that after removal of the introduced European rabbits, populations of the greater burnet failed to recover in the Kerguelen Islands? (2016-03-27)
... that the orchid Acampe rigida (pictured) is pollinated by raindrops? (2020-08-27)
... that Acanthomintha duttonii is an endangered wildflower that is found only in a six mile long strip on the San Francisco Peninsula? (2006-11-22)
... that the nationally rare tansy beetle (example pictured) survives at Acaster South Ings, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near York, England? (2020-01-23)
... that the Paleocene Alaskan maple Acer alaskense was described from a fossil leaf that may be atypical for the species? (2011-08-20)
... that the early Oligocene maple, Acer ashwilli, is known from only eight places in Oregon? (2011-12-25)
... that the maple Acer beckianum was described from a piece of petrified wood found near Vantage, Washington, in 1954? (2019-08-09)
... that the extinct, Miocene age, maple Acer browni ranged from southern Oregon to the north shore of the Haida Gwaii? (2011-12-18)
... that helicopters from Acer cascadense were found in Moose Mountain? (2021-02-06)
... that Acer castorrivularis is one of five extinct maples from the Eocene Beaver Creek flora in Montana? (2011-12-30)
... that with a 20 million year fossil record, Acer chaneyi has the longest fossil record of the Western North American maples? (2015-02-08)
... that the Eocene maple Acer clarnoense is not found in the Clarno Formation even though the species was named after it? (2011-12-28)
... that the extinct maple Acer dettermani is only known from the flank of a volcano? (2011-12-31)
... that Acer diabolicum, the devil maple, gets its scientific and common names from the curly stigmas of its flowers (pictured)? (2020-02-05)
... that the early Eocene maple species Acer douglasense is the second-oldest maple known from Alaska? (2011-08-07)
... that the fossil maple Acer eonegundo was described from a single partial leaf? (2017-02-19)
... that Acer ferrignoi was named for James Ferrigno, who supplied access to Smithsonian fossils to scientists describing the extinct maple? (2017-02-11)
... that the precise status of the Florida Maple (Acer barbatum) as an independent species, or a subspecies of Sugar Maple (A. saccharum) is not clear? (2007-05-10)
... that the extinct Eocene maples Acer hillsi and Acer stewarti are distinguished by how inflated the nut is? (2011-12-03)
... that the extinct maple Acer ivanofense is known from four Alaskan fossils? (2012-12-26)
... that the fossil maple species Acer kenaicum was suggested to be an ancestor of silver maples? (2014-12-28)
... that the Miocene maple Acer latahense is most similar in appearance to the living Honshū maple? (2012-01-03)
... that the fossil maple Acer lincolnense has leaves divided into three leaflets? (2017-02-10)
... that the Lobel's Maple is one of very few trees that grow with a narrow, erect crown, known as a fastigiate form, naturally? (2007-09-05)
... that the extinct Miocene age maple Acer smileyi has been classified as closely related to the living Acer nipponicum (pictured)? (2011-12-22)
... that leaves of the fossil maple Acer palaeorufinerve resemble the living redvein maple? (2012-12-15)
... that the extinct Eocene maple Acer republicense is known from only one fossil seed? (2011-12-21)
... that the extinct Eocene maple species Acer rousei is a possible ancestor to the vine maple? (2011-12-04)
... that Acer spitzi is one of seven fossil maples first found in the Klondike Mountain Formation? (2021-06-03)
... that the extinct maple section Torada is only known from the three Eocene species A. stonebergae, A. toradense, and A. washingtonense? (2011-11-21)
... that the extinct maple Acer taggarti was first described from 13 fossils, 6 of which were fruits? (2017-02-01)
... that the fossil maple Acer taurocursum is named for its type locality, the "Bull Run flora"? (2015-01-12)
... that the Miocene maple Acer traini may be the same species as the living Douglas Maple (fruits pictured)? (2012-12-23)
... that the fossil leaves of the maple species Acer whitebirdense had earlier been misattributed to the genera Viburnum, Platanus, and Rubus? (2017-01-26)
... that although technically edible, the fruit of Acronychia laevis (pictured) have been said to taste like turpentine? (2010-07-03)
... that hairy aspen is from the citrus family? (2010-12-02)
... that the red mangrove (propagule pictured) can regenerate among dense growth of golden leather fern? (2012-10-16)
... that the extinct Actinidia oregonensis was the first kiwi relative described from North America? (2013-09-18)
... that the palm Actinorhytis calapparia is widely cultivated in Southeast Asia and Malesia, where local villagers attribute it magical or medicinal powers? (2008-03-14)
... that the daisy-like Sydney flannel flower (pictured) is actually a member of the carrot family? (2007-04-03)
... that in 1905, Scottish photographer Robert M. Adam (pictured) was among the last to photograph Mingulay island before it was abandoned? (2019-08-27)
... that the specific name of the small shrub Adenanthos cacomorphus, meaning 'ugly form', relates to its allegedly "misshapen" pollen grains? (2010-03-28)
... that Adenanthos cuneatus has been called Sweat Bush, from the alleged propensity of horses to break out in a sweat after eating it? (2010-03-24)
... that the rare Fitzgerald Woollybush is found along with the barrel cone bush, claw flower, and dwarf sheoak in the Fitzgerald River National Park? (2010-11-17)
... that the oval-leaf adenanthos is known from only three populations covering less than 0.31 km² (77 acres) in Fitzgerald River National Park? (2013-08-11)
... that Adenanthos eyrei was formally named after Edward John Eyre, the first explorer known to have visited the only place where this Western Australian shrub has been found? (2010-11-26)
... that the specific name of Adenanthos macropodianus refers to it only being found on Kangaroo Island? (2010-03-27)
... that 500 kilometres (310 mi) separates populations of the shrub Adenanthos oreophilus? (2010-11-25)
... that children have mistaken the poisonous fruits of Adenia hondala for those of the passion flower? (2018-11-22)
... that the giant maidenhair fern (pictured) of eastern Australia may reach 2 m high, rather than the 10 to 45 cm height of the commonly cultivated maidenhair? (2010-07-29)
... that five-fingered jack and the tender brake are actually species of fern? (2010-07-30)
... that the rare fern Adiantum viridimontanum was first described from a specimen collected at an old asbestos mine in the Green Mountains? (2011-09-12)
... that both animals and plants self-advertise? (2016-04-10)
... that seeds of the grass Aeluropus lagopoides can germinate at concentrations of salt roughly equivalent to that of seawater? (2016-03-14)
... that Agalinis aspera (tall false foxglove), a purple and pink flowering plant native to the United States and Canada, is endangered? (2010-03-13)
... that the smallflower false foxglove (pictured) is a hemiparasite? (2012-05-10)
... that the white waratah, mountain and Mueller's geebungs are three members of the protea family found only in Tasmania? (2012-09-28)
... that the Australian tree Agathis atropurpurea is known as the black kauri or the blue kauri because of the colour of its bark? (2012-09-26)
... that Ageratina adenophora, a plant native to Mexico which has invaded Australia, India and the United States, causes respiratory failure called "blowing disease" in horses? (2008-09-26)
... that the Agiorgitiko wine of Nemea is nicknamed the "Blood of Hercules" after the legend of the Greek hero slaying the Nemean lion? (2013-06-18)
... that Lucques (pictured), Aglandau, Salonenque, Picholine, Olivière, Tanche, Bouteillan, Cailletier, Grossane, Germaine, Cayon and Sabine are some of about a hundred French olive cultivars? (2009-01-30)
... that in Australia, basket ferns often contain amethystine pythons (pictured)? (2011-08-05)
... that the famous Roman "first growth" wine Falernian was made from the Aglianico grape which is still being used to make wine today? (2007-11-12)
... that Agrimonia gryposepala, a plant of the rose family (Rosaceae), was used by the Meskwaki and Prairie Potawatomi to cure nosebleeds? (2010-03-28)
... that seeds of redtop (Agrostis gigantea, pictured) are long-lived and display a high germination rate even after years of storage in an uncontrolled environment? (2007-12-19)
... that although the name of the palm genus Aiphanes means "always conspicuous", many of its species are actually small plants which are inconspicuous in the forest understorey? (2010-01-18)
... that Aiphanes bicornis, a palm species known only from two locations in Ecuador, is named for the notched tips of its leaves which are said to evoke the horns of an antelope? (2010-01-15)
... that the palm Aiphanes chiribogensis is considered to be vulnerable to extinction because none of the seven known populations lie within Ecuador's network of protected areas? (2010-01-07)
... that the palm Aiphanes deltoidea, which occurs across a broad area encompassing parts of Colombia, Peru and Brazil, is present at such low densities that it is considered a rare species? (2010-01-25)
... that the Colombian palm Aiphanes leiostachys is an endangered species, while two other Colombian endemics in the same genus, Aiphanes duquei and Aiphanes lindeniana, are vulnerable to extinction? (2010-01-11)
... that the discovery of a population of smaller, less spiny palms in Dominica has led to speculation that Aiphanes minima may not be the only species of Aiphanes on that island nation in the Caribbean? (2010-03-24)
... that the Spanish aizoon uses jet propulsion to disperse its seeds? (2016-04-02)
... that the upright bugle often interbreeds with its more widespread cousin, the common bugle, producing hybrid offspring? (2008-08-05)
... that an extract of Alchemilla diademata, a plant endemic to Lebanon, shows antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus aureus? (2017-01-14)
... that Nora Lilian Alcock was the Scottish government's first plant pathologist? (2013-11-03)
... that Polyandrococos, a genus of palm trees endemic to Brazil, is so named partly because of its hairy tomentum? (2008-04-10)
... that the flowers of the bush allamanda (pictured) can appear year-round? (2015-10-16)
... that despite never having received a formal education in botany, Harry Allan became one of New Zealand's most eminent botanists? (2022-03-03)
... that tropical botanist Paul H. Allen assembled one of the most important collections of banana germplasm? (2009-01-14)
... that only one fruit but several thousand seeds were known when Allenbya collinsonae was named? (2024-03-26)
... that England's 2019 Tree of the Year, the Allerton Oak, was reportedly damaged in an 1864 gunpowder explosion? (2019-11-26)
... that the bark of the stringybark she-oak is shaggy? (2012-01-22)
... that the endangered tree Allocasuarina portuensis is only known from suburban Nielsen Park in Sydney? (2011-03-17)
... that the Natal cycad and the dune false currant are among the 1,900 endemic plant species found in the Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany Hotspot? (2019-09-01)
... that although the species name of the tree Alloxylon brachycarpum means "short fruit", it has the largest fruit of its genus? (2013-04-21)
... that there are more plants of Alloxylon flammeum (pictured) in cultivation than there are in the wild in its native Queensland? (2012-04-16)
... that the Dorrigo waratah and its relatives have had red terminal flowers for over sixty million years? (2011-09-17)
... that wood from common alders is valued in turnery and carving, in making furniture, window frames, clogs, toys, blocks, pencils and bowls? (2014-10-08)
... that damage patterns on Alnus parvifolia fossil leaves (example pictured) were initially misidentified as flea beetle eggs? (2022-09-04)
... that young shoots of the ornamental Australian tree Alphitonia excelsa give off an odour of sarsaparilla when broken? (2008-04-28)
... that the bark of Alphitonia petriei gives off a strong smell of liniment or oil of wintergreen when bruised or cut? (2011-01-15)
... that buffalo clover is a legume and a golf course weed? (2013-08-30)
... that Amaranthus brownii, an endangered species of pigweed endemic to the Northwestern Hawaiian Island of Nihoa, was discovered in 1923, but has not been seen in the wild for twenty-five years? (2008-04-06)
... that although tall waterhemp is considered a weed in 40 U.S. states, it does not appear on the federal noxious weed list or any state lists? (2007-12-27)
... that the mistletoe species Amyema congener of eastern Australia can grow on non-native peach, plum and pear trees? (2011-11-21)
... that the English herbalist Nicholas Culpeper claimed that eating alkanet leaves would make a person's spit deadly to serpents? (2024-03-30)
... that the cultivation of the ancient grain amaranth (pictured) was banned by Spanish colonial authorities due to its religious significance to the Aztecs? (2015-11-27)
... that Ancistrochilus rothschildianus is a species of semi-terrestrial orchid endemic to the African tropics? (2009-03-22)
... that the liana Ancistrocladus korupensis contains a substance able to inhibit HIV viral replication? (2021-10-28)
... that botanist Edgar Anderson was a founding member of the Society for the Study of Evolution and an active member of the Religious Society of Friends? (2006-01-09)
... that Oak marble gall (pictured) contains large amounts of tannic acid, which was used for making iron gall ink? (2008-02-13)
... that knopper galls, caused by the eggs laid by gall wasps, develop as a chemically induced distortion of growing acorns on Pedunculate Oak trees? (2007-11-15)
... that blackfellows hemp is associated with turpentine? (2011-12-17)
... that chimpanzees in the wild may self-medicate by swallowing the leaves of Aneilema aequinoctiale (pictured) whole, in order to rid their intestines of parasitic nematodes? (2010-03-20)
... that Cryptothallus mirabilis is the only bryophyte that grows underground and obtains all its nutrients by parasitizing a fungus? (2010-01-18)
... that the flowers of the rough-barked apple (pictured) are visited by flying foxes and jewel beetles? (2012-04-02)
... that the flowers of the dwarf apple attract a wide variety of beetles? (2012-12-17)
... that Aniba rosaeodora is processed by mobile distilleries transported by raft? (2011-03-24)
... that the Red and Green Kangaroo Paw (pictured) is the floral emblem of the state of Western Australia? (2007-03-01)
... that the African tropical tree Pouteria adolfi-friedericii was named after a German explorer? (2019-09-22)
... that Anisomeles malabarica plants are defended from unwanted foragers by carpenter bees? (2021-06-08)
... that the City of Amsterdam spent €160,000 on an unsuccessful soil sanitation program to save the Anne Frank Tree, one of the oldest chestnut trees in the area? (2006-11-21)
... that the Ascension Island parsley fern was considered extinct until four plants were recently discovered on Ascension Island? (2010-07-31)
... that the Tasmanian laurel (pictured) can flower in autumn after flowering in spring? (2016-04-12)
... that most land south of latitude 40°S is part of the Antarctic Floristic Kingdom, with plant species that remain closely related despite their physical separation, dating back to the prehistoric southern hemisphere supercontinent of Gondwana? (2007-10-10)
... that Anubias afzelii, described in 1857, was the first species of the genus of popular aquarium plants, Anubias, known to science? (2010-12-30)
... that the aquarium plant Anubias gigantea and the closely related species Anubias afzelii only differ by the shape of their leaf-blades? (2012-10-13)
... that the aquarium plant Anubias heterophylla has reportedly been used as a stomachic for children? (2010-12-29)
... that seven of the seventeen apostles that Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus sent out died on their journeys? (2010-06-05)
... that apple seed oil, known for giving hair extra shine, is used in products such as soap and shampoo? (2010-05-15)
... that the Siberian columbine has been crossed with another species in the genus Aquilegia to determine the gene behind the genus's nectar spurs? (2023-10-01)
... that the Jurassic conifer Araucaria mirabilis (cone pictured) of Argentina may have been a primary food for sauropods? (2011-12-02)
... that Arbois is the only grape variety besides Chenin blanc permitted in the Loire Valley wine of Vouvray? (2009-09-24)
... that the rainforests of eastern Australia harbour such trees as the yellow satinheart, five-leaf bonewood, northern yellow boxwood, shiny-leaved condoo, yellow bulletwood and veiny lace-flower? (2010-12-17)
... that the ravenberry and boreal sagewort are eaten by hoary marmots? (2011-11-28)
... that seeds of the Hawaiian baby woodrose contain chemicals with effects similar to LSD? (2004-08-10)
... that the moisture-adapted asteracean plant Argyroxiphium grayanum represents one extreme in the adaptive radiation of its genus, which also includes drought-adapted mountain plants? (2009-12-22)
... that Pararistolochia praevenosa (pictured) is the food vine of the Richmond Birdwing butterfly? (2010-06-13)
... that the paleobotanists David P. Penhallow and Chester A. Arnold both published studies on the extinct water-fern Azolla primaeva? (2010-09-17)
... that the German lichenologist and taxonomist Ferdinand Christian Gustav Arnold had a personal herbarium of 150,000 specimens? (2009-04-06)
... that the Navajo tribe used sand sagebrush (pictured) as toilet paper? (2011-12-29)
... that the Blackfoot have used crushed leaves of the fringed sagebrush to "revive gophers after children clubbed them while playing a game"? (2012-01-06)
... that the activity of crabs helped glasswort, Arthrocnemum macrostachyum and Halocnemum strobilaceum (pictured) to recolonise oil-polluted marshland? (2016-02-28)
... that the Artocarpeae, one of the five subdivisions of the mulberry family, is best known as the tribe that includes the breadfruit and the jackfruit, two widespread tropical crops? (2009-06-30)
... that the seeds of the breadnut Artocarpus camansi from New Guinea taste like chestnuts, and can be processed to make paste, flour, butter or oil? (2012-04-28)
... that Arundinaria appalachiana is one of only three bamboos native to temperate North America? (2007-07-19)
... that Cherokee and other Native American tribes used river cane (pictured) to make items including blowguns, spears, flutes and candles? (2011-12-20)
... that the stems of Asclepias cordifolia (pictured), or Heart-leaf milkweed, were made into rope and string by the Miwok and used for skirts and capes? (2009-01-02)
... that attempts have been made to produce rubber from Common Milkweed latex? (2005-08-08)
... that despite their names, white squirrel banana and yellow squirrel banana are not bananas, but rare custard apples in Florida, and their fruits are berries? (2011-03-14)
... that the ornamental houseplant Asparagus densiflorus is toxic to dogs and cats? (2009-08-04)
... that bird's nest ferns (pictured) grow in trees? (2011-12-04)
... that Boydston's spleenwort, a hybrid fern, was created in culture in 1954 but not discovered in the wild until 1971? (2013-11-19)
... that despite its reported disappearance from Britain and other European countries, the fountain spleenwort is still considered to have a stable population trend? (2019-08-27)
... that Trudell's spleenwort (pictured) was named by Edgar T. Wherry for his "favorite field companion"? (2012-12-07)
... that, originally discovered in 1873, Tutwiler's spleenwort became one of the world's rarest ferns in 2007? (2012-07-06)
... that despite a genus name referring to its dull leaves, Astilbe chinensis (pictured) was celebrated as the most important new hardy perennial by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1902? (2019-06-01)
... that the growth of Astragalus brauntonii, a species of milkvetch, is spurred by fire? (2008-11-14)
... that the ground plum was used as medicine for horses by the Lakota people? (2018-12-25)
... that the effect the berries of pine heath (pictured) had on the Grey Currawong made one observer wonder if they were narcotic? (2010-05-01)
... that the rare and endangered Broad Leaved Whitewood (pictured) of eastern Australian rainforests is a member of the soapberry family? (2010-07-17)
... that the Atherton oak and red bopple nut of Queensland, and the Chilean hazel of Chile are relatives of the macadamia which produce edible nuts? (2010-06-08)
... that the Australian rainforest (and garden) plants Narrow-leaved-, Brown, and Native Gardenias of the genus Atractocarpus have fragrant flowers, much like the more familiar Common Gardenia? (2009-08-30)
... that the leaves of Gardner's saltbush (pictured) are an important source of nutrients for pregnant ewes? (2012-01-08)
... that the stems and leaves of the endangered Holloway's crystalwort look as if they are covered in sugar crystals? (2020-01-07)
... that the Haitian palm, Attalea crassispatha, is so rare that there were only 25 of them left in 1991? (2007-02-27)
... that the native wisteria of eastern Australia is a food source for pencilled blue and narrow-banded awl caterpillars? (2011-08-31)
... that color change in leaves (pictured) during autumn is caused by reduced levels of the green pigment chlorophyll? (2006-10-20)
... that the greatest number of known species of marine fungi are found growing on mangroves including Api Api Putih and Bakau Putih? (2012-02-16)
... that the tropical tree Axinaea sclerophylla is pollinated by birds such as the masked flowerpiercer (pictured)? (2017-12-16)
... that the freshwater weed Azolla may have grown in the Arctic Ocean with enough vigour to plunge the world into an ice age? (2007-10-20)
... that botanist Pieter Baas was convinced that Queen Beatrix helped in the formation of the National Herbarium of the Netherlands, which the responsible minister denied? (2016-01-25)
... that Baby blue eyes is a common Californian wild flower - and one variety of it is white? (2004-04-04)
... that until the late 1970s, the hybrid grape Baco Blanc was the primary grape behind the French brandy of Armagnac? (2011-02-13)
... that the genus Bactris, believed to have evolved 26 to 36 million years ago in South America, is one of the six palm genera found to show the highest speciation rates? (2013-03-13)
... that the South American palm, Bactris campestris, was described independently by four different taxonomists, each of whom place it in a different species? (2013-03-24)
... that in 1725 Hans Sloane described a plant he called Prickly-Pole as the Jamaican tree species that was "the most fit to make Rods and Scowrers for Guns"? (2020-03-24)
... that the leaves of young Bagassa guianensis trees are so different from those of the adults that taxonomists considered them to be different species for at least 150 years? (2009-06-29)
... that besides famine food, various parts of the tree Balanites aegyptiaca can be used to prepare furniture, cooking oil, snail repellent, glue, and raw materials to synthesize birth control pills? (2009-10-03)
... that the flowers of the parasitic plant Balanophora fungosa smell like mice? (2015-01-24)
... that the Balderschwang Yew is possibly the oldest tree in Germany? (2013-10-14)
... that John Thomas Baldwin, a botanist at the College of William & Mary, fined a group of students $100 after they cut down one of his specimens for use as a Christmas tree? (2020-02-28)
... that the bamboo species Bambusa oldhamii, known as the Giant Timber Bamboo, has been introduced into California, where it is the most common clumping bamboo? (2009-04-15)
... that the flowers of the bamboo species Bambusa lako of Timor have yet to be scientifically observed? (2009-04-18)
... that the spiny bamboo is one of the main sources of bamboo pulp for paper-making? (2021-06-09)
... that the slapstick joke of slipping on a banana peel might have originated from the perception of those peels as dangerous garbage in 19th-century America? (2013-07-01)
... that at its peak in the mid-1950s, Ecuador was the largest banana producing nation in the world? (2013-06-15)
... that the Bangalore Blue variety of grape has been grown for the past 150 years exclusively in the districts of Bangalore Urban, Chikkaballapura and Kolar? (2016-02-22)
... that the collections of amateur natural historian Mary Elizabeth Barber may have influenced Charles Darwin's deliberations on the role of moths in orchid pollination? (2012-11-15)
... that the fossil torchwood genus Barghoornia was named in honor of paleobotanist Elso Barghoorn? (2021-05-05)
... that Nicholas Chevalier designed a fern-inspired dress for Anne Maria Barkly, an expert on South African ferns? (2021-05-08)
... that barley was once used as a form of money? (2024-02-13)
... that the Fijian fruit fly feeds on the yum-yum tree? (2020-11-25)
... that the tree Barteria fistulosa is associated with Tetraponera aethiops, an aggressive species of ant that lives in its hollow branches and twigs? (2020-05-14)
... that although the alpine bartsia has a wide range in Europe and North America, it is known in the British Isles only from a few locations in northern England and the central Scottish Highlands? (2020-04-18)
... that Elena Ivanovna Barulina's 1930 paper became a standard guide to lentils (seeds pictured)? (2019-03-02)
... that five-horn smotherweed (pictured) is so toxic to sheep, they have been known to die after just one feeding? (2013-08-07)
... that Odoardo Beccari was an Italian naturalist best known for discovering the titan arum, the plant with the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world, in Sumatra in 1878? (2005-11-24)
... that Beccariophoenix alfredii, a newly discovered species of palm tree native to Madagascar, has a similar appearance to the Coconut palm, but is cold hardier? (2010-01-22)
... that Begonia boliviensis, one of the species used the production of the first hybrid tuberous begonia raised in England, was introduced from Bolivia by the Victorian plant collector Richard Pearce? (2008-11-20)
... that mountain rockets (pictured) are found in alpine and subalpine parts of Tasmania? (2013-04-10)
... that chemicals in Korean Barberry might have antibacterial and antitumor properties? (2012-07-28)
... that the genera Bergerocactus and Bergeranthus are named after Alwin Berger, a German botanist best known for his contribution to the nomenclature of succulent plants, particularly agaves and cacti? (2005-11-24)
... that betalains are deep red pigments responsible for the color of beets (pictured), bougainvillea, amaranth, and many cacti? (2007-09-30)
... that the extinct birch Betula leopoldae (leaf fossil pictured) is named after conservationist Estella Leopold? (2019-09-09)
... that the outer bark of the downy birch can be stripped off without killing the tree, to make canoes, drinking vessels and roof tiles? (2016-08-26)
... that the bark of the Himalayan Birch was once used as paper for writing Sanskrit texts (pictured)? (2010-06-17)
... that a veteran tree near Brig o' Turk in the Trossachs has "eaten" a bicycle? (2018-07-03)
... that some ancient trees of the olive cultivar Bidni have been recognised as "national monuments" in Malta? (2019-05-17)
... that Big Max pumpkins are not really pumpkins? (2009-10-31)
... that the fruit of the apple dumpling was one of the first bushfoods to be commonly eaten by Europeans in Australia? (2007-07-19)
... that Sericothrips staphylinus were released as part of biological control of gorse in New Zealand, but have not spread far because too few of them have wings? (2011-09-19)
... that botanist Dame Margaret Blackwood studied pine trees and maize, and had a species of fungus named after her? (2016-08-07)
... that the main pollinators of the winter bell (pictured) are the singing honeyeater and the red wattlebird? (2020-01-25)
... that nearly half of all horse chestnut trees in Great Britain (used by generations of children for the game of conkers) are now infected by the potentially lethal disease Bleeding Canker of Horse Chestnut? (2010-01-19)
... that 30-to-120-centimetre (12 to 47 in) tall hairy pagodas can be found throughout eastern North America? (2011-12-14)
... that although only an "amateur" at the time, Andrew Bloxam identified several new Hawaiian birds during the voyage of the HMS Blonde in 1825, including the Oʻahu ʻAkepa (pictured)? (2009-12-12)
... that Blumea balsamifera is a flowering plant, which belongs to the Asteraceae family and is used in the Philippines as a diuretic and treatment for the common cold? (2010-01-04)
... that claspingleaf doll's daisy can grow underwater, produce an inflorescence above the surface, bloom and produce seeds, and thus propagate during floods? (2011-01-31)
... that the bark of the African tree Bombax buonopozense is burnt in Ghana to drive away evil spirits? (2007-06-30)
... that Boquila trifoliolata is the only known plant capable of simultaneously mimicking multiple species? (2024-01-27)
... that Boronia imlayensis is found only on one ridgetop in Mount Imlay National Park in far southern New South Wales? (2010-05-13)
... that the olive cultivar Bosana makes up more than half the olive production of Sardinia? (2009-01-21)
... that the first botanical drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration treats genital warts? (2015-05-14)
... that the succulent plant Frerea indica was once on a list of the twelve most endangered plants on earth? (2010-11-03)
... that the seeds of six-weeks grama grass are eaten by desert kangaroo rats? (2011-12-19)
... that the popularity of Boykinia richardsonii (example pictured) with grizzly bears in Denali National Park and Preserve has earned it the common name "bearflower"? (2023-03-07)
... that the work of Danish plant physiologist Peter Boysen Jensen paved the way to the discovery of the plant growth hormone, auxin? (2023-01-24)
... that botanists Haaken H. Gran and Trygve Braarud began their academic careers as research assistants at Oslo's University Botanical Garden laboratory, founded by Nordal Wille in 1895? (2009-04-05)
... that to the speakers of the Ngan’gityemerri language, the flowering of the red-flowering kurrajong marks the time that freshwater crocodiles are laying eggs? (2016-12-02)
... that the ripe seed pods of Brachystegia eurycoma burst explosively and throw out the large disc-shaped seeds? (2019-06-27)
... that forests in the Guineo-Congolian region of Africa include patches dominated by a single species of tree, such as Brachystegia laurentii, Julbernardia seretii, Michelsonia microphylla, or Gilbertiodendron dewevrei? (2019-08-31)
... that Brachystelma tumakurense's stem is so weak that it sometimes bends under the weight of leaves and flowers? (2021-08-29)
... that American botanist Mary Katharine Brandegee earned her M.D. but never practiced medicine? (2013-02-05)
... that the A483 Newtown bypass was diverted after a campaign to save the Brimmon Oak, which is thought to be more than 500 years old? (2018-06-25)
... that the interrupted brome (pictured) was the first plant species classified as extinct in the wild to be reintroduced in British history? (2008-03-25)
... that the Cranford Rose Garden at Brooklyn Botanic Garden was cited as having 1,200 varieties of roses? (2024-03-30)
... that Linnaeus once named a plant after fellow Swedish botanist Johannis Browall, but later changed the name after discovering Browall courted his fiancée Sara Lisa while Linnaeus was working abroad? (2010-09-05)
... that bryologist Margaret Sibella Brown was awarded an honorary master of arts degree from Acadia University at the age of 84? (2018-11-29)
... that the Rose of Venezuela (flower pictured) and Inga thibaudiana are trees that grow in seasonally flooded tropical forests? (2012-09-18)
... that a tree at least 700 years old, reputedly planted by Robert the Bruce, was destroyed by an arson attack in 2004? (2019-10-30)
... that the yucca plum pine, the bastard briziletto, and the West Indian sumac grow in the cloud forest on the summits of the Sierra de Luquillo? (2019-04-27)
... that the Buddha is said to have sat under a charoli tree (example pictured) at Bodh Gaya for seven days without eating, drinking, washing, excreting, or lying down? (2023-03-12)
... that larval buckeyes eat bluehearts? (2011-12-29)
... that Ferdinand von Mueller named the rainforest proteaceae genera Buckinghamia, Cardwellia, Carnarvonia, Hicksbeachia and Hollandaea in honour of British Secretaries of State for the Colonies? (2013-04-27)
... that the ivory curl tree can grow 30 m (100 ft) tall in its natural rainforest habitat? (2013-03-27)
... that the largest concentration of the parasitic plant species Buckleya distichophylla can be found in the Poor Mountain Natural Area Preserve of Roanoke County, Virginia, USA? (2009-08-25)
... that the sixteen eight-million-year-old cypresses found in Northern Hungary in 2007 had been preserved without being fossilized? (2007-09-05)
... that the Aborigines regarded the corms of the Bulbine Lily (pictured) as the sweetest of the Australian lily-like plants to eat? (2009-12-28)
... that Bulbophyllum nocturnum, first described in 2011, is the only orchid species known to flower at night? (2011-11-30)
... that Mount Burbidge in Namadgi National Park was named for Australian botanist Nancy Tyson Burbidge, who was instrumental in lobbying for the foundation of the park? (2006-07-31)
... that the Bright Copper, Fiery Copper and Clouded Footman can be found on the prickly box in Australia? (2011-09-22)
... that the 1,000-year-old Buttington Oak, said to have been planted to commemorate the 893 Battle of Buttington, fell last month? (2018-03-25)
... that humpbacked elves are rarely seen because their bodies are microscopic? (2010-04-01)
... that impoverished shoemaker Richard Buxton (pictured) was illiterate at 16 but published a botanical guide at the age of 62? (2012-01-11)
... that the origins of Cabernet Sauvignon were likely an accidental crossing of Cabernet franc and Sauvignon blanc? (2008-02-26)
... that Julius Caesar is believed to have taken a nap under the Caesarsboom yew in West Flanders? (2008-09-10)
... that Calamagrostis intermedia is the dominant plant of the grassy páramo in Ecuador's El Cajas National Park? (2020-02-29)
... that the Rowridge Valley in the Isle of Wight is the only known location for the wood calamint in Britain? (2020-05-01)
... that sand reedgrass (pictured) is a food source for pocket gophers and California quail? (2011-12-22)
... that the Flying Duck Orchid (pictured) was first collected in 1803 at the site of the present day Sydney Opera House? (2010-11-07)
... that the star of Bethlehem can be found in Torndirrup National Park? (2015-04-09)
... that the petals of the blue tinsel lily (pictured) turn red as they age? (2015-03-21)
... that the Scandinavian fungus Inocybe saliceticola can grow among mosses such as heart-leaved spear moss? (2012-06-27)
... that the extinct incense-cedar Calocedrus huashanensis is one of only three conifers found in the Ningming Formation? (2012-02-15)
... that the common soft bracken of eastern Australia is not actually a bracken, but a member of a tree fern family? (2010-07-18)
... that the crinite mariposa lily is found only on serpentine soils of the Klamath Mountains in Douglas County, Oregon? (2012-02-20)
... that the bulbs of Utah's state flower, the Sego Lily, were an important food source for Native Americans and the Mormon pioneers? (2007-02-05)
... that although the Umpqua Mariposa lily is rare, up to 800,000 grow on Ace Williams Mountain in Oregon? (2011-10-24)
... that Campanino apples are used to make a sweet-and-hot condiment, mostarda di Mantova, that has been eaten since the Middle Ages? (2018-09-26)
... that Campanula gelida, an endemic species of a bellflower, grows in nature only on one rock in the Czech Republic? (2008-01-01)
... that the plant Campanula isophylla is able to tolerate frost on the mountains of northern Italy, but not when grown in a pot? (2010-02-07)
... that when they were listed as endangered in the United States in 1989, there were only three small populations of Brooksville bellflower and only four tiny populations of small-anthered bittercress known to exist? (2011-02-03)
... that while everyone else thought the field horsetail growing on nursery land in Palmerston North was ornamental, Dame Ella Orr Campbell correctly identified it as an invasive species? (2016-02-18)
... that the long strap fern was one of the subjects of pteridomania? (2011-02-28)
... that Canaiolo was included in the 19th-century Chianti recipe to add fruitiness and soften the tannins of Sangiovese, much like Merlot's role in Bordeaux wine blends? (2009-05-15)
... that the legume maunaloa is considered an underutilized wild plant with the potential to serve as a protein-rich food crop to ease famine? (2013-09-11)
... that the bark of the Caribbean tree Canella winterana can be used as a spice similar to cinnamon? (2009-10-17)
... that indigenous people of Broome used a concoction of the bark of the native orange to treat animal bites and stings? (2012-12-15)
... that although Guatemala is the world's largest producer of cardamom, local use is negligible? (2014-11-19)
... that the 1801 edition of The Encyclopaedia Londinensis volume III makes note of certain "remarkable" features of plumeless silver thistle (pictured)? (2014-11-29)
... that the Idaho-endemic sedge Carex aboriginum was not seen again for nearly 90 years after its initial discovery? (2013-06-07)
... that the bicoloured sedge (pictured) was part of an attempted botanical fraud? (2020-04-30)
... that the seeds of Bigelow's sedge can remain viable for two centuries? (2011-12-21)
... that the European sedge Carex hirta is widespread in North America where it is known as "hammer sedge"? (2011-06-14)
... that despite its name, the long-stolon sedge does not form stolons? (2011-12-20)
... that Carex lutea, an endangered species of sedge that is endemic to North Carolina, is threatened by fire suppression efforts? (2011-02-08)
... that the perigynia of the few-flowered sedge spring outward when brushed against? (2023-08-15)
... that the seeds of the European sedge Carex pilulifera (pictured) may be dispersed by the ant Myrmica ruginodis? (2011-08-09)
... that Carex riparia, a Eurasian plant up to 130 cm (51 in) tall, is Britain's largest sedge? (2011-05-19)
... that the habitat of the rare Navajo sedge is limited to the shady side of steep, often vertical, cliffs of red Navajo Sandstone of the Colorado Plateau at elevations between 5700 and 6000 feet? (2011-02-08)
... that in addition to becoming the first female full professor at Northwestern University, botanist Margery C. Carlson had a nature preserve named after her? (2016-09-29)
... that the varied wildlife of the United Arab Emirates includes salt-tolerant plants, gerbils and toads (pictured)? (2015-12-28)
... that the Mediterranean saltwort, a climax plant on the Syrian steppe, is part of the varied wildlife of Syria? (2016-01-16)
... that the hornbeam Carpinus perryae was described from two fossil nutlets found on a single rock? (2021-05-29)
... that the dayflower family genus Cartonema is completely restricted to Australia except for one species that occurs on Trangan Island in Indonesia? (2011-05-24)
... that the extinct Miocene hickory Carya washingtonensis is known from over 50 nuts found as a rodent cache within a petrified stump? (2011-06-01)
... that Vivienne Cassie Cooper is New Zealand's "leading expert" on the microscopic algae diatom? (2014-02-23)
... that although the slender devil's twine looks and behaves like dodder, it is a laurel? (2011-08-14)
... that Christ's Indian paintbrush is one of Idaho's rarest plants? (2011-11-05)
... that orange paintbrushes are guarded by rufous hummingbirds? (2023-12-20)
... that golden paintbrushes in the Pacific Northwest grow better as a result of periodic wildfires? (2011-02-07)
... that the beautiful purple-tinged flowering Castilleja septentrionalis (pale painted cup) is a parasite on the roots of other plants? (2011-02-18)
... that a prostrate cultivar of the swamp she-oak was named for its resemblance to Cousin Itt? (2016-05-19)
... that Catananche lutea produces five types of seed that correspond to a range of different survival and dispersal strategies? (2017-01-27)
... that Nicholas Longworth built America's first commercially successful winery with a pink sparkling wine made from Catawba? (2011-01-30)
... that the original specimen of the rare Caribbean plant tropical lilythorn was destroyed when Berlin was bombed during World War II? (2011-02-07)
... that Mark Catesby published the first account of the flora and fauna of North America? (2004-03-14)
... that the Caton Oak in Lancashire, England, was reputed to be a site of worship by druids? (2020-01-03)
... that the presence of the beetle Coelomera ruficornis on its host tree (pictured) is tolerated by the ant Azteca alfari, but not by the ant Azteca muelleri? (2020-06-08)
... that the trumpet tree, a fast-growing tree native to the American tropics, is considered one of the hundred worst invasive alien species in the world? (2013-01-25)
... that the two varieties of Celmisia major (one variety pictured) are "certainly not" closely related? (2022-06-04)
... that the leaves of the Port Arthur plum smell like stale cabbage when crushed? (2012-09-25)
... that oil extracted from the seeds of false sesame can be used as an insecticide? (2013-12-12)
... that there are only seven mature plants of Catalina mahogany remaining on Santa Catalina Island in California, making the species "one of the rarest trees in North America"? (2011-02-07)
... that the yellow mangrove is very similar to the Indian mangrove, but the two can be distinguished when in fruit? (2017-03-28)
... that the extinct Chamaecyparis eureka is the oldest confirmed member of the genus Chamaecyparis? (2010-07-26)
... that the Taiwan Cypress (Chamaecyparis taiwanensis) is treated as a species by Taiwanese botanists, and as a variety of the Hinoki cypress (C. obtusa) in the Occident? (2008-01-04)
... that Chamaegigas intrepidus ("intrepid dwarf giant") is a tiny aquatic plant that can thrive in the desert? (2010-11-07)
... that the wax flowers of eastern Australia are members of the citrus family, while those from the west are of the myrtle family? (2010-10-05)
... that Characteres generum plantarum, a work about the botany of the second voyage of James Cook, contains an apology for only including 75 new genera? (2021-09-12)
... that Chardonnay grapes are very neutral in flavor with many of the characteristics commonly associated with Chardonnay wine being derived from influences like terroir and the use of oak during winemaking? (2008-01-16)
... that botanist Thomas Frederic Cheeseman had a wide range of interests including Māori ethnology? (2009-09-21)
... that the name of the palm genus Chelyocarpus, which means "turtle carapace fruit", refers to the cracked surface of its fruit? (2010-04-19)
... that if not for her high scores in high school, Xuemei Chen might not have been able to study plant physiology at Peking University? (2015-03-08)
... that the cherry blossom was used symbolically in Japanese World War II propaganda, with falling petals representing "young soldiers' sacrifice for the emperor"? (2024-03-07)
... that the cherry blossom front in Japan is forecast by means of the Arrhenius equation? (2012-03-11)
... that paleobotanist Shya Chitaley named an extinct plant species for Cleveland's bicentennial and also had an extinct plant species named for her? (2013-06-16)
... that the bulb of the Wavy-leafed Soap Plant can be used to wash your hair, to stun fish, to cure rheumatism and to make brushes? (2004-07-10)
... that, according to the Cholodny-Went model, the roots of plants grow downward and the shoots grow towards light because of the plant hormone auxin? (2012-07-07)
... that the moss species Chorisodontium aciphyllum can survive for more than 1,500 years frozen? (2014-03-27)
... that Harold Basil Christian, a self-taught horticulturalist in southern Africa, became a world expert on African aloe species after planting one in his yard to block the view of a large, unsightly rock? (2018-01-04)
... that the Canadian province of Ontario has had quality grades for cultivated Christmas trees (tree farm pictured) mandated by law since 1965? (2007-09-10)
... that cultivated Christmas trees are susceptible to such pests and diseases as the Balsam woolly adelgid and sudden oak death? (2007-09-15)
... that until the 1930s and 1940s people in the United States and Canada obtained their Christmas trees mostly from native forests? (2007-09-13)
... that seed from an endangered Chrysophyllum imperiale tree (pictured) planted in Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney in 1858 by Prince Alfred has been sent to its native Brazil to aid in recovering the species there? (2012-01-19)
... that the satinleaf tree is endangered in its native Florida, but an invasive weed in Hawaii? (2012-07-10)
... that the grass Vetiveria nigritana is grown in farms in Nigeria to control soil erosion, provide pest control, and improve the yield of crops such as maize? (2014-01-08)
... that Iowa golden-saxifrage is sometimes considered to be a variety of Chrysosplenium alternifolium? (2012-02-26)
... that according to some sources, bulb-bearing water-hemlock is one of the most poisonous leafy plants native to North America? (2012-04-11)
... that the flower buds of the woolly thistle (pictured) can be eaten in a similar way to artichokes? (2020-08-08)
... that Cirsium fontinale is a species of California thistle that actually represents three taxa, two of which are endangered species with narrow endemic ranges? (2006-11-25)
... that the newly named Cirsium funkiae honors the describer's mentor, Vicki Funk, and the plant's funky appearance? (2022-05-29)
... that the native swamp thistle (pictured) of eastern North America is the sole food source for the caterpillars of the swamp metalmark butterfly? (2011-12-21)
... that the fruit of the colocynth is such a violent laxative that it was even used by pregnant women to induce abortion? (2006-06-15)
... that the only effective way to manage the bacterial plant disease citrus canker is to destroy all infected citrus trees? (2005-07-04)
... that Robert Fortune introduced the Oval Kumquat (Fortunella margarita) (pictured) into London in 1846 from an expedition to China? (2009-11-24)
... that although ecologist Arthur Tansley devised the ecosystem concept, the term was coined by botanist Arthur Roy Clapham at Tansley's request? (2012-03-16)
... that the intense fumes emitted by the crushed leaves of the so-called headache vine (pictured) cause one to feel like his head is "exploding" ... making him forget all about his headache? (2016-10-23)
... that Morefield's leather flower (pictured) was first discovered in a vacant lot in 1982 by a 21-year-old botany student? (2011-02-19)
... that plant collector Mary Strong Clemens sometimes paid for field-trip accommodation with scripture lessons and hymn-singing? (2007-05-08)
... that botanist and ecologist Edith Clements illustrated most of her own books? (2015-11-22)
... that despite being known as the Mexican hydrangea, Clerodendrum bungei is neither from Mexico nor a species of hydrangea? (2020-05-25)
... that although the bronze-leaved clerodendrum is an ornamental garden shrub, it sometimes becomes naturalised and may become an invasive species? (2020-11-15)
... that Mary Clutter used her directorial position at the National Science Foundation to require scientific conferences to include women speakers when presenting research done by them? (2024-02-23)
... that while the fan palm Coccothrinax jamaicensis is the only Coccothrinax species native to Jamaica, the neighbouring island of Cuba has 39 native species? (2019-04-09)
... that Coccothrinax jimenezii, a palm tree native to the island of Hispaniola, was listed as a critically endangered species within two years of its formal description? (2019-04-04)
... that the indigenous people of northern Australia ate the flowers of the kapok bush? (2018-06-22)
... that the Lebombo wattle (pictured), the water ironplum, and the Zulu coshwood grow in the Southern African Sand Forest, where they are often swathed in pinhead orchids and other epiphytes? (2019-09-07)
... that the kola nut is used in the manufacture of both cola drinks and chocolate that has a high melting point? (2015-02-08)
... that although the fruits of Cola verticillata are considered inedible, they contain caffeine and are used to make a beverage? (2021-11-18)
... that Jane Colden was the first female botanist to describe flora in the United States? (2006-06-04)
... that collard greens is both a plant and a recipe? (2004-03-23)
... that collections left by naturalists Frederick Lukis and his daughter Louisa, wife of Sark's feudal ruler William Thomas Collings, are the most significant natural history collections displayed by the museums of Guernsey? (2014-02-13)
... that Columnea consanguinea (pictured) have translucent red heart-shaped markings on their leaves to attract hummingbirds? (2012-02-15)
... that Combretum glutinosum, found in The Gambia and the Sahel belt, is used to make yellow dye? (2011-04-20)
... that timber from the leadwood tree burns very slowly and is often used for nightlong fires intended to keep animals at bay? (2004-09-23)
... that the genus Comesperma contains such plants as the Broom Milkwort (pictured), pink matchheads and love creeper? (2011-04-26)
... that the tropical spiderwort (Commelina benghalensis) is a noxious weed in the United States, but used as a remedy against leprosy in Pakistan? (2007-12-17)
... that the Carolina dayflower (pictured) is actually from India and was named in the United States nearly a century before it was described in its native country? (2007-12-14)
... that the Australian creeping plant Commelina cyanea (pictured) is known as scurvy weed as early settlers ate it to ward off scurvy? (2011-04-28)
... that the East African plant Commelina lukei has been informally recognised as a separate species since 1969, but was only formally described in 2008? (2009-01-19)
... that Commelina sphaerorrhizoma, a south-central African dayflower, was first collected in 1906, but not formally described until 2009? (2010-07-23)
... that the Australian kerrawang, which is a shrub, should not be confused with the kurrajong, a tree, or the currawong, a sombre-plumaged bird resembling a crow? (2010-07-29)
... that the almost 50-million-year-old fossil leaves of Comptonia columbiana (example pictured) preserve evidence of moth feeding? (2021-04-18)
... that fossils of the extinct plant Concavistylon were first collected in the 1950s, but the genus was not formally described until 2018? (2020-12-07)
... that a variety of the Connecticut field pumpkin is known as "the original commercial jack-o'-lantern pumpkin"? (2023-10-31)
... that Saint Anthony's nut, popular with pigs as well as humans, is named for Anthony of Padua, patron saint of swineherds? (2005-08-07)
... that smokebushes get their name from the resemblance of their flowers to smoke arising from the plant? (2016-01-25)
... that the mint plant largeflower false rosemary has the largest flowers of the genus Conradina? (2012-03-01)
... that the Cumberland false rosemary has three sets of chromosomes in its cells, one set more than other plants in the same genus? (2011-03-01)
... that the tiny rare green Mystery Orchid, Cooktownia robertsii, was named after Cooktown and its discoverer, Lewis Roberts, and is the only member of the genus Cooktownia? (2009-06-12)
... that white jute and Jew's mallow are used both for the production of fibre and for food? (2016-06-04)
... that New Zealand's indigenous Māori people used the cabbage tree Cordyline australis for food, medicine, and to make strong ropes like those used for morere swings (pictured)? (2010-05-08)
... that the dwarf cabbage tree (Cordyline pumilio) was consumed by the Maori as a relish? (2010-05-16)
... that patches of broom crowberry in New Jersey began to sprout seedlings again after an F-16 set them on fire? (2012-03-01)
... that the plant Coreopsis verticillata 'Moonbeam' was chosen as the 1992 Perennial Plant of the Year by the Perennial Plant Association? (2010-03-02)
... that Cornulaca monacantha is a spiny desert plant that provides good grazing for camels? (2013-01-31)
... that out of about 20,000 Clarno Formation fossils, only 5 were from the extinct dogwood Cornus clarnensis? (2013-10-04)
... that the extinct species Cornus piggae has fruits smaller than any other species in the dogwood subgenus of Cornus? (2012-04-15)
... that when the Puerto Rican mint tree Cornutia obovata was listed as endangered in 1988, there were only seven growing in the wild? (2011-02-28)
... that although the Coronation grape has been described as having "an odd, off taste", it is the most-planted seedless table grape variety in southern Ontario? (2009-09-23)
... that the tall everlasting daisy (pictured) can grow to 2 m (7 ft) high? (2012-03-28)
... that the button everlasting of eastern Australia can resprout and flower 16 weeks after a bushfire? (2013-05-25)
... that Corsia is a genus of small plants which lack chlorophyll and parasitize fungi for nutrition? (2012-01-20)
... that the Windswept Helmet-orchid of Macquarie Island is threatened by rabbit digging and seal wallowing? (2010-07-31)
... that Linnaeus wanted seeds of old-fashioned bleeding heart but was sent instead seeds of Corydalis nobilis (pictured), a flower then unknown to science? (2011-07-19)
... that fossils of the extinct hazelnut relative Coryloides were informally identified as palm nuts first? (2013-10-01)
... that the extinct winter-hazel species Corylopsis readae was described from a single Ypresian fossil? (2012-04-21)
... that the extinct hazel species Corylus johnsonii (fruit pictured) resembles three modern hazels found in China? (2010-08-15)
... that the yellow bloodwood (bark pictured) tends to grow on the western slopes of plateaus and escarpments? (2011-09-08)
... that the squirrel glider and yellow-bellied glider feed on the sap of the pink bloodwood directly from an incision in the trunk? (2011-10-30)
... that Peruvian Viagra grows on the roots of plants? (2022-01-29)
... that cactus enthusiasts and collectors are major threats to the rare cacti Coryphantha ramillosa (pictured) and Escobaria sneedii? (2011-03-03)
... that Cossinia trifoliata trees endemic to New Caledonia have become vulnerable to extinction, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature's 1998 assessment? (2014-01-02)
... that costermongers are named after the costard, a variety of apple that they sold? (2020-04-26)
... that the orange tulip ginger is not a citrus fruit, nor a tulip, nor a spice? (2015-08-12)
... that the willow-leaved cotoneaster, Cotoneaster salicifolius, is a woody plant which is native to Western China, with over 30 cultivars which range from tiny groundcovers to large shrubs? (2009-03-30)
... that not only does Couma utilis have edible fruit, its latex is used as a base for chewing gum, caulking boats, and whitewashing houses? (2020-01-29)
... that the Cowthorpe Oak was mentioned in Shakespeare's As You Like It? (2020-01-14)
... that the cream nut fruit may trap an inexperienced monkey? (2012-07-25)
... that the modern city of Tulsa, Oklahoma was founded in 1836, when the Lochapoka Creeks created the town of talasi at the Creek Council Oak Tree in Indian Territory? (2014-12-20)
... that though the rare Central Florida legume Crotalaria avonensis was first collected in 1950, it took another 39 years to be recognized and named as a distinct species? (2011-03-02)
... that the Texabama croton was nearly simultaneously discovered at Fort Hood and Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge in 1989? (2021-02-09)
... that crown shyness (pictured) may occur between trees of different species? (2015-09-04)
... that the stems of the neotropical palm genus Cryosophila are covered with spines that are actually modified roots? (2010-04-11)
... that fossil evidence suggests that the palm tribe Cryosophileae evolved in the northern hemisphere and that its presence in South America reflects later migration southward? (2010-04-14)
... that the orchid dupe wasp ejaculates visible amounts of semen as it tries to copulate with flowers of the leafless-, large- and tartan- (pictured) tongue orchids, which it mistakes for a female wasp? (2010-11-24)
... that the Cubbington Pear Tree, voted England's Tree of the Year for 2015, is at risk of being felled during construction of High Speed 2? (2018-11-29)
... that the Siam Tulip is not a tulip, but is related to ginger? (2004-05-11)
... that cushion plants (example pictured), which grow extremely slowly, can live for up to 350 years? (2008-06-26)
... that the rare and endangered bellflower Cyanea remyi is found only on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, and as of 2010, an estimated 24 individuals are known to be growing in the wild? (2011-03-09)
... that on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, the rare and endangered flowers Cyanea superba and Cyanea truncata are threatened by feral pigs and rats, while feral goats are threats to Cyperus trachysanthos? (2011-03-11)
... that it is all but impossible to match up species known by leaves with those known by trunks in the prehistoric cycad-like genus Cycadeoidea? (2012-01-22)
... that although the seeds of Cycas rumphii contain a toxic glucoside, they can be made edible by pounding, washing and cooking? (2010-12-12)
... that "Persian violet" is another name for cyclamen? (2004-03-24)
... that when the only known Cylindrocline lorencei died and its seeds would not germinate, it was considered extinct—but it was saved through in vitro culture of part of the seed embryo? (2010-11-07)
... that Oxford ivy grows towards the light to bloom and then towards the darkness when going to seed? (2024-01-16)
... that bear's ears grow on the ground in New South Wales? (2010-08-05)
... that little Neptune grass (pictured) forms meadows on the seabed and can be used to measure the movement of underwater dunes? (2011-08-26)
... that the sparrow's-egg lady's-slipper (pictured) is a lady's slipper orchid that resembles a sparrow's egg? (2011-11-30)
... that the Red Sealing Wax Palm, a popular ornamental plant, was included in the IUCN Red List in 1995 and removed in 2000? (2013-05-03)
... that Dickie's Bladder-fern was first found in a yawn in Scotland, but that Victorian fern collectors may have removed every specimen from this site? (2008-07-07)
... that there are believed to be fewer than 100 mature specimens of Dacrydium guillauminii, which is considered critically endangered? (2019-09-10)
... that Native Americans used various parts of the purple prairie clover (pictured) for food and to make tea, medicine, and brooms? (2011-11-25)
... that Dampiera linearis (pictured) is a suitable plant for hanging baskets? (2015-06-05)
... that skippers, lycaenids and honeybees visit the flowers of Dampiera purpurea? (2011-11-29)
... that strips of bark from the West African copal are used to make beehives, while the flowers are attractive to bees? (2019-08-24)
... that the seeds of poverty grass can remain in the soil for decades before they germinate? (2011-12-23)
... that the endangered Puerto Rican plant Daphnopsis hellerana is dioecious, with male plants bearing tubular flowers and females bearing bell-shaped flowers? (2011-03-12)
... that the rusty silky oak had different everyday and taboo names in the local Dyirbal language? (2014-06-08)
... that jewel beetle larvae live in galls on the stems of the Australian shrub Daviesia corymbosa? (2011-12-13)
... that devito and schwarzenegger are two Australian peas? (2022-01-02)
... that a grey poplar in Amsterdam is "the tree that saw it all"? (2022-10-24)
... that according to an urban legend, coconuts kill more people than sharks each year? (2013-07-28)
... that despite reaching 25 metres (82 ft) high in nature, Decaspermum humile (pictured) has potential as an indoor or tub plant? (2010-08-10)
... that deepwater rice (pictured) can grow 25 cm (9.8 in) in a day, but only when underwater? (2011-03-10)
Deforestation in Costa Rica (article's talk page missing blurb) (2009-04-30)
... that the Royal Poinciana has been called the most colourful tree in the world? (2004-06-14)
... that though poisonweed, Delphinium geyeri, is highly toxic, it is less poisonous after it starts flowering? (2023-07-15)
... that the cucumber orchid and straggly pencil orchid can hybridize when they grow together? (2018-12-25)
... that the beech orchid was first scientifically described in The Sydney Morning Herald? (2019-01-09)
... that the sting of the rainforest shrub Dendrocnide moroides can cause severe and prolonged pain and has been reported to kill dogs, horses and humans? (2006-08-08)
... that the mistletoe Dendrophthoe vitellina has been found growing on 66 Australian plant species of 16 families? (2011-05-09)
... that the closest modern fern relatives to Dennstaedtia christophelii (fossil pictured) of the Pacific Northwest are tropical species from South America? (2023-12-23)
... that plant scientist Norman C. Deno's research on seed germination techniques resulted in him writing a book with germination methods for thousands of species? (2021-03-06)
... that Ruby Bundleflower, an abundant weed in parts of Mexico, produces beans used in salsa? (2008-08-27)
... that most species in the palm genus Desmoncus climb using grappling hook–like structures called acanthopylls? (2020-04-06)
... that the genus name of the commonly grown Australian garden plants Dianella caerulea and D. tasmanica is derived from the goddess Diana? (2009-10-18)
... that the rare Floridian flowers Robin's mint and Garrett's mint used to be in the same species as the scrub balm (pictured) until they were re-classified as separate species in 1981 and 1989, respectively? (2011-03-16)
... that tiny spurs on the anthers of the aromatic perennial shrub Olga's mint act as triggers to cause the flower to release pollen when an insect arrives? (2011-03-17)
... that the native Australian longhair plumegrass has become naturalised in Hawaii? (2012-05-27)
... that James Bond author Ian Fleming suggested that Dame Violet Dickson should write her autobiography while he was researching a book on Kuwait, and that her autobiographical book was eventually published but his never was? (2007-03-04)
... that the fossil fern Dickwhitea was described from a single block of chert? (2024-03-28)
... that the Emberá in Panama use the hard, durable trunks of Dictyocaryum palms to construct coffins? (2008-03-19)
... that the palm Dictyosperma album (pictured) in the Mascarene Islands is commonly called "hurricane palm" because of its ability to withstand strong winds by easily shedding leaves? (2008-03-20)
... that Didiereaceae is a family of cactus-like flowering plants that make up the spiny thickets of Madagascar? (2005-05-25)
... that the fruit of the rainforest tree Dysoxylum pettigrewianum (pictured) provides food for Metallic Starlings and cassowaries, and the leaves are eaten by Lumholtz's Tree-kangaroo? (2011-08-22)
... that the pharmocological products derived from the Spanish foxglove are up to three times more potent than those obtained from the common foxglove? (2012-10-21)
... that the extinct plant genus Dillhoffia can't be placed into a flowering plant family at this time? (2010-05-31)
... that water pours from the Dinoša mulberry tree (pictured) for a few days each year? (2022-06-14)
... that Dioscorea chouardii is known from a single crag in the Pyrenees and has been monitored using scaffolding and telescopes? (2019-08-02)
... that there are only 70 individual plants of Molokai twinsorus fern (herbarium specimen pictured) remaining in the wild and they are all on Maui? (2011-03-18)
... that the Rose bedeguar gall was used as a cure for baldness, colic and toothaches? (2008-03-22)
... that seeds of the fossil yew genus Diploporus are larger then Taxus seeds and smaller then Torreya seeds? (2013-05-06)
... that the orchid Dipodium variegatum forms symbiotic relationships with fungi of the genus Russula? (2014-02-01)
... that pollen study was needed to clarify the identity of a Dipteronia brownii fossil? (2021-10-28)
... that Distichia muscoides provides good grazing all-year-round in the High Andes for domesticated llamas and alpacas, and non-native livestock? (2021-02-02)
... that young fronds of the prickly rasp fern are pink-tinged? (2012-02-01)
... that the Door Tree (pictured), which stood for nearly 200 years, was cut down because of a brother's hatred? (2022-03-07)
... that Doryphora sassafras (pictured) of southeastern Australia gains its name from the similarity of the odour of its leaves to that of the Sassafras of eastern North America? (2009-09-02)
... that double flowers were first documented as a floral abnormality in ancient Greece and are found in many common flower varieties including impatiens (example pictured), carnations, camellias and roses? (2008-03-12)
... that the Kei apple is a shrub often used for hedges, not an edible apple? (2004-04-03)
... that the Top 10 New Species of the past year include a 40 foot (12 m) tall tree (pictured), a crustacean that looks like a skeleton, a protist that acts like a sponge, and a fungus named after the King of the Netherlands? (2014-06-28)
... that the New Zealand tree tarahinau has evolved to develop thinner leaves as it matures, probably as a result of the high winds of the Chatham Islands? (2021-09-11)
... that the New Zealand tree Dracophyllum fiordense has distinctive spirals at the ends of its leaves? (2021-10-07)
... that the New Zealand tree mountain neinei (example pictured) can live for up to 600 years? (2021-08-26)
... that the Dragos Gemelos are two entwined dragon trees said to represent twin brothers who dueled for the love of a woman? (2021-08-22)
... that drunken trees result from permafrost thawing? (2007-12-22)
... that the tree Drypetes gerrardii was named after William Gerrard, who collected plants in southern Africa in the 1860s? (2019-11-24)
... that Sarcoscypha dudleyi was named after the botanist William Russell Dudley? (2010-09-05)
... that the Sonoran blue butterfly uses Dudleya cymosa subsp. pumila (pictured) as a larval foodplant and hummingbirds feed on its nectar? (2022-02-01)
... that Duguetia tobagensis, a small tree endemic to the island of Tobago, has only been collected three times since its original discovery in 1912? (2009-06-27)
... that Suzanne Duigan was a botanist who specialised in palynology, particularly the study of fossil pollen? (2016-03-13)
... that Dumelow's Seedling is known by more than 50 alternative names? (2019-05-01)
... that Duranta erecta, a widely cultivated ornamental plant, has been identified as an invasive species in Fiji, French Polynesia and Hawaii? (2008-12-14)
... that despite a name meaning "strong-smelling durian", Durio graveolens has been described as odorless? (2019-10-28)
... that Durum wheat was used to make al-fidawsh, a dry pasta popular in Muslim Spain? (2008-05-01)
... that two Critically Endangered palms in Madagascar, Dypsis brevicaulis and Dypsis humilis, have fewer than 60 known specimens in the wild combined? (2010-10-30)
... that the pygmy goosefoot (pictured), a plant endemic to New Zealand that was thought to be extinct, was rediscovered in 2015? (2016-10-02)
... that the plant Dyssodia papposa was given to horses for coughs by the Dakota and smoked for epilepsy by the Keres? (2021-11-12)
... that although Echeveria runyonii has been in cultivation since at least 1922, wild plants were unknown until 1990? (2012-07-17)
... that the flowers of Echinocereus reichenbachii open for just one day? (2015-10-06)
... that antelope grass can recover quickly after wildfires even in the middle of the dry season? (2019-08-19)
... that while the wild cucumber (pictured) and the oneseed bur cucumber both grow in North America, one has been used in a love potion and the other to treat sexually transmitted infections? (2017-02-07)
... that El Drago Milenario, located in Parque del Drago, Tenerife, is the largest and oldest known specimen of Dracaena draco? (2019-05-15)
... that the eucalyptus El Grande, Australia's largest tree, was killed by forestry officials by mistake? (2011-02-26)
... that the city of Palo Alto, California, is named after a big tree? (2023-01-16)
... that between March and April of 2011, 298 cedar waxwings were killed trying to get fruits from thorny-olive shrubs (pictured) growing along a highway in Brazos County, Texas? (2012-01-16)
... that Stephen Elliott, a South Carolina politician and bank president, was considered by the journal Science to be "the father of Southern botany"? (2009-04-25)
... that the growth of thickspike wheatgrass in an area can inhibit the spread of weeds including Russian and diffuse knapweed? (2011-12-27)
... that the Emancipation Oak located on the campus of Hampton University is where the Virginia Peninsula's black community gathered in 1863 to hear the first Southern reading of President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation? (2005-09-20)
... that the fragile habitat of the silver-leaf sunray (pictured) is threatened by off-road recreational vehicles? (2015-07-17)
... that the Eastern Cape dwarf cycad was one of the first three Cape cycads to be declared endangered by the Cape provincial nature conservation authorities? (2011-08-09)
... that the species name of South Africa's Eastern Cape Blue Cycad (pictured), horridus, is Latin for 'sticking out' or 'prickly', after the plant's stiff, spiny leaflets? (2008-03-31)
... that the Lebombo cycad is endangered, with only about 5,000 plants remaining in the wild? (2013-02-28)
... that the Lebombo cycad (pictured) is a different species from the Lebombo cycad? (2013-12-14)
... that every extant individual of the cycad Encephalartos woodii (pictured) is male? (2006-11-20)
... that Los Angeles police were sent to guard the remains of the 1000-year-old Encino Oak Tree, a victim of "slime flux", after it was felled by an El Niño storm in 1998? (2008-10-06)
... that the endemic flora of Trinidad and Tobago consists of 59 plant species, including one that was last collected between 1786 and 1791? (2009-02-02)
... that Endiandra introrsa, commonly known as Dorrigo Plum or Red Walnut, is neither a plum nor a walnut but a member of the laurel family? (2010-06-14)
... that the Endicott Pear Tree, located in Danvers, Massachusetts, is thought to be the oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America? (2008-08-13)
... that insects that pollinate plants include butterflies, moths, beetles, flies (example pictured), wasps, and ants? (2016-04-05)
... that Victoria became the first Australian state to adopt a floral emblem when it adopted the pink heath, a form of Epacris impressa? (2014-07-12)
... that the Australian heathland shrub Epacris obtusifolia (pictured) was first cultivated in the United Kingdom in 1804? (2011-10-11)
... that Dysoxylum parasiticum was named in the mistaken belief that it was parasitic? (2014-03-16)
... that all known populations of Epipterygium opararense (example pictured) live within a 5-metre (16 ft) radius in New Zealand? (2024-01-28)
... that while the leaf shape varies among hybrids of Episcia cupreata (pictured), the flowers always have the same form? (2019-07-18)
... that the fossil horsetail Equisetum similkamense has been found in only two places, both in British Columbia? (2021-06-30)
... that the extinct horsetail Equisetum thermale grew in Jurassic hot springs? (2012-02-06)
... that weeping lovegrass is used for funeral rituals in Lesotho, and sometimes hybridizes with Lehmann's lovegrass? (2011-12-28)
... that kalamalo (pictured) provides the main nesting habitat for the Laysan Finch? (2012-05-20)
... that Australian naturalist and botanical artist Rica Erickson wrote her first book Orchids of the West in 1951? (2008-07-12)
... that the plant Erigenia bulbosa is known as "harbinger of spring" because it is one of the first plants to bloom in the hardwood forests of eastern North America each year? (2007-03-24)
... that after the two endangered varieties of the Maguire daisy were combined into the one species due to genetic indistinction, it was no longer considered endangered? (2011-11-04)
... that the Anemone hupehensis is often called the Japanese anemone, but is actually native to China? (2010-01-16)
... that snow buckwheat and parsnipflower buckwheat were used by Native Americans to treat diarrhea? (2012-05-21)
... that Eriogonum parvifolium is a California endemic dunes shrub that is host to several endangered butterflies? (2007-01-26)
... that the seed and stem of Eriophorum angustifolium (pictured) are edible and are used in traditional Native American cuisine? (2013-03-27)
... that the San Mateo woolly sunflower is an endangered species that makes its home on serpentine outcrops that are chemically inhospitable for most plant species? (2006-11-24)
... that the Californian plant Eryngium racemosum has become extirpated due to the non-occurrence of natural flooding? (2009-06-18)
... that Suksdorf's monkeyflower of the genus Erythranthe was named after the mostly self-taught immigrant botanist Wilhelm Nikolaus Suksdorf? (2017-02-22)
... that because of a water-soluble pigment, Erythranthe cuprea has copper-colored flowers instead of the more common red and yellow flowers found in its genus? (2017-02-28)
... that the Rocky Mountain monkeyflower (pictured) rarely produces flowers outside of a greenhouse? (2011-11-16)
... that a biologist discovered a population of the rare and endangered Michigan monkeyflower after he found a specimen used as a garnish on his plate at a restaurant? (2011-06-13)
... that Erythranthe peregrina (pictured) is a rare example of a species developing in multiple locations from parents that normally produce sterile hybrids? (2017-03-14)
... that cut branches of the small tree Erythrina berteroana are used to make living fence posts? (2019-06-25)
... that the tree Erythrina velutina (inflorescence pictured) can make mice and rats sleepy and is the only Erythrina species pollinated by a lizard, the Noronha skink? (2010-03-27)
... that the toxic bark of a Madagascan tree species has been used as a poison in trials by ordeal? (2019-08-22)
... that among the many uses of Erythrophleum ivorense and Lannea welwitschii, trees growing in Assagny National Park, are rope-making, canoe-building and to poison fish? (2019-08-16)
... that garden refugees can become invasive in the wild? (2021-09-10)
... that although Esenbeckia runyonii is common in parts of Mexico's Sierra Madre Oriental, the type specimen was collected from a disjunct population of trees in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas? (2010-01-24)
... that a field study found that koalas prefer the blue-leaved stringybark (pictured) but only when it grows on shale-based soils? (2010-04-18)
... that the black gum is threatened by global warming as it is largely restricted to frost hollows? (2012-03-31)
... that the new bark of Eucalyptus alba is pink? (2014-05-10)
... that white box are used for railway sleepers and fences in Australia? (2013-06-16)
... that most of the habitat of the vulnerable tree Eucalyptus benthamii has disappeared under Warragamba Dam or been cleared? (2011-09-19)
... that the bangalay (pictured) can live for 600 years and its base can reach six metres (20 ft) in diameter? (2012-02-02)
... that the Dawson river blackbutt indicates sodic soil? (2012-12-18)
... that the strong, dark red timber of the Australian hardwood tree the Narrow-leaved Ironbark was used in Elizabeth Farm, Australia's oldest surviving European dwelling? (2009-06-26)
... that the tallest specimens of Eucalyptus deanei (pictured) are over 70 m (230 ft) high? (2012-03-13)
... that the type specimen of Eucalyptus denticulata was only collected in 1989? (2012-09-08)
... that the thin-leaved stringybark is so named as the bark fibres can be peeled off the trunk in strings? (2011-09-13)
... that Wollemi Stringybark, a tree that grows to 45 metres (148 ft) high northwest of Sydney, remains officially undescribed? (2011-06-20)
... that common names for Eucalyptus exserta include Queensland peppermint, bendo, and messmate? (2018-09-15)
... that the snap and rattle tree (pictured) is native to Australia? (2017-05-15)
... that Eucalyptus grandis (pictured) seedlings can put on seven metres (23 ft) of growth in their first year? (2011-10-25)
... that the woollybutt is useful in the production of honey and railway sleepers? (2011-09-11)
... that the Blue Mountains Ash (pictured) has a corky wooden skirt that helps it resist fire? (2011-09-15)
... that the leaves of the grey gum (bark pictured) are a staple food of the koala? (2011-09-09)
... that koalas eat the leaves of the eucalyptus tree known as the Red Mahogany? (2009-08-30)
... that fewer than 1000 mature plants of the endangered rose mallee remain in the wild? (2012-08-03)
... that Eucalyptus robusta (pictured) is planted to drain swamps in Uganda? (2012-04-20)
... that the flowers of the Sydney blue gum are eaten by the grey-headed flying fox? (2011-12-31)
... that the Noongar used the Eucalyptus wandoo tree (woods pictured) as a medicine and ointment? (2023-06-20)
... that the bark of the South African shrub blue guarri can be used as a purgative? (2013-11-23)
... that fossils of Eucommia constans are the youngest and most southerly examples of Eucommia in North America? (2012-09-18)
... that seeds of the extinct tree Eucommia eocenica have been found with latex covered fossils? (2012-09-15)
... that the extinct plant species Eucommia jeffersonensis and Eucommia rolandii were both described from fossils in 1997? (2012-09-22)
... that seeds of the extinct tree Eucommia montana are found from British Columbia to Colorado? (2012-09-26)
... that the petioles of some species of Eugeissona palm trees can be used as darts in blowgun hunting? (2008-03-26)
... that the latex-like sap of the desert candle has uses in traditional medicine but can cause skin blisters and blindness? (2021-04-10)
... that the succulent Euphorbia arbuscula of Socotra is used to feed goats? (2018-01-12)
... that the desert plant Euphorbia caducifolia is commonly known as the "leafless milk hedge", while Euphorbia nivulia is the "holy milk hedge"? (2021-10-23)
... that the endangered Garber's spurge, endemic to Florida, is known from only seventeen locations, one of which, on Cudjoe Key, consists of a single plant? (2011-02-06)
... that a person can create more of a Devil's Backbone (pictured) by cutting it off above a joint and burying it? (2010-10-31)
... that seeds of the water lily Euryale ferox may be toasted and eaten like popcorn? (2008-03-02)
... that Fagus langevinii is considered to be the oldest extinct species of beech tree? (2022-02-04)
... that Famatinanthus decussatus is a rare shrub from Argentina threatened by mining, off-road vehicles, and livestock? (2017-02-14)
... that Farnham Mires is one of the few sedge-and-rush marshes left in the Vale of York? (2020-01-22)
... that the flower Campanula zoysii is considered a symbol of the Slovenian Alps? (2010-08-19)
... that after Olga Fedchenko's husband died on Mont Blanc in 1873, she was asked to continue their work by Moscow's Society of Natural Scientists? (2015-12-01)
... that prickly felicia belongs to the daisy family and is found on sand dunes in the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa? (2018-02-05)
... that a slime mold eats the decaying remains of the Devil's tongue barrel? (2010-10-31)
... that people of the Sonoran Desert in North America value the fruit of the Ferocactus wislizeni (pictured) as emergency food and also as a basis for confectionery? (2007-09-14)
... that in Fertilisation of Orchids, Charles Darwin showed how beautiful orchids (example pictured) evolved through natural selection for insect pollination? (2009-02-12)
... that Catherine Feuillet led a team to successfully map the largest wheat chromosome, 3B? (2015-12-13)
... that the West Indian laurel fig tree is an introduced species in Florida where it has escaped from cultivation? (2008-07-08)
... that the rough leaves of Australian fig species Ficus coronata (pictured) have the texture of sandpaper? (2008-07-11)
... that indigenous peoples in the Northern Territory of Australia would toss fruit of the river fig into rivers to attract turtles? (2019-02-05)
... that Ficus neriifolia is an important food item of the black crested gibbon and eastern hoolock gibbon, and is used in bonsai? (2016-03-01)
... that Ficus obliqua, which may reach 100 ft (35 m) high in Australian rainforests, is well suited for use in bonsai? (2008-07-14)
... that the lithophytic desert fig has edible figs and can be used as bonsai? (2015-10-01)
... that the Australian banana fig is one of the few figs known to be pollinated by more than one species of fig wasp? (2008-07-12)
... that cavities in the stems of the fig species Ficus subpisocarpa can host ant colonies? (2013-07-25)
... that the fruits of Ficus yoponensis are one of the preferred foods of the Mantled Howler Monkey and contain more vitamin C than any other possible foods? (2011-02-26)
... that trees of the New Guinea genus Finschia have stilt roots coming off the trunk up to 1.8 m (6 ft) off the ground? (2013-04-02)
... that the Fique is a natural fiber obtained of furcraea plants, typical of Colombia, which is used in the fabrication of ropes, fabrics, tapestry and handcrafts? (2007-09-10)
... that Ellen Thayer Fisher's paintings of flowers (example pictured) were widely distributed as chromolithographs by Boston publisher Louis Prang? (2017-04-15)
... that the rainforest tree Flindersia xanthoxyla, used for making coaches and cabinets, is a member of the citrus family Rutaceae? (2010-06-24)
Flora Danica (article's talk page missing blurb) (2008-07-21)
... that over 130,000 species of plants from Colombia have been described? (2007-10-08)
... that the indigenous flora of Saskatchewan (example pictured) is used for jellies, jams, pies, herbal teas, medicinal decoctions and technological products? (2009-02-05)
... that the flora of Scotland includes the world's tallest hedge, a yew which may be Europe's oldest tree, and Dughall Mor ("big dark stranger") – Britain's tallest tree? (2008-05-02)
... that Pinus densiflora (pictured) is a dominant forest component of the flora of North Korea? (2013-04-03)
... that the flora of Western Australia (floral emblem pictured) comprises 9437 native vascular plant species of 1543 genera within 226 families? (2008-10-21)
... that the flora of the Sierra Nevada alpine zone includes alpine brook saxifrage (pictured), alpine pussypaws, alpine gold, alpine paintbrush and even shooting stars? (2014-09-12)
... that the Foxglove was chosen as the county flower for four different U.K. counties in a competition run by the plant conservation charity Plantlife in 2002? (2006-04-03)
... that the Florida mangroves are vital to an estimated 75 percent of the game fish and 90 percent of the commercial fish species in South Florida? (2006-07-10)
... that Florissantia flowers were possibly pollinated by bats? (2021-10-31)
... that in Mexico, tea prepared using tarbush, a shrub native to the Chihuahuan Desert, is consumed to treat indigestion and diarrhea? (2012-01-12)
... that Fontainea venosa is a vulnerable rare plant in Australia? (2021-06-07)
... that the common water moss provides a protective habitat for fish eggs and aquatic invertebrates? (2015-03-04)
... that most garden flowers and herbs are forbs? (2004-04-29)
... that the herb Forsskaolea tenacissima was so named by Carl Linnaeus because it was as stubborn and persistent as his student Peter Forsskål (pictured) had been? (2008-05-04)
... that in 1887, eleven Lepidodendron stump fossils were discovered in the Fossil Grove in Glasgow, Scotland, during excavation work? (2018-10-01)
... that the extinct witchalder Fothergilla malloryi (pictured) is the oldest confirmed member of the genus Fothergilla? (2012-04-14)
... that foxtail millet has the longest history of cultivation among the millets, having been grown in China since between three and four thousand years ago? (2005-07-12)
... that Scottish botanist John Fraser was a plant collector for Catherine, Czar of Russia? (2012-08-05)
... that the perennial herb Frasera caroliniensis can take up to thirty years to flower? (2011-12-17)
... that the boreal felt lichen (pictured), one of the most endangered lichens in the world, begins its life by growing inside of the liverwort Frullania asagrayana (also pictured)? (2010-03-25)
... that the spirit liverwort is called such because of its proximity to the Māori afterlife? (2024-03-30)
... that the white wine grape Furmint is said to have been introduced to Hungary after the 13th century Mongolian invasion, by immigrants recruited by King Béla IV? (2009-12-28)
... that the fern genus Gaga is named for Lady Gaga? (2014-09-16)
... that Australian aborigines ground the red berries of the Rough Saw-sedge to make flour? (2010-05-09)
... that the sharp saw-like edges of the native Australian red-fruit saw-sedge can cut the hands of careless handlers? (2012-05-28)
... that Beverly Thomas Galloway was a pioneer in plant pathology and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture? (2015-12-29)
... that the British mycologist Denis Garrett, "one of the last 'string and sealing wax' scientists", once bought plastic lavatory cisterns for his laboratory to use in experiments? (2021-03-02)
... that while the female and male sexual organs of Congdon silktassel are on separate plants, it is the pendant male catkins that are more showy? (2006-03-10)
... that the tubers of the Potato Orchid taste of beetroot? (2011-10-13)
... that the berries of the alpine waxberry are eaten by lizards and ground weta? (2012-03-18)
... that the creeping snowberry is assisted by solitary bees, bumblebees, bee-flies, hoverflies, chipmunks and deer mice in reproduction in its native environment? (2011-05-27)
... that the smallest Natural Area in Pennsylvania protects a stand of box huckleberry, but another stand nearby is the oldest plant in the United States? (2008-08-22)
... that while the wilga is a valued fodder tree of rural Australia, it is not known why sheep like some trees and not others? (2011-03-24)
... that the nectar of Yellow Jessamine causes brood death when gathered by honeybees? (2004-06-03)
... that the bird subspecies Alcippe dubia genestieri is named after Annet Genestier, a French missionary-botanist in China who also built Zhongding Catholic Church in 1908? (2023-05-29)
... that tomatoes were the first commercially available genetically modified food? (2010-08-31)
... that the opening of the first bud of a horse chestnut tree in Geneva (pictured), as recorded by the secretary of the Parliament, announces the beginning of spring? (2023-01-07)
... that the critically endangered Tuncurry midge orchid is threatened by rabbits and urban developments? (2018-02-15)
... that the flowering plant Gentianella anglica is found only in Great Britain? (2020-03-29)
... that the false toadflax has an orange drupe? (2011-12-04)
... that the Eurasian shining cranesbill (pictured) is regarded as a noxious weed in the Pacific Northwest of the United States? (2016-07-18)
... that Herb Robert, a species of cranesbill, is believed by traditional herbologists to be a toothache palliative? (2004-04-29)
... that while the current record-holding giant pumpkin weighed 2,624.6 lb (1,190.5 kg), an ideal pumpkin could grow up to 20,000 lb (9,100 kg)? (2021-05-30)
... that plants in the genus Gillenia (Gillenia trifoliata pictured) are often planted as ornamentals and used as an herbal remedy? (2007-03-22)
... that the Gilwell Oak was named the United Kingdom's "Tree of the Year" for 2017? (2018-03-04)
... that the Paleocene Ginkgo cranei is the first fossil Ginkgo to be described from Tertiary "seeds"? (2012-04-09)
... that the name Ginkgo dissecta was first coined in 1974 but not formalized until 2002? (2012-03-04)
... that Glassworts are plants named to indicate that their ashes contain an alkali that is important in making glass? (2007-07-24)
... that Gliricidia sepium is used as firewood, live fencing, fodder, coffee shade, green manure and rat poison? (2008-10-02)
... that cheese trees grow in New South Wales and Queensland? (2009-04-01)
... that the flame lily (pictured) is the national flower of Zimbabwe? (2013-05-30)
... that Kao Neaw, a Thai sticky rice dish, is often served with ripe mangos and coconut milk as Kao Neaw Mamuan? (2004-02-27)
... that the British plant pathologist Mary Glynne climbed Mount Fuji when she was 68? (2016-03-14)
... that the northern white beech is actually a member of the mint family? (2010-08-21)
... that the oak tree under which Goethe allegedly wrote Faust's Walpurgis Night scene stood inside Buchenwald concentration camp and was sketched by French Volontaires de la Liberté member and camp inmate Léon Delarbre? (2014-03-14)
... that a beer named after the barley variety Golden Promise was not brewed using the variety? (2023-05-04)
... that Goodenia paniculata can grow in acidic soils with pH as low as 2.5? (2012-12-16)
... that the 25 species of Goodyera comprise just one of over 800 genera of orchids? (2006-12-25)
... that dark spots on the flowers of Gorteria diffusa (pictured) are thought to resemble bee flies to attract other bee flies? (2018-03-27)
... that an annual church service is said to have been held at the Gospel Oak in Polstead, Suffolk, for more than 1,000 years? (2020-05-17)
... that Gossia acmenoides (scrub ironwood) is named in honour of ex-Queensland Premier Wayne Goss? (2010-04-07)
... that botanist Alfred Byrd Graf's richly illustrated books included some of the more than 100 plant species he had discovered on his worldwide journeys, including the first known white African Violet? (2011-05-30)
... that the David Attenborough–narrated nature documentary The Green Planet has been compared to both horror films and a "plant porno"? (2022-03-09)
... that while Jesse More Greenman was curator at the Missouri Botanical Garden he increased its plant collection from 600,000 to about 1,500,000 specimens? (2014-12-07)
... that Scottish botanist Robert Kaye Greville has a mountain named after him in Queensland, Australia? (2008-08-10)
... that garden plant Grevillea 'Peaches and Cream', a hybrid of G. banksii from humid subtropical Queensland and G. bipinnatifida from the Mediterranean climate of Western Australia, tolerates the climates of both its parents? (2008-03-14)
... that Grevillea 'Superb' is a cultivated garden plant which flowers during all twelve months of the year? (2006-12-30)
... that Grevillea cyranostigma from Carnarvon National Park in Queensland was named for Cyrano de Bergerac? (2011-07-29)
... that foliage from the Australian rainforest tree Grevillea baileyana was used in the floral arrangements handed to medal winners at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney? (2011-11-22)
... that a mixture of bark and crushed leaves of Grevillea heliosperma was used to wash sores by local indigenous people? (2013-04-28)
... that the prickly foliage of Grevillea juniperina (pictured) makes it a good shelter for birds in the garden? (2014-10-14)
... that Grevillea laurifolia was so named for the resemblance of its leaves to those of laurel? (2014-05-16)
... that the flowerheads of the fern-leaf spider flower, Grevillea longifolia, look like toothbrushes? (2012-05-31)
... that the green spider flower was the first grevillea known to science? (2013-07-05)
... that the leaves of Grevillea pteridifolia were used by Groote Eylandt indigenous people as stuffing for emu meat, and by early settlers as stuffing for pillows? (2013-05-15)
... that the rare Grevillea shiressii is only found along two tributaries of the Hawkesbury River north of Sydney? (2013-01-27)
... that the vulnerable Queensland shrub Grevillea venusta (pictured) is an easily-grown garden plant and parent of cultivars G. 'Fire Sprite' and G. 'Orange Marmalade'? (2008-09-08)
... that the flowers of the beach gardenia (pictured) are used to scent coconut oil in the Cook Islands, while the heated leaves are used for headaches in northern Australia? (2008-06-07)
... that the bark of Guibourtia tessmannii is much esteemed in traditional medicine and is often removed from living trees? (2019-11-14)
... that the seeds of Guilandina bonduc, commonly known as nickernuts, are buoyant and remain viable while being dispersed by ocean currents? (2020-09-25)
... that the leaves of the button grass Gymnoschoenus sphaerocephalus have the lowest recorded phosphorus content of any plant species? (2010-06-24)
... that wood of the Mexican logwood is used to make traditional medicines and bows for stringed instruments? (2011-08-28)
... that the bootlace tree and bootlace oak are found across Australia's dry interior? (2010-05-30)
... that the foliage of the cauliflower hakea is so prickly that gloves are recommended when collecting seed? (2018-11-15)
... that the leaves of the scallop hakea cup the stem and the axillary flowers? (2016-01-06)
... that Stinking Roger can be found east of Albany to Esperance and beyond? (2010-05-22)
... that the endangered shrub Hakea dohertyi has a range of only 18 square kilometres within Australia's Kanangra-Boyd National Park? (2012-05-01)
... that the gum from the Australian shrub Hakea gibbosa was investigated as an additive for sustained-release tablets? (2013-02-12)
... that the plant Hakea macraeana was first described in The Australian Journal of Pharmacy? (2011-09-23)
... that the shrub Hakea pulvinifera (pictured) was first described in 1962, believed extinct in 1971, and rediscovered in 1988? (2018-12-16)
... that the Australian native Dagger Hakea is an effective plant for sheltering small birds such as the Superb Fairy-wren, especially in the natural landscaping style of gardening? (2007-07-16)
... that clover grass used to grow in the Pacific Ocean, but has not been seen there since a severe storm in 1996? (2019-09-16)
... that the Caribbean seagrass elysia, a sea slug, prefers star grass to other seagrasses? (2012-02-05)
... that some liverwort species in the class Haplomitriopsida rafted from Gondwana to Asia via the Indian subcontinent? (2007-10-25)
... that campaigners to save the Happy Man Tree, named England's Tree of the Year for 2020, presented an axe made from papier-mâché to the mayor of Hackney? (2021-01-14)
... that the seed pods of Hardenbergia comptoniana (flowers pictured) make an audible 'pop' as they release the seed? (2018-01-29)
... that there are currently only ten confirmed populations of fragrant prickly apple (pictured), a rare species of cactus endemic to Florida? (2011-02-05)
... that Zenker's fruit bat often forages in areas of forest where Haumania liebrechtsiana grows, a plant favoured by gorillas and chimpanzees? (2019-09-08)
... that Fannie Mahood Heath was nicknamed the "flower lady of North Dakota" for her garden that included over 450 different species of flowers, bushes, and trees? (2021-04-21)
... that pomologist Ulysses Prentiss Hedrick devoted separate monographs to cherries, grapes, peaches, pears, and plums? (2008-08-21)
... that the roots of the bean flower alpine sweetvetch are edible and taste like young carrots? (2011-12-07)
... that while the legume flower Utah sweetvetch provides habitat for the Sage Grouse, the seeds of legume roundhead bushclover (pictured) are a food source for the Bobwhite Quail? (2012-05-27)
... that the growing of heirloom plants may help increase the genetic variety of crops? (2005-04-26)
... that there are around 100 species of Helicia (H. glabriflora pictured) found from Sri Lanka and China to Australia? (2013-05-23)
... that molecular phylogenetics led to six genera of Brassicaceae resolving into the southern Africa genus Heliophila? (2014-02-13)
... that the hairless half-meter parasite Helixanthera schizocalyx was discovered by lepidopterist Colin Congdon on the lookout for loranths near the summit of Mozambique's Mount Mabu? (2011-01-06)
... that the Lenten rose (pictured) is named after its flowering period being in Lent? (2018-02-14)
... that the green hellebore (pictured) was used as a folk remedy to treat worms in children, and topically for lice? (2015-02-10)
... that Canadian botanist, combat ambulance driver, and political activist Julia Wilmotte Henshaw (pictured) urged women voters to support conscription, yet was also anti-suffrage? (2014-12-09)
... that according to the ancient doctrine of signatures, the plant hepatica was useful for treating liver disorders? (2004-03-25)
... that the largest herbarium in the world is housed by the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris? (2008-06-27)
... that original copies of the Herefordshire Pomona, a 19th century catalogue of apples and pears, command prices of over $20,000 when they come up for sale? (2006-11-02)
... that the dominant species of mangrove in the Sundarbans is being seriously affected by top dying disease? (2015-03-01)
... that when Jack Heslop-Harrison resigned as director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 1976 he was the first director to do so in the 154 years of its existence? (2008-11-29)
... that saving the Guadalupe cypress included the help of 40 Judas goats? (2024-04-05)
... that Cupressus pigmaea (pictured) is a vulnerable cypress tree that occurs in a dwarfed form to populate pygmy forests, as well as a full size tree? (2006-11-23)
... that Marin Dwarf Flax (Hesperolinon congestum) is a wildflower whose few small colonies are threatened by transmission line maintenance and new trail systems? (2006-12-10)
... that the awns of porcupine grass drill its seeds into the soil? (2011-12-31)
... that collecting Toyon branches for Christmas became so popular in Los Angeles, California in the 1920s, that the state passed a law forbidding collecting? (2004-11-06)
... that in the rubber tree genus Hevea, H. benthamiana, H. microphylla, and H. brasiliensis are deciduous, while H. guianensis, H. nitida, H. rigidifolia, and H. spruceana are evergreen? (2017-06-04)
... that the flowers of Hibbertia dentata (pictured) are visited by hoverflies? (2015-04-22)
... that cattle can experience ergotism if they eat tobosa infected with the fungus? (2012-01-21)
... that of the 1,401 species in the family Begoniaceae, Hillebrandia sandwicensis is the only one not in the genus Begonia? (2011-03-06)
... that Hiptage benghalensis is considered a weed in Florida? (2007-07-02)
... that the book Historia naturalis palmarum, by German botanist Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, was described by E. J. H. Corner as "the most magnificent treatment of palms that has been produced"? (2007-08-23)
... that there were attempts to ban yerba mate in early 17th-century South America? (2011-03-17)
... that former Chilean Environment Minister Adriana Hoffmann identified 106 new species of cacti? (2014-01-19)
... that Norwegian botanist and politician Olaf Alfred Hoffstad taught at Sandefjord Upper Secondary School for almost 43 years? (2011-06-07)
... that explorers in the American West used wood from the bush oceanspray to make nails? (2012-01-23)
... that English botanist Richard Eric Holttum wrote the first book on gardening in Singapore? (2013-06-03)
... that the small tree Homalanthus nutans is a pioneer species, readily colonising disturbed ground? (2021-10-29)
... that the shoots and leaves of sea sandwort are rich in Vitamins A and C, and can be fermented to prepare a sauerkraut-like preserve? (2016-07-23)
... that although honeynut squash originated about forty years ago, it has only been in markets for four years? (2019-09-19)
... that in addition to his work as a scientist, Robert Hooke was an architect who designed the Monument to the Great Fire of London so that it could also have a practical value as a scientific instrument? (2024-03-27)
... that the domestication of wild barley probably took place in the Fertile Crescent about 10,000 years ago? (2015-02-18)
... that artisan botanist John Horsefield was born "dead" but went on to champion the "ignorant and degraded" Lancashire textile workers? (2012-01-26)
... that Hortus Malabaricus, the earliest printed treatise on the flora in Asia, contains the first instances of Malayalam types being used for printing? (2006-12-26)
... that Romeyn Beck Hough's American Woods is a set of over 1,000 paper-thin wood slices collected from 354 different tree species? (2014-10-31)
... that Libby Houston received the 2012 H. H. Bloomer Award from the Linnean Society of London? (2012-09-11)
... that the Australian vine Hoya australis, a popular garden plant, attracts butterfly species such as the Common Crow? (2008-08-09)
... that plant physiologist Hu Dujing cultivated Eucommia ulmoides to produce a substitute for rubber? (2019-12-02)
... that British botanist Charles Edward Hubbard was "the world authority on the classification and recognition of grasses"? (2011-02-19)
... that it was the Rev. Griffith Hughes who first described "The Forbidden Fruit", although his book on Barbados has been called "a scientific fraud"? (2010-04-30)
... that the tree Humbertia madagascariensis, whose durable timber is used in heavy construction, is a member of the morning glory family? (2019-08-03)
... that Fred Humphreys attempted to photograph every species of Banksia, but died before the resulting book was published? (2012-11-17)
... that the Chestnut Tree of One Hundred Horses, located on the eastern slope of Mount Etna, holds the world record for the "greatest tree girth ever", and is also the largest and oldest known chestnut tree? (2006-12-25)
... that the Hungry Tree in Dublin is "eating" a park bench (pictured)? (2018-10-03)
... that plants of the genus Hydnophytum have bulbous stems which are honeycombed with ant tunnels? (2009-12-23)
... that the fruit of the rare subterranean parasitic plant Hydnora triceps smell and taste of coconut? (2012-07-13)
... that Bigleaf hydrangeas bloom in different colors depending on the soil pH? (2005-05-23)
... that the distinctive foliage of Hydrangea radiata, a shrub of the southern Appalachians, is dark green on one side but silvery white on the other? (2009-07-30)
... that the number of recognized species of palm trees in the genus Hydriastele has jumped from 9 to 48 in the last four years? (2008-03-28)
... that the age of a Stair-step Moss (pictured) can be estimated by counting the number of "steps"? (2008-05-22)
... that the extinct legume Hymenaea allendis is the second Hymenaea species described from Mexican amber? (2013-02-23)
... that fossils of the extinct legume Hymenaea mexicana show several types of insect feeding? (2013-02-09)
... that Catsear is sometimes mistaken for dandelions, and has similar culinary uses? (2005-02-05)
... that the iPlant Collaborative developed a DNA Subway? (2011-10-02)
... that ice cream grows in Florida? (2011-04-01)
... that the American Winterberry is also called the fever berry for its medicinal use among Native Americans? (2004-10-22)
... that the Kankakee mallow is known from a single 700 m (0.4 mi) island in the state of Illinois? (2016-03-17)
... that large amounts of α-Parinaric acid have been found in the seeds of an Impatiens species and an unrelated tree species? (2008-12-11)
... that before 2002, nobody had reported seeing a wild specimen of Impatiens denisonii, a rare balsam, since it was first described in 1862? (2010-03-30)
... that French Jesuit Pierre Nicolas d'Incarville introduced the Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) and Pagoda Tree (Styphnolobium japonicum) to Europe? (2007-07-14)
... that it is widely believed in Monmouth, Wales, that the late John "Mad Jack" Roocroft took his chain saw to the Indian Bean Tree in St James Square? (2012-07-01)
... that the English botanists Jane Ingham and Joseph Hubert Priestley were the first to separate cell walls from meristematic tissues in broad beans? (2021-11-10)
... that a myth from Choiseul Island has a man who betrayed a tribal chief punished by suffocation by the flatulence caused by the people around him eating the kernels of the Tahitian Chestnut tree? (2010-11-20)
... that Institutiones rei herbariae, published in 1700, sought to give a unique name to every plant based on their "essence"? (2024-03-28)
... that the International Association for Plant Taxonomy organizes international symposia on problems of plant systematics? (2007-12-19)
... that the root of the wild sweet potato (pictured) can weigh 10 kg (22 lb) or more? (2017-01-13)
... that the seeds of Ipomoea violacea (pictured) contain several indole alkaloids having LSD-like hallucinogenic properties, and therefore were used in Aztec rituals? (2010-11-10)
... that tips of the stamens of the Pagosa skyrocket (pictured) are covered with blue pollen that turns yellow as the flower ages? (2011-08-24)
... that the Holy Ghost ipomopsis, a rare flower found in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in New Mexico, is predicted to become extinct within 50 years? (2011-06-12)
... that the flowers of Iris atrofusca are so dark that in Jordan it is often called a "black iris"? (2016-05-06)
... that no official conservation measures are in place to protect the critically endangered Iris cedreti, endemic to Lebanon? (2016-11-09)
... that Iris perrieri was named after Baron Eugène Pierre Perrier de la Bâthie, who ran a speciality plant nursery in Albertville? (2015-12-17)
... that Iris timofejewii is a rare and endangered iris threatened by overgrazing? (2016-04-21)
... that Newton's apple tree was blown down in a storm in 1816? (2023-07-17)
... that the Brazilian orchid I. virginalis (pictured), the first species of Isabelia discovered, remained without a formal description or scientific name for four decades after its discovery? (2009-07-18)
... that the only known location of Isoetes eludens, a recently discovered aquatic plant, is a single 2 m (6.6 ft) wide and 15 cm (5.9 in) deep seasonal rock pool? (2010-10-29)
... that the Australian shrub Isopogon anemonifolius (pictured) was first cultivated in the UK in 1791? (2016-01-26)
... that the Australian shrub Isopogon anethifolius is named for the resemblance of its leaves to dill? (2013-02-21)
... that Isopogon ceratophyllus (pictured) is known as the wild irishman and horny conebush? (2016-01-17)
... that the wildflower Isopogon latifolius (pictured) is the showiest of the drumstick genus Isopogon? (2016-01-20)
... that Isopogon mnoraifolius was named for the resemblance of its foliage to a menorah? (2018-01-24)
... that salt can be extracted from the burned trunks of the Amazonian palm Itaya amicorum? (2010-04-16)
... that Jacaranda grows almost everywhere in the world that does not have frost? (2004-06-15)
... that University of Sydney students might fail if they had not started studying by the time the jacaranda tree bloomed? (2016-11-19)
... that Mysore mallige (pictured), a variety of Jasmine flower endemic to Karnataka state of India, is patented for its unique quality, attribution and reputation? (2008-07-28)
... that the stems of Jatropha dioica can be tied into knots? (2012-07-12)
... that Roland Jefferson, the first African-American botanist to work at the U.S. National Arboretum, helped preserve the famous flowering cherry trees in Washington, D.C.? (2022-08-17)
... that Johnson's Seagrass was the first marine plant listed under the United States Endangered Species Act? (2007-08-28)
... that the Western Australian pipe lily grows readily in cultivation? (2015-03-29)
... that Jōmon Sugi, located on the island of Yakushima, is the oldest specimen of Cryptomeria japonica and the largest conifer in Japan? (2008-09-01)
... that after Sydney Parkinson died on the return leg of the first voyage of James Cook, some of his drawings were engraved for publication in his Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas? (2021-12-16)
... that the Judean date palm, which was thought to have died out around 1 CE, was resurrected using a single seed found in the palace of Herod the Great on Mount Masada in southern Israel? (2005-09-12)
... that the fungi Aquamarina speciosa, Keissleriella rara, Massarina carolinensis and Paraphaeosphaeria pilleata were discovered growing on stems of dead black needlerush plants (pictured)? (2012-01-05)
... that juniper berries (pictured), the only spice to come from coniferous trees, were found in Tutankhamun's tomb? (2006-07-28)
... that mule deer sometimes prefer the flavor of one Rocky Mountain juniper tree, like "ice cream", over another? (2024-03-20)
... that although it has not been formally assessed by the IUCN, the plant Justicia flaviflora is considered critically endangered because it can only be naturally found on one mountain in Trinidad and Tobago? (2009-02-04)
... that kalamata olives are protected under the European Protected Geographical Status scheme? (2011-05-30)
... that Kalanchoe blossfeldiana is often called the Christmas Kalanchoe due to its flamboyant and colourful blooms in winter? (2013-12-26)
... that Kalanchoe pinnata (pictured), a succulent plant native to Madagascar, has been recorded in Trinidad and Tobago as being used as a traditional treatment for high blood pressure? (2007-10-08)
... that by the time he returned to England in 1878 after collecting plants in Colombia, German plant collector Guillermo Kalbreyer had lost more than half of his collection? (2008-12-11)
... that the North Umpqua kalmiopsis (pictured) was, for over 50 years, thought to be a form of the floral species Kalmiopsis leachiana? (2011-10-25)
... that Lady Katherine Sophia Kane was the first woman to be elected to the Botanical Society of Edinburgh? (2015-05-30)
... that the name for the extinct birch family genus Kardiasperma is from the Greek words for "heart" and "seed"? (2013-10-01)
... that the No Parking Whitebeam, a rare tree, was named after a road sign nailed to the type specimen? (2009-03-11)
... that the single specimen of Houston's Whitebeam grows on a cliff in North Somerset and cannot be accessed without ropes? (2012-09-05)
... that during the karuka harvest, entire households move upland and start speaking a pandanus language? (2018-12-06)
... that Rafflesia keithii (pictured), a parasitic plant endemic to Sabah, is named in honour of forester and plant collector Harry Keith? (2009-01-15)
... that King Ludwig Oak (pictured) is a natural monument named after its admirer, Ludwig I of Bavaria? (2020-12-14)
... that the trunk of the King Oak is more than 8 metres (26 ft) in girth? (2018-08-02)
... that the popular science writers Elizabeth and Mary Kirby crowdsourced their first joint book in 1848? (2014-09-26)
... that the bark of Kleinhovia hospita is used to treat hair lice in Indonesia? (2007-07-04)
... that Matilda Cullen Knowles is considered the founder of modern studies of Irish lichens? (2014-11-10)
... that Koenigia islandica is considered the most hardy annual plant in the world? (2021-09-16)
... that stems and sheaths of Korthalsia palm trees, named after Dutch botanist P. W. Korthals who first collected them from Indonesia, can be made into rope? (2008-03-30)
... that the Golden Barrel is a popularly cultivated cactus from Mexico? (2006-11-04)
... that the white kunzea was among the first Australian plants introduced to cultivation in England? (2008-02-20)
... that the scientific collections of Jacques Labillardière (1755–1834) were seized by the British in 1793 as spoils of war, but were returned after lobbying by Sir Joseph Banks? (2005-06-07)
... that the inverted floral arrangement of Lacandonia schismatica, where the stamens are in the flower's center and are surrounded by the pistils, is unique among all known flowering plants? (2008-07-05)
... that Thomas Jefferson grew Lacinato kale, an heirloom kale also known as Dinosaur kale, in his Monticello garden? (2011-06-10)
... that the inner bark of the rare Caribbean lacebark tree has been used for centuries to make clothing, including a dress for Queen Victoria? (2015-07-18)
... that the term mountain devil refers both to Lambertia formosa (pictured) with its devil-head fruits, as well as the lizard Moloch horridus? (2010-04-28)
... that for failing to collect their quotas of Congo rubber, many people lost their hands? (2017-04-18)
... that the extinct witch-hazel Langeria is named for American philosopher Susanne Langer? (2014-10-31)
... that velvet bushes can be slender, shrubby, drooping or rusty (pictured)? (2010-08-31)
... that the name of the newly defined genus of macadamia-like trees, Lasjia, is derived from the initials of Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson? (2013-04-16)
... that the endangered wildflower Lasthenia conjugens has successfully colonized new vernal pools with human assistance? (2006-12-02)
... that the mustard flower known as the fleshy-fruit gladecress is "likely one of the most imperiled plant species in the Southeastern United States"? (2013-12-07)
... that the Western Australian shrub Lechenaultia biloba is renowned for its vivid blue flowers? (2015-01-20)
... that the Western Australian shrub Lechenaultia formosa is renowned for its red, orange, or yellow flowers? (2015-01-13)
... that the fruits of the Lecythis ampla tree resemble little wooden pots with lids? (2012-09-18)
... that eating paradise nuts can cause nausea, vomiting and hair loss? (2012-09-01)
... that General Charles Gordon believed that the Coco de Mer nut was the forbidden fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil? (2010-05-17)
... that botanist Sara Plummer Lemmon authored the legislation to make the golden poppy (pictured) the state flower of California? (2012-08-31)
... that the Lenape potato was withdrawn because it was toxic, but it is used to breed other varieties for potato chips? (2015-11-30)
... that French-born Cuban botanist and priest Brother León completed only two of the five volumes of the Flora of Cuba before failing eyesight forced him to pass the work on to others? (2013-03-14)
... that the variable saw sedge is food for caterpillars of the moth genus Elachista? (2011-08-18)
... that the Pygmy Pine, a tiny creeping alpine plant growing in New Zealand, is believed to be the smallest conifer in the world? (2009-12-11)
... that the slender button daisy Leptinella filiformis (pictured), thought by botanists to be extinct, was rediscovered in 1998 growing on a hotel lawn? (2018-06-01)
... that the bicolor lespedeza and Chinese bushclover are invasive species that can suppress growth of native plants in some areas of the United States? (2011-12-05)
... that the flowers of the common sunshine conebush are pollinated by beetles? (2018-08-18)
... that the leaves of the beard-heath Leucopogon amplexicaulis surround the stem? (2011-12-13)
... that plants of the genus Leucospermum (L. cordifolium pictured) are known as pincushions? (2018-04-27)
... that the flowers of the Redelinghuys pincushion are pollinated by rodents? (2018-08-12)
... that Leucospermum cuneiforme is known as luisiesbos ("lice bush") in Afrikaans as its seed pods resemble lice? (2018-05-08)
... that the seeds of the Nardouw fountain pincushion are carried underground by ants? (2018-08-23)
... that the Key thatch palm, which was long considered part of the genus Thrinax, was reclassified into its own genus, Leucothrinax, in 2008? (2009-04-03)
... that Meriwether Lewis discovered the first Lewisia at Lolo Creek, in the mountain range that became known as the Bitterroot Mountains? (2012-08-09)
... that Ukrainian naturalist, lecturer, artist and author John Lhotsky was credited as the first discoverer of gold in New South Wales? (2009-06-29)
... that the dotted gayfeather (pictured) is a source of nectar for the rare Pawnee montane skipper butterfly? (2011-12-03)
... that life exists in every part of the biosphere, from the deepest parts of the ocean (bacterium pictured) to altitudes of up to 40 miles (64 km) in the atmosphere? (2023-11-05)
... that John Lightfoot provided the first British records for the chanterelle and the summer truffle? (2013-04-26)
... that it was known as early as the 16th century that water held in a cup made of lignum nephriticum from New Spain would become brightly blue? (2012-09-22)
... that the parsley-flavoured herb Scots lovage grows on northern European cliffs, but cannot survive in seabird colonies? (2013-10-25)
... that when the tulip trade reached Antwerp in Belgium in 1562, they were mistaken as vegetables? (2014-03-24)
... that the rare Pitkin Marsh lily is limited today to three small colonies, due to cattle overgrazing of its habitat (pictured) and the flower's popularity with humans? (2007-04-05)
... that the granite gilia can grow in lava-based soils? (2011-12-08)
... that the fruit of the pondberry, an endangered wetland shrub, was used by children in the rural Southern United States as ammunition in toy pop guns made from hollowed-out elderberry stems? (2009-07-28)
... that Carolus Linnaeus the younger (1741–1783) was enrolled by his father at the University of Uppsala at the age of nine? (2005-06-06)
... that Pale Flax may be an evolutionary predecessor to Common Flax, from which the fiber is derived? (2004-04-27)
... that the correct spelling of "liliifolia" in the name of the orchid Liparis liliifolia has been debated for decades? (2019-10-06)
... that the extinct sweetgum Liquidambar changii was described from the "Hi hole" location in Central Washington State? (2017-02-12)
... that the New South Wales Waratah lost out to the Golden Wattle to become Australia's floral emblem in 1912? (2010-04-07)
... that no fungi or algae are listed as endangered or threatened by the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board? (2020-02-04)
... that Washington was the second largest tree of its kind until its collapse in 2005? (2011-08-20)
... that the Tooth-billed Catbird uses the leaves of the Big-leaved Bollywood (pictured) on its display court floor? (2010-08-12)
... that William Lobb earned the sobriquet "messenger of the big tree" for introducing the Chilean "monkey puzzle" tree (pictured) and the massive North American "Wellingtonia" to English commerce? (2008-12-28)
... that a promising anti-cancer drug, swainsonine, causes pea struck in Australia, locoismo in Argentina, and locoweed poisoning in North America? (2009-05-18)
... that Wimmera ryegrass is grown as a forage crop in Australia, despite sometimes being toxic to livestock? (2015-12-21)
... that the Australian plant Lomatia arborescens has large serrated leaves when it grows in a sheltered spot and small entire-margined leaves in an exposed location? (2014-09-23)
... that Lomatia fraseri can have leaves of markedly different shapes on the same plant? (2014-09-27)
... that in New South Wales, the mountain beech can hybridise with the native holly and the crinkle bush? (2012-12-25)
... that the cut flowers of the crinkle bush can attract and kill flies when kept indoors? (2011-09-25)
... that the guitar plant of Tasmania is so named for the shape of its fruit? (2015-01-09)
... that the redfruit desertparsley is a wild carrot found only on the Blue Mountains of Oregon? (2011-10-23)
... that the Lonely Tree was named Welsh Tree of the Year in 2014 despite having been blown over during a storm? (2018-11-08)
... that although winter honeysuckle is used as a decorative plant in cultivation, it can become an invasive weed in the wild? (2012-01-23)
... that at the Osborne House, Lonicera nitida shrubs were clipped to form stags that rise from beds of Felicia amelloides, Festuca glauca, and scarlet pelargoniums? (2010-02-21)
... that in Cameroon, edible caterpillars are cultivated on dwarf red ironwood leaves? (2019-08-20)
... that Job Edward Lousley took over thirty years to write and publish the Flora of the Isles of Scilly? (2012-08-23)
... that Professor Lu Yonggen was named by Harvard Kennedy School as the second most generous Chinese philanthropist of 2017 after donating his entire life savings to South China Agricultural University? (2019-09-01)
... that the LuEsther T. Mertz Library (pictured), one of the world's largest botanical libraries, had 6.5 million plant specimens and 75 percent of the world's systematic botany literature in 2002? (2020-01-05)
... that the cannonball (pictured) and white-flowered black mangroves are among the ten species of mangrove listed as occurring in Mozambique? (2019-08-23)
... that if eaten by a pregnant cow, the silky lupine (pictured) can cause the unborn calf to be deformed? (2011-12-05)
... that arctic or snowy wood-rush has been described as one of the most ecologically important of all arctic plants? (2013-12-25)
... that the leaves of Luzula sylvatica are used by Golden Eagles to line their eyries in the winter? (2013-11-15)
... that the arctic–alpine woodrush Luzula wahlenbergii has the common name Reindeer Wood-rush? (2013-12-25)
... that the desert plants pale wolfberry (pictured) and Berlandier's wolfberry were both used by native Americans for medicinal purposes? (2012-02-07)
... that during controlled burns of wooded areas, the Japanese climbing fern can inadvertently become a fuel ladder that brings flames into the canopy? (2011-11-23)
... that the endangered rough-leaved loosestrife of the Carolinas is threatened by the U.S. military? (2011-05-31)
... that the rare Hawaiian plant Lysimachia iniki (pictured) was named for Hurricane Iniki after the cyclone aided in its 1992 discovery? (2011-06-02)
... that botanist Henry Lyte's Niewe Herball of 1578 was an English translation of the 1564 Cruydeboeck of Rembert Dodoens printed in Antwerp with the woodcuts of the original edition? (2008-03-07)
... that Lytocaryum weddellianum, an endangered species of palm trees endemic to Brazil, may be saved from extinction as it has become a common potted plant in Europe? (2008-04-03)
... that Richard Maack (pictured) was a Russian naturalist who led some of the first major scientific expeditions to remote Siberia and the Russian Far East? (2008-11-15)
... that the tree Macaranga triloba encourages the ants that defend it by providing them with food bodies? (2020-04-25)
... that the Black Kangaroo Paw (Macropidia fuliginosa; pictured), is a plant native to Western Australia and survives being burned to the ground? (2007-10-04)
... that Macrozamia riedlei (pictured), a favoured food plant of southwest Australians, was responsible for the accidental poisoning of some early European explorers? (2019-01-08)
... that the roots of the cycad Macrozamia spiralis contain cyanobacteria, which assist their host by fixing nitrogen? (2014-05-31)
... that Madagascar dry deciduous forests (such as Anjajavy Forest, pictured right) contain many endangered and endemic species of lemurs, boas, and chameleons? (2006-05-25)
... that the Amani Nature Reserve in Tanzania is home to the elusive long-billed forest warbler and the unwanted umbrella tree? (2016-02-17)
... that Magnolia × soulangeana is the most commonly used magnolia in horticulture in the British Isles? (2009-08-31)
... that Magnolia x thompsoniana (1808) was the first hybrid magnolia? (2014-02-22)
... that the fragrance of the flowers of Magnolia × wieseneri (pictured) have been likened to that of a pineapple? (2009-09-08)
... that the Magnoliidae include species that produce safrole, the primary precursor for synthesis of Ecstasy (chemical structure pictured)? (2008-07-13)
... that French mycologist René Maire wrote a work on the local flora of the Haute-Saône in the Franche-Comté region of northeastern France when he was only 18 years old? (2008-03-16)
... that botanist Tomitaro Makino, despite dropping out of grammar school, named over 2500 plants and is known as the "Father of Japanese Botany"? (2006-03-09)
... that 14-metre (46 ft) tall Siberian crabs are being used in experimental breeding programs? (2011-04-01)
... that the cactus Mammillaria spinosissima (pictured) is endemic to central Mexico and has berries that are club-shaped, smooth, and juicy? (2015-09-26)
... that hybrids of cassava and the endangered Walker's Manihot possess tubers that experience delayed postharvest physiological deterioration? (2011-05-15)
... that the California Manroot has 5cm round fruits covered in 1cm spines, and a bitter taste? (2004-04-26)
... that the large leaves of Marantochloa purpurea are used for wrapping cola nuts to prevent them from becoming desiccated? (2019-08-18)
... that cattle infested with ticks can be treated with an extract from the African tree Margaritaria discoidea? (2010-06-03)
... that some four-leaf clovers are actually ferns in the family Marsileaceae (pictured)? (2007-01-04)
... that the orchid Masdevallia veitchiana (pictured), which can be found around Machu Picchu, was named after the founder of the Chelsea Flower Show, Sir Harry Veitch? (2008-10-18)
... that East African Highland bananas are so important as staple food crops in Uganda that 'Matoke', the traditional meal made from steamed bananas, is synonymous with the word "food"? (2011-07-21)
... that in an effort to prevent the extinction of the Mauna Kea silversword (pictured), scientists rappel over cliffs to hand-pollinate the approximately 41 remaining individuals in the wild, on the rare occasion that one blossoms? (2009-12-18)
... that a new orchid species, Ornithidium donaldeedodii, was "discovered" when a mislabeled plant at the University of California Botanical Garden had its DNA analyzed? (2010-05-10)
... that the Maya International Cooperative Biodiversity Group was designed in 1998 to meet the highest ethical standards in bioprospecting, but was closed down in 2001 due to accusations of biopiracy? (2012-05-26)
... that after being scorched by wildfires, the blackened branches of the mountain maytenus readily sprout? (2014-11-28)
... that the Apple Macintosh was named after the McIntosh apple (pictured), until recently the most popular variety of apple in northeastern North America? (2013-06-23)
... that the cucumber seeds that botanist Elwyn Meader brought back from Korea in 1948 became the basis for all modern cucumber hybrids grown worldwide? (2021-04-19)
... that meadow knapweed (example pictured) is a hybrid between black knapweed and brown knapweed, which were both introduced to North America? (2022-11-04)
... that the largest known ovules produced by any non-flowering seed-plant came from the Medullosales (fossilized leaves pictured), an order of extinct seed ferns? (2009-07-25)
... that megaherbs on the uninhabited New Zealand sub-antarctic islands almost became extinct by overbrowsing by livestock introduced to support shipwrecked sailors? (2006-12-21)
... that the scarlet honey myrtle, an ornamental garden shrub, is from the same genus as the punk tree? (2011-06-02)
... that the presence of prickly-leaved paperbark can indicate saltier areas in wallum heath? (2012-12-14)
... that Melaleuca trichophylla (pictured) can flower prolifically in cultivation? (2015-04-05)
... that Wilson's honey myrtle (pictured) flowers less in humid areas? (2015-05-03)
... that all members of the genus Zigadenus are unpalatable to livestock because of the presence of alkaloids? (2004-05-03)
... that the clade mesangiosperms (pictured), representing one of four major clades of flowering plants, contains 99.95% of flowering plant species? (2009-03-30)
... that the extinct Canadian redwood Metasequoia foxii was described from over 10,000 fossils? (2011-11-26)
... that the Peach Palm is being tested as a replacement to supply hearts of palm previously harvested from the Fiji Sago Palm, which became a threatened species due to Fiji's tourist industry? (2013-03-12)
... that the Metzgeriales always produce their sex organs on their backs? (2010-01-12)
... that Ynes Mexia collected 150,000 plant samples during a career that began at the age of 55? (2013-02-15)
... that by 1974 at the height of the Mexican barbasco trade, 125,000 mostly indigenous peasants depended on collecting wild yam in the jungle and selling it to the pharmaceutical industry? (2012-05-14)
... that Helen Abbott Michael, originally trained as a pianist, became a plant chemist and earned her MD after a chance purchase of Helmholtz's Treatise on Physiological Optics on a trip to Europe? (2008-01-08)
... that the African zebrawood is in danger of becoming extinct? (2021-11-05)
... that the use of multiple strains of rhizobacteria as composite microbial inoculants has been shown to benefit the cultivation of crops such as rice and barley? (2008-04-13)
... that the Severn River heath-myrtle is found only along a single ridge? (2015-11-13)
... that Mike Wingfield named a fungus after his first grandchild, Rachel? (2023-08-27)
... that the future of the tropical tree Milicia regia for timber production is threatened by a gall fly, Phytolyma lata? (2012-09-03)
... that Millingtonia Avenue in Lucknow is named after Millingtonia hortensis (pictured), which is the sole species of genus Millingtonia? (2011-05-11)
... that the epiphytic orchid Miltoniopsis vexillaria was discovered in 1867 by plant collector David Bowman and introduced from Colombia to England in 1873 by a fellow Veitch employee, Henry Chesterton? (2008-11-28)
... that the mace pagoda (pictured) was twice presumed extinct, but in each case reappeared in its natural habitat from seed after a wildfire? (2018-12-17)
... that before its felling on September 23, 1938, West Virginia's Mingo Oak was the oldest and largest living white oak in the world? (2015-09-23)
... that the Australian pea flower Mirbelia rubiifolia was cultivated in Hammersmith in England as early as 1792? (2010-08-26)
... that the Mission olive was brought to California in the 18th century by Spanish missionaries? (2013-02-28)
... that mizuna is a cold-resistant mustard green grown extensively during winter in Japan? (2008-07-11)
... that Monosolenium tenerum is a species of weed that is threatened with habitat loss in Japan? (2007-11-10)
... that the non-photosynthetic plants of the subfamily Monotropoideae (pictured) depend on both mycorrhizal fungi for food and bumblebees for pollination? (2015-01-20)
... that the extinct arum family plants Petrocardium and Montrichardia aquatica are known only from the Paleocene Cerrejón Formation rainforest in Colombia? (2010-11-23)
... that botanist David Moore advised the British Ministry of Defence in their plan to regain the Falkland Islands? (2014-02-01)
... that during his study of the palm family, Harold E. Moore collected all but 18 of the approximately 200 genera of palms, and earned membership in The Explorers Club? (2009-03-31)
... that the core of the tribe Moreae (part of the mulberry family) are thought to have originated 59–79 million years ago in Laurasia, the northern supercontinent? (2009-07-03)
... that in 1672, the Scottish botanist Robert Morison became the first person to write a "monograph of a specific group of plants", the Umbelliferae? (2011-02-28)
... that Julia Morton was the "poison plant center in south Florida"? (2008-10-24)
... that seeds of the sea bean can be dispersed for long distances by ocean currents? (2020-09-18)
... that irritant hairs on the seed pods of the horse-eye bean have traditionally been used to get rid of intestinal worms? (2020-09-16)
... that the endangered New Zealand shrub Muehlenbeckia astonii is also known as zig zag plant and wiggy-wig bush? (2018-05-07)
... that the perennial grass Muhlenbergia capillaris (pictured) was voted 2012 plant of the year by the Garden Club of America? (2012-05-18)
... that the pungent and bitter yet prized Musang King has been called the "Hermès of durian"? (2021-10-04)
... that the bacterium Paenibacillus tylopili is found in the mycorrhizosphere of Tylopilus felleus (pictured)? (2013-03-23)
... that the pointed boobialla can be found in rainforest or wet eucalyptus forest in eastern Australia? (2010-09-24)
... that the drupes of boobialla were eaten by the Aborigines? (2012-12-15)
... that the wood of Myoporum sandwicense, a shrub-like plant known as "bastard sandalwood", was used by the early Hawaiians as log frames for thatched houses and torches for night fishing? (2008-03-13)
... that one threatened species of plant (pictured) endemic to the North Island of New Zealand is colloquially known as a forget-me-not? (2023-01-02)
... that the small trees and shrubs Myrcianthes coquimbensis, Myrceugenia rufa, Myrceugenia colchaguensis, and Myrceugenia leptospermoides are endemic to the coastal region of Chile and are all endangered? (2015-06-30)
... that there are, at most, 250 Thomas' Lidflowers left growing in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands? (2011-02-05)
... that Myrialepis paradoxa, a species of palm trees native to Southeast Asia, is used to make thatched baskets? (2008-04-04)
... that root nodules on the plant Myrica cerifera fix nitrogen faster than some legumes? (2008-01-26)
... that the water milfoil species Myriophyllum variifolium provides shelter for fry when planted in an aquarium? (2015-04-17)
... that Poet's Daffodil (pictured) is a source for Narcissus oil, one of the most popular fragrances used in high quality perfumes? (2008-12-31)
... that natural oil polyols from soy beans are used to make car parts and mattresses? (2007-10-06)
... that bark extracts of Leichhardt trees (pictured) can be used to stun fish and make them easier to catch? (2011-05-12)
... that around 1920, a Yorkshire miner grafted three beech trees together to form a letter "N" to impress his girlfriend Nellie? (2018-12-23)
... that the extinct Lotus Nelumbo aureavallis is known from Eocene rocks in western North Dakota? (2010-08-04)
... that the plant species Antirrhinum filipes has been discovered on slopes in the Grand Canyon, within the Mohave Desert, and within the Sonoran Desert? (2017-04-23)
... that doubt exists about exactly where in Ontario at least two of the three known specimens of the extinct epiphytic moss Neomacounia nitida were collected in the 1860s? (2006-10-21)
... that if crushed, the fruits of the wild carrot Bill's neoparrya smell like fresh peaches when cured? (2012-07-28)
... that ancestors of the fishtail oak of North Queensland diverged from the South American genus Roupala around 30 million years ago? (2013-01-15)
... that the bulbs of the plant Nerine bowdenii have been said to be shaped like old-fashioned Chianti bottles? (2010-02-18)
... that the common spangle gall on the leaves of pedunculate oak trees (pictured) is produced by the gall wasp Neurotus quercus-baccarum? (2009-08-18)
... that the extinct rose family member Neviusia dunthornei is one of only three known Neviusia species? (2011-05-12)
... that the Newland Oak in Gloucestershire took "200 years to grow, 200 years to exist, and 200 to die"? (2020-07-01)
... that Soviet botanist Nikolai Vavilov tried to lure Margaret Newton to work at Lenin Academy of Agricultural Sciences with an offer that included a camel caravan? (2013-02-05)
... that Niel Gow, a Scottish fiddler, is said to have composed many of his best-known tunes under a tree on the banks of the River Tay? (2018-09-17)
... that although the graceful fern is native to the tropics, it can survive temperatures as low as −7 °C (19 °F)? (2011-02-27)
... that the salt-tolerant plants Zygophyllum album, Nitraria retusa, and Tamarix nilotica dominate different vegetation zones at the Moghra Oasis in Egypt? (2016-02-25)
... that Adolf Carl Noé challenged disbelief in the possibility of North American coal balls (example pictured) by presenting a wheelbarrow full of them? (2012-02-22)
... that eating seeds of the asparagus flower sacahuista can cause a chukar partridge to have diarrhea? (2011-12-10)
... that the Norfolk Biffin apple appears in the works of Charles Dickens and was sent from Norfolk to London for Sir Robert Walpole? (2008-08-13)
... that the Seri people believed that the leaves of Standley's cloak fern brought good luck when carried in a bag? (2012-04-26)
... that the surface of the South African plant Peucedanum galbanum (pictured) is covered with blister-causing toxins, and that exposure to sunlight could make the blisters worse? (2011-01-26)
... that only a single stem of the fossil liverwort Notoscyphus balticus was used to describe the species? (2015-09-06)
... that French botanist Jacques Labillardière's Novae Hollandiae plantarum specimen, published in 1804–1806, was the first major scientific study of Australia flora? (2009-02-19)
... that pollution in rivers scatters far-red light, making it harder for plants like Noveloa to germinate? (2023-11-22)
... that a Nuphar carlquistii waterlily rhizome fossil was once identified as banana? (2017-02-20)
... that Nymphaea leibergii is an uncommon North American dwarf waterlily whose flowers open each day and close at night? (2009-05-11)
... that a possibly distinct form of the Egyptian white water-lily exists far away from its Nile Delta habitat in a small Romanian nature reserve? (2014-08-15)
... that Nymphaea nouchali (pictured) is the national flower of Sri Lanka where it is known as Nil Manel in Sinhala? (2009-06-27)
... that Nymphaea thermarum (pictured), the world's smallest water lily, was recently saved from extinction? (2010-05-27)
... that the fossil tupelo Nyssa spatulata was described from seeds found in Oregon? (2017-03-01)
... that the Oak at the Gate of the Dead was the first Welsh entry for the European Tree of the Year awards? (2018-04-19)
... that Robert Brown's 1818 botanical article Congo was deemed by one reviewer to be remarkable for its frequent use of the word "remarkable"? (2009-10-26)
... that Ochna serrulata is called "Mickey Mouse Plant" because the plant's bright-red sepals (pictured) resemble the face of Mickey Mouse? (2008-10-05)
... that Odontadenia macrantha flowers year-round in its natural habitat? (2018-01-27)
... that Flora Danica, a comprehensive botanical collection containing pictures of all known wild plants native to Denmark, was initiated by Georg Christian Oeder? (2008-07-22)
... that what at first sight appears to be a single Oedera capensis flowerhead, is in fact typically a group of nine densely cropped heads? (2018-02-24)
... that the Antioch Dunes Evening Primrose grows only in the Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge, the first wildlife refuge in the U.S. formed to protect endangered plant and insect species? (2009-11-30)
... that even though Oise amber is found in France, it was produced by a type of tree now found in the Amazon? (2023-02-09)
... that there are large stands of primeval forest on the border between Poland and Belarus? (2004-08-31)
... that the sacred wild-olive Olea oleaster of Olympia, not the cultivated olive, was used for the olive wreaths that crowned ancient Olympic winners? (2011-02-11)
... that the Australian olive (pictured) is found from Pakistan and Yunnan through southern Asia and eastern Australia to Lord Howe Island, Vanuatu and New Caledonia? (2010-06-09)
... that daisy bushes can be downy, viscid, twiggy, or clammy? (2016-11-22)
... that the lesser seedcracker enjoys rice and the large, hard seeds of carrycillo? (2019-08-20)
... that the orchid Odontoglossum crispum (pictured), first discovered in the Andes Mountains in 1841, was highly sought after in Victorian England, when varieties sold at auction for more than 150 guineas? (2008-12-05)
... that the globe chamomile (pictured), a member of the daisy family native to South Africa, infests parts of Arizona and California? (2020-04-27)
... that Ono Ranzan's school of pharmacognosy had over 1,000 pupils? (2015-05-19)
... that drunk rabbits up to 30 m (98 ft) high are found in Queensland rainforests? (2013-04-11)
... that the grass Oplismenus can be used as a substitute for lawn? (2012-01-11)
... that the starvation pricklypear (pictured) is eaten by pronghorn and the black-tailed prairie dog? (2011-11-20)
... that the petunia carnage of 2017 (cause pictured) led to worldwide economic losses? (2022-06-13)
... that Sampson's snakeroot is traditionally used to help knit broken bones and as a salve on wounds, ulcers and boils? (2021-01-29)
... that the grass genus names Tuctoria and Orcuttia are anagrams? (2012-10-28)
... that the red flowers of the four related genera Oreocallis, Embothrium, Telopea and Alloxylon from South America and Australia have been around for over 60 million years? (2010-04-08)
... that the rare borage Terlingua Creek cat's-eye grows only on gypsum-rich limestone near Big Bend National Park in Texas? (2011-03-03)
... that the seeds of the Korean melon have been investigated for use in controlling diabetes? (2014-07-26)
... that fossil leaves almost identical to those of the Australian rainforest tree Orites excelsus (pictured) have been found in New Zealand? (2012-05-15)
... that the parasitic greater broomrape usually grows on the roots of the common broom or the European gorse? (2020-04-24)
... that Quarry Moor is one of the few locations in England where the rare parasitic plant thistle broomrape (example pictured) grows? (2020-02-01)
... that the naked broomrape is a parasite of other plants? (2017-04-19)
... that unlike the living golden-club Orontium aquaticum (pictured), the extinct species Orontium mackii may not have needed wetlands to grow? (2013-01-22)
... that the pattern of the veins on fossil leaves of the extinct golden-club Orontium wolfei confirm it as a member of the arum family? (2013-02-02)
... that the extinct fern species Osmunda wehrii was named in honor of Northwest school painter and amateur paleobotanist Wesley C. Wehr? (2011-08-21)
... that the coloration of the veins on flower petals of the wood shamrock (pictured) is intensified at lower elevations? (2011-12-11)
... that livestock eating white locoweed develop a neurological syndrome known as locoism? (2011-12-16)
... that the French peanut is native to Brazil? (2020-08-09)
... that the San Francisco Peaks ragwort (pictured) is found only around the peaks in Coconino County, Arizona? (2011-08-07)
... that spoon-leaved ragwort is sometimes eaten by sheep despite being toxic to many grazing mammals? (2017-02-13)
... that it has been suggested the extinct palm genus Palaeoraphe was restricted to the Greater Antilles? (2010-03-19)
... that while named for alliums, the fossil Paleoallium (pictured) was not necessarily directly related to any allium species? (2024-03-26)
... that the paleoflora of the Eocene Okanagan Highlands (fossil pictured) has a notable mixture of both temperate and subtropical plants? (2022-11-15)
... that the paleoflora of the Messel Formation has had monographs documenting leaves, flowers, fruits, seeds and even pollen? (2022-07-24)
... that the extinct genus Paleopanax is one of the oldest reliable records for the ginseng family? (2013-09-28)
... that Pando, an aspen, is the oldest known living being at 80,000 years old, and the heaviest at six million kilograms? (2006-06-07)
... that Pandorea "Golden Showers" is a yellow-flowering variety of the Australian native plant the Wonga Wonga Vine? (2008-09-26)
... that cutthroat grass is primarily found in only two counties in central Florida? (2012-06-05)
... that earlier this month, the town of Wangaratta was overrun by hairy panic? (2016-02-27)
... that maidencane is a keystone species of many wetlands, including the Everglades? (2012-01-17)
... that torpedograss has been called "one of the world's worst weeds"? (2012-01-22)
... that the Eocene-age plant Paraconcavistylon was described from a "Rosetta Stone" fossil? (2020-09-30)
... that the seeds of the Bredasdorp sceptre are carried underground by ants? (2018-02-08)
... that Roupala montana, Richeria grandis (pictured) and Parinari campestris, all known by the common name bois bandé, are reputed to have aphrodisiac properties? (2013-01-31)
... that the hard seeds of the Guinea plum are dispersed by elephants, and crushed and eaten by Sanje mangabeys? (2019-09-08)
... that the nectar-rich flowers of the African locust-bean are visited by bats, dormice, and pottos? (2019-10-24)
... that English botanist John Parkinson included a pun on his name in the title of his monumental 1629 work Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris? (It translates as Park-in-Sun's Terrestrial Paradise.) (2007-12-05)
... that King John of England is said to have convened an assembly in 1212 at the Parliament Oak to order the hanging of 28 Welsh boys? (2020-01-13)
... that the shamrock pea was first described from Nepal but was first collected in Malawi during Dr. Livingstone's Zambezi expedition? (2013-11-18)
... that, though originally described as members of the genus Notocactus, cacti Parodia tenuicylindrica (pictured), P. buiningii and P. arnostiana are now considered members of Parodia? (2010-09-15)
... that parsnips resemble carrots but have a sweeter taste? (2015-11-25)
... that Parsonsia straminea was initially named to honour mathematician and botanist Israel Lyons? (2016-03-09)
... that biscuit grass can grow in brackish or salt marshes, and survive crude oil pollution? (2012-06-07)
... that eastern Australia has a purple flag? (2015-03-25)
... that China is the largest peach-producing (peach flowers pictured) country in the world, accounting for about 50% of world production, but is not the world's largest exporter of them? (2011-06-27)
... that Amherst College president Arthur Stanley Pease was an "indefatigable pedestrian" and mountaineer who studied plants in the White Mountains? (2008-08-21)
... that sheep enjoy snacking on Pecorino? (2013-04-01)
... that little pink elephants are parasitic? (2023-11-11)
... that Bishop Monkton Ings in North Yorkshire, England, provides a habitat to the semi-parasitic marsh lousewort? (2020-02-09)
... that common lousewort owes its name to the belief that livestock that ate it would become lousy? (2020-02-15)
... that the rare and endangered Knowlton's miniature cactus (pictured) is considered to be an adult when it exceeds 10 millimetres (0.39 in) in diameter? (2011-06-27)
... that Willem Adriaan van der Stel introduced the ivy-leaved pelargonium to the Netherlands from South Africa in 1700? (2018-10-07)
... that the petite endangered cactus Escobaria minima bears 1.5-cm long flowers that may be larger than the cactus body itself, and fruits no more than 6 mm in length? (2011-03-01)
... that the liverwort Pellia epiphylla is monoicous, with both male and female sex organs on the same thallus? (2010-03-06)
... that a vineyard crossing of Peloursin and Syrah produced the wine grape variety Petite Sirah? (2013-04-02)
... that Peltandra primaeva was the first fossil record for the genus Peltandra when described in 1977? (2010-08-02)
... that Penstemon digitalis "Husker Red" was named after the Nebraska Cornhuskers? (2017-07-11)
... that fossils identified as Pentacentron sternhartae may actually be the fruits of another fossil species? (2020-08-29)
... that the habitat of the endangered Whiteray pygmy daisy (illustrated) has been reduced to a narrow strip only six miles long, due to urban development, off-road vehicles and destruction by road maintenance crew? (2006-11-23)
... that the endangered Hawaii bog orchid is the rarest orchid species native to Hawaii? (2011-07-09)
... that the slender knotweed is eaten by people in Africa in times of famine? (2016-03-05)
... that the Australian plants Persoonia adenantha and P. chamaepeuce were described by a Czech and Polish botanist, respectively? (2018-01-23)
... that the Mittagong- and Bargo geebungs can be found on road verges? (2015-11-30)
... that the geebungs of the eastern states of Australia can be narrow-leaved, lance-leaved, broad-leaved (pictured), prickly, prostrate, or stiff? (2011-03-13)
... that the wheatbelt shrub Persoonia coriacea can have naturally twisted leaves? (2013-04-21)
... that the Western Australian shrubs Persoonia elliptica (pictured) and Persoonia saccata are known as snottygobbles? (2018-01-31)
... that aborigines applied leaves of Persoonia falcata to circumcision wounds? (2013-02-11)
... that the hairy geebung (pictured) is endangered by too frequent fires? (2012-09-01)
... that the bark of the laurel geebung was used by aborigines to toughen fishing lines? (2015-12-01)
... that the shrub Persoonia laxa was found in Sydney but is now presumed extinct? (2016-02-03)
... that the Persoonia longifolia (pictured), known as the Upright Snottygobble, is a species of tall shrub characterised by its distinctive flakey paper-like dark red bark? (2006-07-05)
... that Persoonia media (pictured) can range from a 30 centimetres (12 in) shrub to a 25 metres (82 ft) tree? (2015-03-17)
... that the creeping geebung of southwestern Tasmania generally grows to around a metre across but only 4-5 cm high? (2016-02-02)
... that the myrtle geebung is a food item for native bees, currawongs and possibly kangaroos and possums? (2011-09-28)
... that the total known population of the critically endangered shrub Persoonia pauciflora is within 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) of the type specimen? (2017-06-30)
... that the rare Persoonia procumbens (pictured) has potential as a rockery plant? (2018-01-17)
... that the type specimen of Persoonia terminalis (pictured) was collected 3.4 km (2.1 mi) south of the Torrington pub in New South Wales? (2015-12-16)
... that British botanist Dorothea Pertz also trained as a masseuse? (2014-12-23)
... that the fruit of Australian rainforest plant the long-leaved bitterbark (pictured) open explosively, throwing out parts as far as four metres away? (2010-08-14)
... that red hot penises can be pickled, but it is recommended one not eat them? (2012-04-01)
... that although Alabama Chief Justice and botanist Thomas Minott Peters owned slaves before the Civil War, he later championed equal rights for African Americans and women, and wanted Jefferson Davis hanged? (2015-03-05)
... that falguera, a plant known from only one valley in Spain, is threatened by rock climbers and by road maintenance? (2019-07-31, 2019-09-30)
... that the seeds of Petrophile pulchella can be found germinating in bushland up to 700 days after bushfire? (2011-12-11)
... that the American wildflower clay phacelia (pictured) is one of Utah's most endangered species and one of the nation's rarest plants? (2011-07-01)
... that Phacelia sericea (pictured) is a native subalpine perennial plant listed by the Federal Highway Administration for roadside landscaping in Colorado? (2008-08-26)
... that the sex organs of Anthoceros laevis are visible on its dorsal surface? (2011-04-28)
... that the easy-to-grow swamp orchid Phaius australis (pictured) of eastern Australia is endangered with extinction? (2010-07-14)
... that Yreka phlox, an endangered flowering plant that grows in serpentine soil, is the official city flower of Yreka, California? (2009-09-21)
... that the South American plant Phyla canescens has invaded wetlands and floodplains in the Murray Darling basin of Australia? (2021-09-30)
... that the phloem sap of Phyllanthus balgooyi contains up to 16.9 per cent nickel by weight, giving it a bright green color? (2019-09-19)
... that the green rose (pictured) is the result of phyllody, an abnormal plant condition where the floral parts develop into leaves? (2012-11-21)
... that El Pi de les Tres Branques (pictured) is a tree that is regarded as symbolising unity of the "Catalan Countries"? (2012-08-11)
... that the Sitka is the largest species of spruce tree? (2004-06-13)
... that rather than being most closely related to other West Indian legumes, the Greater Antillean endemic genus Pictetia is closest to species found in Africa and Mesoamerica? (2012-02-28)
... that the Pinchot Sycamore, a centuries-old American sycamore, is the largest tree in Connecticut? (2008-05-06)
... that Pindan woodland in Western Australia was described by scientist and explorer Knut Dahl as a “crippled forest”? (2010-04-15)
... that the extinct pine Pinus driftwoodensis was first described from a permineralized conifer cone in chert? (2013-03-29)
... that Huangshan Pines are venerated in China for their unique rugged shapes, and are frequently portrayed in traditional Chinese paintings? (2005-12-19)
... that the fossil pine Pinus latahensis was named for the wrong geologic formation? (2021-03-06)
... that the extinct Pliocene pine Pinus matthewsii is thought to have been a colonizing tree? (2011-05-23)
... that seeds of the extinct Paleocene pine Pinus peregrinus are most similar to those of the modern red pine and tropical pine? (2010-07-28)
... that cars once drove through the Pioneer Cabin Tree (pictured), which drew thousands of visitors annually? (2017-01-29)
... that the fruits of Matico (Piper aduncum) are used as a condiment, for flavoring cocoa, and its leaves are used as an antiseptic, to stop hemorrhage, and to treat infections? (2007-04-04)
... that the complex flavor of hoja santa (pictured) has been variously compared to eucalyptus, licorice, sassafras, anise, nutmeg, mint, tarragon and black pepper? (2007-04-02)
... that Native Americans in the West Indies used an extract from Fishfuddle to sedate fish, making them easier to catch? (2009-08-09)
... that the main threat to Pisonia brunoniana (pictured) in New Zealand is cutting by people trying to prevent small songbirds from getting trapped by its very sticky seeds? (2007-05-13)
... that the Australian native apricot is also known as gumbi gumbi or cumby cumby? (2012-05-03)
... that the juvenile leaves of Placospermum coriaceum are up to 90 cm (35 in) long? (2013-04-17)
... that plant perception (plant pictured) is a belief that plants feel emotion and can communicate with each other? (2006-11-30)
... that plant physiology is the subdiscipline of botany concerned with the function, or physiology, of plants? (2007-09-27)
... that Aristotle classified living things based on whether they had a "sensitive soul" or, like plants, only a "vegetative soul"? (2023-10-21)
... that plant morphology is the science of the physical form and external structure of plants? (2007-08-18)
... that plant sexual morphology is most diverse among angiosperms? (2004-09-10)
... that Piperia yadonii is a rare and endangered species of wild orchid whose survival may be influenced by the demand for increased golfing on the Monterey Peninsula? (2006-11-10)
... that the vinhática tree, Plathymenia reticulata (pictured), provides the preferred timber for making dugout canoes in Brazil, because it is resistant to rotting? (2013-10-13)
... that water-filled holes in the trunk of Platypodium elegans are an important habitat for the larvae of giant damselflies? (2011-09-18)
... that despite its bitter taste, the heart of the palm tree Plectocomiopsis geminiflora is a delicacy in Borneo? (2008-04-10)
... that the fruit of the Blush Condoo are eaten by the Wompoo Fruit Dove and the Topknot Pigeon? (2010-08-20)
... that the frangipani (or plumeria), which is used to make leis (pictured) in Hawaii, is native to Central and northern South America? (2010-02-13)
... that muttongrass is eaten by sheep? (2012-06-13)
... that the gray grass mouse inhabits forests of Podocarpus parlatorei and Alnus acuminata on steep hillsides on the eastern flanks of the Andes? (2018-11-23)
... that the cause of the decline in hornleaf riverweed, a foundation species in swift-flowing rivers in North America, is unclear? (2019-10-17)
... that Pollichia campestris was first described in 1789 by the Scottish botanist William Aiton in the publication Hortus Kewensis, a catalogue of all the plants then being cultivated at Kew Gardens? (2019-08-29)
... that the rare and endangered Lewton's polygala (pictured) produces three kinds of flowers, including one that remains underground? (2011-07-17)
... that candyroot tastes like licorice? (2015-07-27)
... that the species name for rattlesnake root honors the Seneca people, who used the plant to treat snakebite? (2013-08-20)
... that the Aleutian Shield Fern, an endangered species found only on the Aleutian Island, Adak Island, is one of the least known of the world's ferns? (2009-11-26)
... that moss of the genus Polytrichum has adapted to trap moist air between rows of lamellae? (2008-02-20)
... that the evergreen juniper haircap moss is believed to be a powerful diuretic? (2011-05-24)
... that Helen Porter helped to pioneer the use of radioactive tracers in botany? (2012-10-30)
... that the free-floating fruit of Posidonia oceanica (pictured), a Mediterranean seagrass, is known as the "olive of the sea"? (2008-04-08)
... that Hickman's potentilla (pictured) is a rare plant discovered by Alice Eastwood, who climbed six floors through a burning building in the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake to save her specimens? (2006-06-16)
... that Ludwig Preiss collected the first specimen of the Western Swamp Tortoise in 1839, but no further collections occurred until 1953? (2007-02-07)
... that plant cells go through an additional stage in their cell cycle, the preprophase, which does not occur during mitosis in animal cells? (2007-02-15)
... that the Prié blanc wine grape is produced in some of the highest-elevation vineyards in continental Europe? (2014-01-26)
... that the primrose family and the evening primrose family are not related? (2019-06-04)
... that the dry, hooked fruits of the Louisiana unicorn-plant (pictured) are particularly suited for catching on "the fetlocks of ungulates"? (2013-08-27)
... that botanist George R. Proctor collected more than 55,000 specimens, had 31 species named after him, and was convicted of a conspiracy to murder his wife? (2019-11-13)
... that a bristlecone pine tree named Prometheus, the oldest tree and oldest non-clonal organism ever known to exist, was cut down in 1964 by Forest Service personnel for research purposes? (2006-01-30)
... that the flowers of both the tortuous mesquite (pictured) and the Chilean mesquite are pollinated by bees? (2015-06-24)
... that the Victorian Christmas bush is a member of the mint family? (2015-12-25)
... that the mintbush Prostanthera stenophylla grows in sandstone pagodas? (2011-10-09)
... that Banksia 'Roller Coaster', the prostrate cultivar of Banksia integrifolia, is less than 50 centimetres high, while the normal form can be a 25 metre tree? (2009-08-20)
... that Prunus kansuensis, the Gansu peach, has pits that are not pitted? (2018-12-12)
... that the seeds of Prunus mahaleb, a spice, contain coumarin? (2007-07-25)
... that the Manchurian apricot (flower pictured) has been shown to be effective in expelling parasitic worms? (2014-02-03)
... that the fruit of the Japanese Alpine Cherry can be used to make green dye? (2014-02-03)
... that the Siberian apricot has been studied as a source of biodiesel? (2014-02-02)
... that fruit of the Simon plum (pictured) looks like a tomato? (2014-02-04)
... that Russian wildrye is "one of the most versatile forage grasses available for dryland pastures"? (2012-01-28)
... that Pseudolarix wehrii fossils can be mummies? (2021-03-28)
... that the root of the slimflower scurfpea can be eaten raw or cooked, or ground up and used as an ingredient in bread-making? (2021-01-26)
... that common bracken's scientific name of Pteridium aquilinum is derived from its frond's resemblance to eagle wings? (2010-07-05)
... that both Australian aborigines and Māori ate the roots of the bracken Pteridium esculentum (pictured)? (2010-06-28)
... that pteridomania is the Victorian-era craze for fern collecting (pictured) and for fern motifs in decorative art? (2008-07-11)
... that Pteronepelys is known as the "winged stranger"? (2021-11-20)
... that the name of the liverwort genus Ptilidium comes from the Greek word ptilidion for "small feather", a reference to the plant's "feathery" appearance? (2010-05-17)
... that the horticultural varieties of Ptilotus nobilis include 'Passion', 'Poise' and 'Purity'? (2011-09-28)
... that the palm tree Ptychococcus lepidotus is used in the New Guinea highlands to make bows and arrows? (2008-04-16)
... that the traditional crop of the Pacific island of Tuvalu, pulaka, is threatened by rising sea levels, and thus is their way of life threatened as well? (2010-05-23)
... that the purple remembrance poppy was created to commemorate animals that served during wartime, but is not endorsed by The Royal British Legion which sells the official red remembrance poppy (pictured)? (2018-11-11)
... that the hollow Pwllpriddog Oak is said to have been used as the hiding place of a king, a meeting spot for lovers, a pig sty, a duck roost, and a music venue? (2018-12-05)
... that Mountain Mint was used by the Koasati as a treatment for laziness? (2006-11-16)
... that root extracts from the tree species Pycnanthus angolensis can be used to treat parasitic infections, such as schistosomiasis? (2013-07-30)
... that the Ussurian pear is the hardiest of all pears? (2014-01-30)
... that the hollow trunk of Queen Elizabeth's Oak was used as a prison? (2020-07-03)
... that Elizabeth I is said to have been told of her accession whilst sitting beneath Queen Elizabeth's Oak at Hatfield Palace? (2020-06-29)
... that Edward IV of England is traditionally said to have first met his wife, Elizabeth Woodville, under the Queen's Oak in Northamptonshire? (2020-02-13)
... that Canyon live oak acorns were a Native American staple food? (2006-11-29)
... that in its natural habitat, the Sand Live Oak often grows on white sand? (2011-07-16)
... that the United States' largest oak stand occupies 2 to 3 million hectares of the Great Plains and is composed of ancient Quercus havardii? (2009-08-02)
... that acorns of the fossil oak Quercus hiholensis have possible insect damage preserved in them? (2017-01-21)
... that the grey possumwood can be a desirable garden plant on account of its flowers? (2016-07-11)
... that unlike other members of its genus, including the giant "corpse flower", the newly discovered Rafflesia consueloae smells like young coconut meat? (2016-03-18)
... that Rafflesia lawangensis was previously misidentified as Rafflesia arnoldii, only to be identified as a new species in 2005 after photographs of it were sent to the National University of Malaysia? (2022-07-04)
... that Rafflesia meijeri was named after Dutch botanist Willem Meijer for his work on the conservation and study of Rafflesia plants? (2022-05-19)
... that English botanist John Ralfs amassed a collection 3,137 microscopic slides, which he left in his will to the British Museum? (2007-12-27)
... that several mountains, a chain of craters, a learned society and a botanical genus are named after Louis Ramond de Carbonnières? (2007-09-07)
... that Jankaea heldreichii is a relict species that now grows on and around Mount Olympus in Greece and nowhere else? (2019-03-07)
... that Christian Ramsay (pictured), honorary member of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, was so dedicated to botany that she died with a list of plants in her hand? (2016-01-05)
... that during World War I, James Kirkham Ramsbottom saved the British daffodil industry? (2023-02-06)
... that the endangered spiny gardenia has been threatened by the development of banana plantations and the Pacific Highway? (2010-06-12)
... that the vulnerable buttercup Ranunculus allenii was first collected from Mount Albert in the Gaspé Peninsula in 1881? (2011-12-19)
... that the birdfoot buttercup is found on three continents, mostly in the Arctic zone? (2021-09-15)
... that a field study conducted in Beaconsfield Upper found that the Australian buttercup had flowered 78 days earlier in 2006 than it had in 1983? (2011-11-06)
... that in Bulgarian mythology, the razkovniche is a magical herb that can open all locks and transmute iron into gold, but it can only be identified by a tortoise? (2010-09-02)
... that Danish botanist Christen C. Raunkiær made quantitative studies of plants in literature? (2007-07-03)
... that poison devil's-pepper has been used both as rat poison and as a traditional medicine for humans? (2019-11-05)
... that Eduard August von Regel, a 19th-century German botanist, named and described over 3,000 new plant species? (2008-11-16)
... that the plant genus Regelia is named after the 19th-century Russian botanist Eduard August von Regel and is found only in Australia? (2008-12-01)
... that the Kauai remya is threatened by the banana poka? (2011-07-21)
... that the novel species of plant Reseda minoica is the ancestor of one of the most ancient fragrant plants, the common mignonette? (2013-10-19)
... that the noble rhubarb (pictured) of the frigid, sunburnt Himalaya creates its own protective greenhouse with ultraviolet-blocking panels? (2006-06-14)
... that the fossil moss Rhizomnium dentatum is preserved in the same amber block as two other mosses and part of a centipede? (2015-07-03)
... that Rhizophora racemosa is normally the first mangrove to colonise newly exposed mudflats in West Africa? (2017-04-07)
... that Rhododendron spinuliferum (pictured) has been used to treat asthma and phlegm in Chinese traditional medicine? (2012-11-18)
... that the Hong Kong rose (pictured) is mainly pollinated by birds? (2016-04-09)
... that the fossil sumac Rhus boothillensis is named for a public fossil digging site in Republic, Washington? (2020-08-24)
... that the fossil Rhus garwellii likely hybridized with other sumac species in the Klondike Mountain Formation? (2020-10-10)
... that fossils of the extinct sumac Rhus malloryi (pictured) were first published in 1935? (2013-09-28)
... that the extinct sumac species Rhus republicensis is named for Republic, Washington? (2020-06-29)
... that the extinct sumac Rhus rooseae was described from fossils over 35 million years old? (2013-09-26)
... that Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus is the most abundant species of moss in British lawns? (2010-03-05)
... that wild black currants are commonly made into jam and jelly? (2012-02-01)
... that Obadiah Rich was a diplomat and bibliographer specializing in Latin American works whose younger brother William Rich was a botanist with the United States Exploring Expedition of 1838–42? (2009-05-01)
... that Riella is the only liverwort to grow as a submerged aquatic? (2011-07-02)
... that Paul G. Risser served as president of Miami University and Oregon State University as well as chancellor of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education? (2014-07-17)
... that Robin Hood's Larder is also known as the Butcher's Oak, the Slaughter Tree, and the Shambles Oak? (2020-01-25)
... that botanist Charles Budd Robinson may have been murdered by natives when he mistook the words "coconut" and "head"? (2013-09-20)
... that the flower of Romulea monadelpha is pollinated by a species of monkey beetle (both pictured)? (2018-03-05)
... that some leaves of the South African plant Romulea tortuosa are shaped like corkscrews? (2018-04-13, 2019-04-14)
... that Rosa 'Line Renaud' (pictured) won the National Horticultural Society of France's 2009 Grand Prix de la Rose in all categories? (2014-06-07)
... that the native American rose Rosa blanda (pictured) is hybridising with the introduced Japanese rose Rosa rugosa? (2012-05-12)
... that the Dog Rose was often planted in victory gardens during World War II? (2004-07-26)
... that the Proteaceae plant genus Roupala (R. montana pictured) spread into South America as it split off from Gondwana 110 million years ago and then into Central America six million years ago? (2013-01-14)
... that the Puerto Rican royal palm (pictured) is a useful tree for landscaping since its roots will not damage sidewalks? (2009-04-12)
... that the Orange-winged Amazon and Red-bellied Macaw mostly eat fruit from the royal palm Roystonea oleracea from July to September? (2009-04-18)
... that a fossil flower of the extinct palm Roystonea palaea shows damage possibly made by a bat or bird? (2010-03-18)
... that Roystonea regia, also known as the Cuban royal palm, was the first monocotyledon found to have root nodules capable of nitrogen fixation? (2009-01-09)
... that plant species of the family Rubiaceae have supplied coffee, quinine, syrup of ipecac, dimethyltryptamine, and indirectly, warfarin? (2009-12-20)
... that the Reverend Linton's book has Rubus durescens in gold leaf on its cover (pictured)? (2015-10-23)
... that the endangered butterfly Karner blue prefers the perennial subshrub Rubus flagellaris as a source of nectar? (2012-05-11)
... that southern African vine Acetosa sagittata is a weed in Australia and New Zealand, and may smother vegetation it grows upon? (2008-10-07)
... that sex scenes in the controversial 1967 film I Am Curious (Yellow) were shot inside the Rumskulla oak, an oak tree that is more than 1,000 years old? (2013-12-01)
... that Robert Runyon photographed significant events of the Mexican Revolution, discovered several new plant species, and was mayor of Brownsville, Texas? (2012-02-07)
... that citrus fruits white sapote, hercules' club and rue are all members of the family Rutaceae? (2007-09-02)
... that Sabal causiarum (pictured), the Puerto Rican hat palm, was once the base of an industry that produced large quantities of palm-leaf hats, primarily around Joyuda in southwestern Puerto Rico? (2009-06-07)
... that Pelton's Rose Gentian was recently discovered by a retired mechanic and is only found in a single county in Arkansas? (2007-07-16)
... that when taxonomist Gloria Galeano first saw pictures of the newly discovered Sabinaria magnifica she described it as "the most beautiful of all Colombian palms"? (2019-02-07)
... that sugar is extracted from the stems of Saccharum officinarum (pictured) and Saccharum barberi, but it is the flower heads of Saccharum edule that are eaten? (2012-10-04)
... that Sagittaria lancifolia (pictured) is also known as "duck potato" because of the large potato-like corms that form underground? (2010-01-02)
... that Saguaro boots are the co-creation of a bird and a cactus? (2011-01-31)
... that Redcliffe N. Salaman was the first person to identify genetic resistance to late blight in wild potatoes? (2014-04-16)
... that in some areas of northern Alaska, the willow species Salix alaxensis (twig pictured) constitutes over 95% of winter food for moose? (2012-02-04)
... that the peachleaf willow was used in traditional Eskimo medicine to treat skin sores and watery eyes? (2012-02-14)
... that low-growing willows, such as Salix hastata (pictured) and S. brachycarpa, were found to have recolonized riparian habitats destroyed during the construction of the Trans Alaska Pipeline within four years? (2012-03-29)
... that the gray-leaf willow (pictured) is a rich source of calcium and phosphorus for its browsers? (2012-03-03)
... that Eskimos harvested the leaves of diamondleaf willow in the spring and stored them in seal oil for later eating? (2012-03-29)
... that broth prepared with the bark of woolly willow is used in Native American medicine to treat sore throats? (2012-02-27)
... that shoots of the Almond Willow are used extensively for basket-making? (2007-12-14)
... that Salvia tingitana (pictured) was named after the town of "Tingi", now known as Tangiers, even though the plant has never been found growing there? (2009-03-16)
... that Salvia fruticosa or Greek sage (pictured) was depicted on a 1400-BCE Minoan fresco on the island of Crete, and is still grown and used widely today? (2009-02-01)
... that despite what its scientific name implies, the perennial garden plant Salvia indica is not naturally found in India? (2009-02-05)
... that despite being a widely-used garden plant on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, Salvia interrupta can only be found in nature in the Atlas Mountains in the African country of Morocco? (2009-02-04)
... that a relative of the culinary herb sage, Salvia involucrata, has been found to contain compounds that can help prevent memory loss? (2009-02-05)
... that the Maasai common name for the plant Salvia merjamie is Naingungundeu, which means "smells of rats"? (2009-02-15)
... that Salvia pentstemonoides ("Big red sage") was thought to be extinct until a botanist rediscovered it while taking photos for a book on Texas wildflowers? (2009-02-21)
... that Perovskia atriplicifolia (pictured), commonly known as Russian sage, is neither Russian nor sage? (2015-08-29)
... that in the first 15 years of its logging in New Caledonia, 8,000 tonnes of sandalwood, especially Santalum austrocaledonicum, was harvested? (2009-08-25)
... that YouTuber Joey Santore is known for his "Bill Swerski–esque" Chicago accent and use of profanity on his channel Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't? (2023-05-19)
... that Sapria himalayana (pictured), found in the Eastern Himalayas, is dependent on its host plant for water, nutrients and products of photosynthesis? (2009-04-19)
... that the DNA of Sartidia perrieri's only known herbarium specimen was successfully sequenced 100 years after its collection? (2016-06-21)
... that unlike modern Sassafras, which are deciduous, the extinct species Sassafras hesperia (fossil pictured) may have been evergreen? (2010-08-09)
... that French botanist Ludovic Savatier conducted a systematic study of venereal disease among sailors and prostitutes at the port in Yokosuka? (2015-08-04)
... that Douglas Barton Osborne Savile showed that the coevolution of rust fungi and their host plants could be used as an aid to plant taxonomy? (2008-02-26)
... that Charles Darwin suspected some saxifrages to be protocarnivorous plants? (2009-02-14)
... that the mossy saxifrage and the rough saxifrage are the only two species in the Trachyphyllum section of the genus Saxifraga to grow in the Alps? (2012-05-05)
... that in deleterious environmental conditions, the White Mountain saxifrage (pictured) closes up its leaf rosettes to prevent dehydration and photoinhibition? (2014-01-01)
... that London Pride is a garden flower symbolic of ordinary Londoners' resilience under attack? (2005-07-11)
... that the lavaslope centaury (pictured), the only plant in the gentian family, Gentianaceae, that is native to Hawaii, is one of only 3% of the Hawaiian flora to have an annual life cycle? (2011-02-07)
... that the Central American palm, Schippia concolor, exhibits the unusual germination strategy of transferring all resources from the seed to the seedling before any shoot growth occurs? (2010-04-10)
... that the northeastern bulrush is not in Quebec, but is in a sinkhole? (2011-07-31)
... that the leaves (pictured) of Duiker Berry trees in Southern Africa are used in traditional medicine as a mouthwash and to treat toothache? (2010-07-08)
... that the rare and threatened Florida skullcap does not bloom unless it burns at least every three years? (2011-08-05)
... that the Common Skullcap, a perennial plant found throughout Eurasia, is traditionally used as a mild sedative? (2007-04-29)
... that many plants avoid seed predation through a process called mass seeding, whereby so many seeds are produced at once that it is impossible for predators to eat all of them? (2006-09-15)
... that many people still plant Jove's beard on the roofs of houses, as Charlemagne recommended? (2011-07-14)
... that York radiate groundsel (Senecio eboracensis) is a hybrid plant species thought to have evolved suddenly within the last 300 years? (2007-07-20)
... that the Creeping Groundsel (pictured), a climbing succulent perennial native of South Africa, is a problem weed in New Zealand, but cultivated in parks in Spain and Germany? (2008-04-08)
... that the extinct Miocene redwood, Sequoiadendron chaneyi, is the probable ancestor to the giant sequoias in California? (2011-04-13)
... that flowers of the long-stalk spiderhead (pictured) produce a sweet smell late in the afternoon? (2018-09-21)
... that moon carrot rust, which infects the moon carrot (pictured), was thought extinct from Britain, but was re-discovered in 2009? (2017-02-27)
... that the iconic 180-year-old tree from The Shawshank Redemption fell in July 2016? (2016-08-03)
... that Iraqi American scientist Ihsan Ali Al-Shehbaz is the world authority on bladderpods? (2008-08-29)
... that the hollow Shelton Oak (pictured) near Shrewsbury was so big that a party of eight could dance a quadrille inside it? (2020-02-03)
... that for helping endow a professorship of botany at the University of Oxford, James Sherard was granted a doctorate in medicine by the university in 1731? (2008-06-17)
... that after the ancient Shire Oak fell in 1941, part of it was carved into a sculpture of the Madonna and Child for a local church? (2019-12-25)
... that the extinct crape myrtle relative Shirleya was first described from fossils out of a "Hi hole"? (2017-02-20)
... that Charles Wilkins Short owned one of the most valuable private herbariums in the world? (2014-01-02)
... that Shortia galacifolia (pictured) was rediscovered nearly 100 years after its first sighting? (2015-02-01)
... that wildfires are beneficial to the herb Nelson's checkerbloom? (2011-08-02)
... that whilst the exact etymology is uncertain, the colour yellow and the Italian mountainous plateau La Sila have been offered as possible etymologies for Silaum, a genus of flowering plants? (2014-01-06)
... that despite having the common name pepper saxifrage, Silaum silaus (pictured) is neither a saxifrage nor tastes of pepper? (2013-11-04)
... that Nottingham Catchfly is the county flower of Nottingham, even though it is not found anywhere in Nottinghamshire? (2010-01-23)
... that the royal catchfly is pollinated by the ruby-throated hummingbird? (2012-04-16)
... that the Simarouba species can be used as timber, for producing edible oils and to treat dysentery? (2010-08-14)
... that the seeds of Simarouba amara are more likely to germinate once they have been eaten by monkeys? (2010-12-22)
... that despite being known as the Kerry lily, the perennial plant has a much wider distribution outside Ireland? (2020-03-23)
... that Andrew Sinclair, second Colonial Secretary of New Zealand, has 16 New Zealand plants named for him? (2010-12-07)
... that the habitat of the wishbone blue-eyed grass is being seized by "the vine that ate the South"? (2011-08-04)
... that the chemicals responsible for the smell of freshly cut grass are a plant defense mechanism? (2023-08-19)
... that the Muscogee people rubbed moistened tramp's trouble on their faces to enhance their youthfulness? (2012-02-09)
... that the stems of blaspheme vine are "viciously armed" with prickles? (2012-02-06)
... that botanist Rosemary Margaret Smith had both an entire genus and a separate species named after her for her major discoveries and classification of ginger? (2021-03-02)
... that pioneering ecologist William Gardner Smith only became active in the field after the sudden death of his brother Robert, who had left an unfinished manuscript that William completed? (2012-03-30)
... that snow mold, a type of fungus, can severely damage grass if it snows? (2012-10-12)
... that the Regensburg Botanical Society, founded on 14 May 1790, is the world's oldest extant botanical society? (2022-10-26)
... that if a tree falls on seedlings of the Walking Palm its stilt roots allow it to re-root in a different location? (2009-10-10)
... that the flower of the cactus Echinopsis spachiana (pictured) mainly opens at night? (2016-02-24)
... that Otto Soemarwoto’s work as director of the Institute of Ecology has been cited as a primary influence on the resettlement strategy during Indonesia's Saguling Dam project? (2008-06-10)
... that although the fruits of the nightshade Solanum erianthum are considered poisonous and can be used in arrow poison, they can be cooked and eaten and are even made into curry in southern India? (2009-12-14)
... that the Gunai indigenous people of Gippsland practiced controlled burning to induce the edible kangaroo apple to grow and bear fruit? (2010-07-27)
... that besides the fruits being edible, the roots and leaves of creeping cucumber have many uses in traditional medicine? (2021-04-14)
... that the prairie goldenrod can flourish during drought conditions where native plants and grasses have died out? (2011-12-16)
... that Short's goldenrod (pictured), one of the world's rarest plants, grows only in parts of Kentucky and Indiana? (2007-07-22)
... that the coastal goldenrod (pictured) grows well after a hurricane has blown down the trees surrounding it? (2012-04-22)
... that sow thistles are named because they were fed to lactating sows? (2005-03-11)
... that Native Hawaiians used Mamane (pictured) wood for thatching poles, spades, spears, sled runners, firewood, symbols of authority and to ward off evil? (2006-12-04)
... that the critically endangered Menai Strait whitebeam has a population of roughly 30 individuals? (2021-09-19)
... that several species of Cordgrass have become invasive, especially on the West Coast of the United States? (2004-11-30)
... that the Black Tree Fern is the largest of the tree fern species endemic to New Zealand? (2005-11-17)
... that the Alabama variety of the purpleflower pinkroot is found exclusively in Bibb County? (2011-08-07)
... that the plant Spigelia genuflexa bends down to bury its own seeds? (2011-10-05)
... that Spiraea japonica, an invasive plant native to East Asia, was introduced in the United States as an ornamental plant? (2008-10-15)
... that the Virginia spiraea may have become extinct in Pennsylvania due to damming of the Yough? (2011-08-08)
... that Ute lady's tresses are threatened by saltcedar and peppergrass? (2011-08-10)
... that the Springburn Winter Gardens, the largest single-span glasshouse in Scotland, has been derelict since 1983? (2022-01-21)
... that whenever a cricket ball hit the St Lawrence Lime (pictured) in first-class matches, it scored four runs? (2014-03-15)
... that the mint plant Florida betony was the Florida Department of Agriculture's "Weed of the Month" for February 2010? (2013-08-28)
... that Fanny Knight excavated a Roman villa, repaired a castle, wrote a book, and was an accomplished botanist and artist? (2016-01-25)
... that the British botanist Professor William Stearn never attended university nor earned a degree, because his family was too poor? (2017-02-10)
... that the juvenile leaves of the Australian Queensland rainforest tree Stenocarpus cryptocarpus reach 115 cm long, but the adult leaves only 14 cm long? (2010-01-12)
... that the Organ Pipe Cactus (pictured) takes 150 years to reach maturity and can reach a height of eight meters? (2006-08-03)
... that German bryologist Franz Stephani was the author of "one of the most notorious publications in bryology"? (2008-07-09)
... that the gum produced by the gum karaya is used as a laxative and an aphrodisiac? (2015-02-16)
... that the shrub Stirlingia latifolia is commonly known as "Blueboy" because wall plaster turns blue if made using sand taken from where the plant occurs? (2007-09-09)
... that potato tubers grow at the end of stolons? (2007-05-12)
... that the extinct rose species Stonebergia columbiana is named for its type locality of British Columbia? (2013-03-10)
... that the Strawberries and Cream Tree (pictured) is noted for producing pink blossoms on one side of the tree and white on the other, when it blooms every spring? (2020-06-22)
... that there are only two extant populations of the Tiburon Jewelflower, both on the Tiburon Peninsula of the San Francisco Bay Area? (2006-12-26)
... that Strobilanthes callosus, a shrub found in the hill forests of India used in folk medicines, flowers only once in eight years before dying off, exhibiting a once in a lifetime mass flowering and mass seeding life cycle? (2010-03-08)
... that Strombosia pustulata is one of over two hundred species of tree growing in the Omo Forest Reserve? (2019-07-15)
... that pink beard-heaths blossom around Sydney in spring? (2011-08-10)
... that the Eastern Bettong eats native cranberries? (2011-08-21)
... that the last known specimen of the Styre, a once-famous variety of cider apple, was felled in 1968? (2010-01-25)
... that you can look through a window made of shrubby seablight, then wash your hands with it before eating it? (2016-04-01)
... that the African mustard Subularia monticola can be found forming a dense mat on sometimes flooded muds in a lake on Mount Elgon at 4,150 meters (13,620 ft) high? (2008-05-17)
... that seeds of the fossil fruit Suciacarpa have fossil fungi inside them? (2016-12-20)
... that self-taught botanist Wilhelm Nikolaus Suksdorf is the namesake of the type species Suksdorfia violacea? (2015-02-07)
... that Super Lemon Haze is an award-winning cannabis strain that commonly exhibits limonene, an organic compound also found in lemons? (2020-02-21)
... that California deserts are experiencing the second wildflower superbloom (pictured) in three years? (2019-04-18)
... that the SweeTango is a new variety of apple, not a romantic dance? (2010-10-02)
... that the Sycamore Gap Tree (pictured) has been featured in a Hollywood blockbuster, a Bryan Adams music video and a TV crime drama? (2018-08-10)
... that the fruit of mountain snowberry honeysuckle is eaten by the yellow-billed magpie? (2012-02-06)
... that the Georgia aster is a relict species of the historic post oak–savanna ecosystem? (2013-02-26)
... that Symphyotrichum kentuckiense (flower head pictured), the Kentucky aster, is only found on limestone cedar glades and limestone roadsides in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, and Tennessee? (2022-12-09)
... that the blossoms of Symphyotrichum lateriflorum (examples pictured) have been used by the Meskwaki as a smudge "to cure a crazy person who has lost his mind"? (2021-07-18)
... that Symphyotrichum molle, the soft aster, can be found only in the Bighorn Mountains of Montana and Wyoming? (2021-11-18)
... that the Chippewa have smoked the root of the New England aster (pictured) in pipes to attract game? (2022-01-08)
... that despite its common name of Santa Rita Mountain aster, Symphyotrichum potosinum can no longer be found in the Santa Rita Mountains of Arizona? (2021-11-19)
... that an extract of noodle seagrass inhibits the growth of microalgae, mussels and limpets? (2020-12-08)
... that systemin was the first identified plant peptide hormone and helps protect tomato plants against damage from herbivorous insects? (2010-07-15)
... that the flowers of the bumpy satinash often grow on its trunk? (2012-04-21)
... that the scalybark gives its name to an ecological community found only on 126 hectares (310 acres) of Lord Howe Island? (2012-09-21)
... that a hedge or topiary made of the lillipilli Syzygium smithii is more resistant to psyllids than other lillipillies are? (2010-05-26)
... that most Stemmadenia donnell-smithii fruit ripens when insects are scarce, allowing normally insectivorous birds to feed on the fruit opportunistically? (2012-05-25)
... that the seeds of the white batflower may be distributed by small mammals that feed on the fleshy fruits? (2017-04-10)
... that the Suicide Tree flowers only once before dying and falling over, creating a small gap for its seedlings to grow in? (2009-11-16)
... that Takakia is a genus of moss first discovered in the Himalayas in 1861, but no fertile plants were known until collected in 1993 in the Aleutian Islands? (2007-08-22)
... that the 1974 floods along the Finke River in Australia's Northern Territory resulted in the dramatic spread of the introduced Athel Tamarisk (T. aphylla) through the desert? (2009-10-05)
... that Tanaka Yoshio exhibited insects at the Paris Expo? (2015-08-04)
... that Alice Tangerini is the only botanical illustrator ever hired by the Smithsonian Institution? (2017-07-24)
... that attempts to soften the harsh tannic nature of the Tannat wine grape led to the development of the winemaking technique of micro-oxygenation? (2007-11-19)
... that British ecologist Arthur Tansley, founder of the British Ecological Society and the journal New Phytologist, introduced the concept of the ecosystem in 1935? (2012-03-27)
... that flowers of the arctic dandelion do not need to be pollinated in order to set seed? (2021-11-06)
... that the Australian bushfood plant and black pepper substitute Tasmannia lanceolata is poisonous to fish? (2009-08-20)
... that fossils of the cypress Taxodium dubium have been found as far north as Spitsbergen and Denali? (2021-01-07)
... that the fossil yew Taxus masonii was described from fifteen fossils collected from 1942 to 1989? (2013-04-12)
... that Te Matua Ngahere is believed to be the second largest living kauri tree, and to have the biggest girth of any kauri in New Zealand? (2011-01-11)
... that despite its name, the Chilean blue crocus (pictured), which was considered extinct until its rediscovery in the Andes mountains in 2001, is not a crocus? (2011-03-12)
... that the Gibraltar Range waratah (pictured) was only recognised as a species in 1991? (2015-01-13)
... that although the red flowerheads of the Monga waratah (pictured) are less showy than the famous New South Wales waratah, they are more numerous? (2010-04-16)
... that an Australian Gippsland waratah is thriving at Wakehurst Place? (2015-03-18)
... that fossil leaves indistinguishable from the living Tasmanian waratah (pictured) have been dug up from lower Oligocene (28–34 million year old) rock strata? (2012-04-09)
... that the stems in the pseudo-trunk of the extinct fern Tempskya decayed as the plant matured, leaving a layer of adventitious roots behind? (2012-01-29)
... that the young leaves and flowering stems of Senecio congestus can be made into a "sauerkraut"? (2008-03-01)
... that the name of the flowering plant genus Tetracarpaea refers to its four conspicuous and separate carpels? (2009-11-05)
... that the Eocene leaf species Tetracentron hopkinsii was not confirmed from Washington state until 2018? (2020-08-19)
... that the dwarf shrub Zygophyllum qatarense has adaptations to help it survive the harsh environment of the wildlife of Bahrain? (2015-12-18)
... that the Black-eyed Susans of Eastern and Western Australia (pictured) are members of the tropical Elaeocarpaceae and unrelated to their namesakes of Europe and North America? (2010-06-21)
... that American germander (pictured) is visited by bees, butterflies and hummingbirds, but avoided by grazing animals? (2016-10-07)
... that turtle grass is a marine flowering plant with seed that is viviparous? (2012-11-13)
... that the villous deadly carrot is used to stun fish? (2012-09-04)
... that habana grass is sometimes found as a bird seed contaminant? (2012-08-13)
... that the Kneeland Prairie penny-cress is a mustard flower with spoon-shaped petals and spatula-shaped leaves? (2011-08-19)
... that the botanist Ethel Thomas designed the University of London's botany garden in Regent's Park? (2016-07-20)
... that insects not only destroyed the personal plant collection of John Hunter Thomas, but also bear his name? (2023-11-02)
... that the Thomcord grape (pictured), a seedless hybrid of the Concord and Thompson Seedless grapes, underwent 17 years of testing before being declared ready for growers and gardeners? (2011-01-08)
... that Paul Thomson, co-founder of the California Rare Fruit Growers Association, grew the first successful mammee apple crop in the state's history? (2008-08-09)
... that in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, pointy flower heads of the herb Thonningia sanguinea (pictured) are often tied to the ankles of young children to help them learn to walk? (2013-06-03)
... that the Thousand-year Rose (pictured) is believed to be the world's oldest rose? (2014-05-09)
... that the three-gap theorem explains both the spacing of leaves on plant stems and the intervals between adjacent tones in certain musical tuning systems? (2018-05-01)
... that at the time of description, the extinct Tilia johnsoni (pictured) was the oldest basswood macrofossil occurrence? (2014-11-26)
... that although flowers of the deciduous tree Tilia tomentosa (pictured) are pollinated by honeybees, the nectar is somewhat toxic to bumblebees? (2007-11-14)
... that in the 1960s, sugarcane cultivars developed in Tiruvadi Sambasiva Venkataraman's laboratory sustained the sugar industries of 22 countries? (2018-03-03)
... that actor Tom Cruise does not endorse a potent strain of cannabis called Tom Cruise Purple? (2010-03-24)
... that extracts from leaves of the mahogany tree suren toon are used as antibacterial poultices? (2013-12-14)
... that the type specimen of the extinct nutmeg yew Torreya clarnensis is located in Florida? (2013-04-30)
... that conifer Torreya taxifolia was one of the first plant species listed as endangered in the United States? (2005-09-20)
... that the root of the Purple Salsify tastes of oysters? (2004-05-08)
... that the Tree of Hippocrates is a plane tree in Kos under which, according to legend, Hippocrates taught his pupils medicine? (2006-09-26)
... that the tallest known tree is more than 115 meters tall? (2014-10-29)
... that it may take more than 220 years for eucalyptus trees to form hollows suitable for larger animals? (2007-06-24)
... that the tree Trema orientalis is used to make paper, rope, charcoal and traditional medications against cough, sore throat, toothache, gonorrhea and yellow fever? (2010-03-11)
... that the Chinese tallow tree is used to make soap, candles, and medicine? (2004-03-01)
... that the plant genus Tricarpelema contains seven Asian species from moist tropical forests and one African species found on dry inselbergs? (2009-02-06)
... that flatter mires in montane regions of Europe are often dominated by deergrass and cottongrass? (2020-04-04)
... that the seeds of Trillium grandiflorum are dispersed by ants, who interpret the seeds as corpses? (2008-04-29)
... that Trillium reliquum is an endangered species that exists at only 21 sites in Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina? (2009-11-21)
... that Honewort, growing in the Avon Gorge near Bristol, was one of the first rare plants to be documented in Britain, by William Turner in 1562? (2009-06-19)
... that the spiky inedible grass Triodia scintillans tastes like salt and vinegar chips? (2023-09-19)
... that the ant tree (pictured) is in a mutualistic relationship with certain ant species? (2012-08-14)
... that plants of the genus Triunia have attractive but highly toxic fruit? (2013-04-06)
... that the extinct species Trochodendron drachuckii is known from a single Eocene fossil found near Cache Creek, British Columbia? (2010-09-25)
... that the primary leaf veins for the extinct plant Trochodendron nastae are palmate rather then being pinnate like those in the living Trochodendron aralioides? (2010-04-10)
... that the extinct wheel-tree leaf species T. postnastae and fruit species T. rosayi are possibly from the same plant? (2020-11-07)
... that Tropaeolum tricolor can survive a drought of 10 months in summer while Tropaeolum polyphyllum can withstand temperatures down to −20 °C (−4 °F)? (2012-07-03)
... that Himalayan Hemlock (Tsuga dumosa) was first brought into the United Kingdom in 1838? (2007-05-18)
... that the extinct Tsukada davidiifolia (leaf fossil pictured) from Washington State is related to the living dove-tree? (2017-02-04)
... that the nineteenth-century American botanist Edward Tuckerman liked to write his studies in Latin? (2010-03-28)
... that the fossil palm Uhlia allenbyensis has been found with "tar spots"? (2022-07-31)
... that Ulmus chuchuanus had to be renamed due to another fossil already having its original name? (2022-04-25)
... that the European White Elm is distinguished from other European elms by its long flower stems? (2005-05-15)
... that the fossil elm Ulmus okanaganensis had been tentatively identified as two other plants before it was formally described in 2005? (2017-03-10)
... that the Ulster cherry is named after Ulster County, New York, a region where sweet cherries are produced commercially? (2008-12-06)
... that Ignatz Urban's type collections of Caribbean plants were largely destroyed in the 1943 bombing of the Berlin Herbarium? (2009-02-07)
... that extracts of pringamoza (pictured) have shown antiviral activity against herpes simplex? (2012-07-31)
... that despite its common name, California grass is not naturally found in California? (2012-01-29)
... that Uvariopsis dicaprio was the first new plant species described in 2022? (2022-01-26)
... that while the Blue Ridge blueberry can be used for pies and jelly, the shiny blueberry (pictured) was used by the Seminole to treat "hog sickness"? (2012-02-10)
... that according to an Alaskan report, a tribe of Eskimo cook the swamp cranberry with fish eggs and blubber? (2012-06-19)
... that despite having 6 centimetre (2.4 inch) thorns, Acacia ehrenbergiana is an important food for camels, goats, and sheep? (2013-04-02)
... that the bark of Acacia reficiens is used to curdle milk, and its thorns used to pierce ears in the Kaokoveld region of Namibia? (2012-02-17)
... that collaboration between botanists Elinor Francis Vallentin and A.D. Cotton resulted in the first comprehensive study of cryptogams from the Falkland Islands? (2015-12-17)
... that euglossine bees distribute the seeds of vanilla tlatepusco? (2023-11-10)
... that while Vanilla tahitensis is found primarily in French Polynesia's Society Islands, it is not a leading export product of that territory? (2015-06-17)
... that rye and oats used to be crop-mimicking weeds before they became domesticated? (2007-10-21)
... that Jose R. Velasco's research on the coconut was instrumental in him becoming a National Scientist of the Philippines? (2008-01-04)
... that Black False Hellebore (pictured) is a toilet cleaner which may be a cure for cancer? (2010-09-23)
... that the common mullein plant was burnt in France during celebrations on the second Sunday of Lent to protect against evil spirits and demons? (2005-01-30)
... that Veronica jovellanoides was given the nickname "Bamboozle" after botanists spent 80 hours trying to find it again following its discovery? (2021-06-26)
... that digger's speedwell is so named because it was thought to indicate the presence of gold? (2019-04-23)
... that the rare Mexican arrowwood is known only from a single locality near the town of Madera Springs, Texas? (2013-08-16)
... that some American slaveholders forced their slaves to drink an infusion of black haw to prevent abortions? (2007-03-11)
... that the global stronghold of the primitive vetch species Vicia orobus (pictured) is in central and northern Wales? (2012-07-23)
... that Vidal blanc is grown just 500 miles (800 km) south of the Arctic Circle and used to make ice wine in Sweden? (2013-04-13)
... that the beach pea was used in traditional Hawaiian medicine to treat wounds? (2012-01-07)
... that Australia's native broom is a pea? (2010-07-12)
... that the bearded tylophora is now classified in the dogbane family? (2011-01-21)
... that the butterfly Argynnis hyperbius has been threatened in New South Wales by the draining of swamps containing its natural foodplant Viola betonicifolia? (2008-10-08)
... that the Olympic violet (pictured) is found only on the eastern and northeastern peaks of the Olympic Mountains in Washington state? (2014-08-21)
... that, like other yellow flowers of the genus Viola, Yellow Pansies can cause diarrhoea if eaten in large quantities? (2004-04-13)
... that Tetraponera tessmanni, a very aggressive ant, is able to establish dominance over the whole of the liana in which it lives, which may be 50 m (164 ft) long? (2020-05-17)
... that Euanthe sanderiana (pictured), also called the Waling-waling, was proposed in the House of Representatives of the Philippines to replace the Sampaguita as the country's national flower? (2009-09-02)
... that oak trees associated with William Wallace stood in Elderslie (pictured), Port Glasgow and Torwood in Scotland? (2020-01-11)
... that the Renfrewshire Council cloned the Wallace Yew, as the historic tree was dying from a fungal infection? (2020-01-09)
... that perfumes made from the pungent Warionia saharae desert plant are reputed to employ its "supernatural powers" to make women more seductive? (2016-12-27)
... that Washingtonia is a genus of palm and produces a fruit, eaten by Native American people as a minor food source and by birds? (2005-01-24)
... that West Virginia's largest American sycamore, the Webster Sycamore, survived an arson attack and inspired a proposed name for the state's health insurance marketplace? (2015-10-15)
... that the extinct fern Wessiea is known from Miocene fossils found at the "Ho ho" locality in Yakima County, Washington? (2010-09-20)
... that botanist William West's elder son William West Jr assisted him with fieldwork, and his younger son George Stephen West collaborated with him on numerous scientific publications? (2022-06-04)
... that botanist Thomas W. Whitaker was honored for his work with squashes and pumpkins (pictured) by having a squash variety named after him? (2014-11-27)
... that Cyril Tenison White, who authored a 42-part series on weeds, was awarded the Mueller Medal for his important contributions to Australian botanical science? (2008-09-05)
... that whole grains are often more expensive than refined grains because their higher oil content is susceptible to oxidation, complicating processing, storage, and transport? (2005-06-16)
... that riparian forests contain some ⅓ of the estimated 3000 flora species in Benin? (2011-04-14)
... that the wildlife of Nigeria includes 940 species of bird and all eight known species of West African mangrove? (2019-07-05)
... that the red crabs (example pictured) dominating the wildlife of Christmas Island have been threatened by the arrival of yellow crazy ants? (2020-01-15)
... that flora and fauna of the Indian state of Karnataka include a species of ant newly discovered on the campus of the Indian Institute of Science? (2007-05-11)
... that in the wildlife of Nepal, Rhododendron is the most widely found national flower of the country and its red flower, known locally as Lal Guran, forms the wreath round the national symbol? (2013-06-08)
... that the wildlife of the Falkland Islands includes no native terrestrial reptiles, amphibians, or even trees, and that the only native terrestrial mammal, the warrah (pictured), became extinct in the mid-19th century? (2011-04-05)
... that the rainforest plant Wilkiea huegeliana (pictured) is most likely pollinated by a species of thrips? (2009-08-20)
... that blind botanist John Grimshaw Wilkinson used his tongue to tell the difference between plants? (2022-01-02)
... that the Guarijío of Mexico prepare an herbal tea, malo en el cuerpo (pain in the body), from Wimmeria mexicana, chamomile, and cilantro? (2008-07-31)
... that the book Wine Grapes details the history of 1,368 varieties including Zinfandel's (pictured) origins as a Croatian grape known as Tribidrag? (2012-11-08)
... that Norwegian botanist Finn Wischmann wrote more than 45,000 herbarium sheets and 21,000 checklists, recording more than half a million plant discoveries? (2011-06-10)
... that Wolffia arrhiza (pictured) is the smallest vascular plant on earth? (2010-12-08)
... that when William Williams died collecting the fern Alpine Woodsia (pictured) in 1861, his body was found at the foot of the cliff where the species was first found in the 17th century? (2008-06-22)
... that The World's 100 Most Threatened Species includes one (pictured) with only five surviving mature individuals? (2012-09-25)
... that the scenic fields of northern wyethia (pictured) found in the western United States are sometimes a sign that an area has been overgrazed? (2023-11-14)
... that the golden penda (pictured) can flower at any time of year? (2011-05-22)
... that golden-flowered Australian native daisy Xerochrysum bracteatum (pictured) was developed into a wide variety of colours in Arnstadt, Germany, in the 1850s? (2010-09-26)
... that the Poor Knights Lily resembles a giant toothbrush? (2010-10-25)
... that the genus Xochiquetzallia was named after the Aztec goddess of flowers? (2022-02-25)
... that early European settlers of Australia used woody pear (illustration pictured) to make gun stocks? (2011-08-23)
... that buds of Tennessee yellow-eyed grass are forced open by the bee Lasioglossum zephyrum, seeking first access to the flowers' pollen? (2011-09-01)
... that Y1, a strain of tobacco containing twice as much nicotine, was developed by Brown & Williamson so they could make low-tar cigarettes without reducing the nicotine content? (2008-06-17)
... that horticulturalist Albert F. Yeager's accomplishments led to him being referred to as the "plant wizard of the north" and the "Luther Burbank of North Dakota"? (2021-05-08)
... that the York Imperial apple (pictured) is easily identified by its lop-sided shape and was developed by Quaker Jonathan Jessop? (2010-01-14)
... that oil extracted from the common prickly-ash Zanthoxylum americanum has been used to treat "chronic rheumatism, typhoid and skin diseases and impurity of the blood"? (2009-07-07)
... that the Thorny Yellowwood (pictured) is an Australian rainforest tree with a spiky trunk? (2009-06-06)
... that the spring-loving centaury (pictured) and other rare plants at the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge are declining because of groundwater pumping? (2011-02-10)
... that George A. Zentmyer, professor emeritus at the University of California, Riverside, has an avocado cultivar named after him? (2015-01-18)
... that pink fairy lilies usually produce flowers only after heavy rains? (2011-08-11)
... that Zingiber spectabile is often known as the beehive ginger, due to its inflorescences which resemble beehives? (2013-11-04)
... that the pollen of Texas wild rice becomes non-functional within one hour after it is released? (2011-09-04)
... that the wild jujube can be planted on sand dunes to provide erosion control? (2021-10-22)
... that one ethnographic source suggests that the Zombie palm, Zombia antillarum (pictured), a native of the island of Hispaniola, can be used to awaken zombies or protect against their spying? (2009-03-27)
... that Japanese eelgrass is believed to have travelled to North America in the company of oysters? (2016-04-03)
... that since wasting disease has become established in dwarf eelgrass and common eelgrass beds, populations of overwintering Brent geese have declined in Europe? (2013-07-03)
... that according to Guinness World Records, the Carolina Reaper (pictured) is currently the leader in the race to grow the hottest pepper? (2019-09-10)
... that the French admiral Dupetit Thouars took possession of the Tahiti archipelago against his government's will? (2006-11-30)

Total pages in content type is 1683

Featured pictures edit

16 wood samples
Abutilon ×hybridum Patrick Synge
Acer negundo female flowers - Keila
Actinidia chinensis - Austins Ferry
Adansonia grandidieri04
Aesculus hippocastanum fruit
Aeshna cyanea freshly slipped L2
African daisy (Osteospermum sp. 'Pink Whirls')
Alaska wild berries
Almonds - in shell, shell cracked open, shelled, blanched
Aloe dichotoma -Keetmanshoop, Namibia-21Aug2009-2
Alstroemeria aurantiaca
Alstroemeria
Anemone hupehensis var. japonica 1
Anopterus glandulosus
Anthurium scherzerianum 2
Anthyllis vulneraria inflorescence - Niitvälja
Apple mango and cross section edit1
Apricot and cross section
Apricots
Aquilegia columbine magpie cultivar 2
Arabis hirsuta - Keila
Asteracea poster 3
Avocado Hass - single and halved
Balkan Windröschen (Anemone blanda)-20230407-RM-124525
Banksia marginata immature and mature
Baobab Adansonia digitata
Barbara McClintock (1902-1992) shown in her laboratory in 1947
Bellendena montana
Bistorta officinalis 01
Black Mulberry Female Flowers
Black Pepper (Piper nigrum) fruits
Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus)
Bluebonnet-8100
Bright red tomato and cross section02
Broccoli and cross section edit
Bryum capillare leaf cells
Cactus flower closeup03
CalliandraEmarginata
Campanula cervicaria - Keila
Canna sp
Canteloupe and cross section
Carambola Starfruit
Carpobrotus rossii
Carrots of many colors
Centaurea jacea 01
Cephalanthus occidentalis occidentalis1
Chamomile@original size
Charles Darwin by Julia Margaret Cameron, c. 1868
Chestnuts
Cirsium arvense with Bees Richard Bartz
Cirsium eriophorum (Kozara National Park, Republika Srpska)
Cirsium palustre inflorescence - Niitvälja
Citrus paradisi (Grapefruit, pink) white bg
Clementines (01014)s
Clivia miniata1
Coconuts - single and cracked open
Correa Alba RTBG
Corymbia ficifolia Flowers
Cotyledon orbiculata 3
Crassula ovata RTBG
Cucumis metuliferus fruit - whole and cross section
Cymbidium Clarisse Austin 'Best Pink' Flowers 2000px
Cypripedium acaule - Sasata edit1
Dactylorhiza fuchsii Mariazell 01
Dahlia x hybrida
Daphne mezereum flowers - Keila
Dark Hedges near Armoy, Co Antrim (cropped)
Dark purple Trichoglottis (70213s)c
Darlingtonia californica
Dew on an Equisetum fluviatile Luc Viatour
Dipodium punctatum portrait
Echeveria Blue Curl
Echinocereus reichenbachii by RO
Egg fruit DS
Egg fruit cross section DS
Encephalartos sclavoi reproductive cone
English Walnuts
Epilobium hirsutum - Seed head - Triptych
Equisetum arvense fertile spore-bearing stem - Keila
Erigeron Glaucus
Euphorbia canariensis Tenerife 2012
Faden-Ehrenpreis (Veronica filiformis)-20230419-RM-125228
Feijoa sellowiana edit
Filipendula vulgaris - inflorescence - Kulna
Flooded Albizia Saman (rain tree) in the Mekong
Flower with pollen-Edit2
French marigold Tagetes patula
Fritillaria meleagris LJ barje2
Frühlings-Knotenblume (Leucojum vernum)-20230220-RM-161056
Fuyu Persimmon (Diospyros Kaki)
Fuyu persimmon fruits, one cut open
GEM corn
Gaillardia fanfare centered
Gaillardia in Aspen (91273)
Galanthus nivalis close-up aka
Garden strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) halved
Garden strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) single2
Garlic bulbs and cloves
Gaura lindheimeri Whirling Butterflies
Gazania rigens var. rigens
Gentiana acaulis (stemless gentian)
George Washington Carver c1910 - Restoration
Golden Delicious apples
Granny smith and cross section
Grevillea rosmarinifolia
Gynaephora selenitica - kuu-villkäpa röövik sirplutsernil
Hakea epiglottis
Hakea laurina Tas
Hasegawa Tohaku - Pine Trees (Shōrin-zu byōbu) - left hand screen
Hasegawa Tohaku - Pine Trees (Shōrin-zu byōbu) - right hand screen
Hazelnuts (Corylus avellana) - whole with kernels
Hazelnuts
Hedychium gardnerianum
Heliopsis July 2011-2
Helleborus orientalis, Zaaddozen zwellen, Locatie, Tuinreservaat Jonkervallei 01
Helleborus orientalis. Lenteroos 04
Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus flower
Hepatica nobilis flowers - blue and pink - Keila
Hevea semillas2
Horse Gram BNC
Hypericum calycinum Tasmania
Illustration Punica granatum2
India - Varanasi green peas - 2714
Isophysis tasmanica
Jade vine (70200)
Juglans regia 2009 G2
Juncus compressus - Niitvälja
Juniperus communis fruits - Keila
Kiwifruit cross section
Kumquat from Spain
Lagoa do Capitão com montanha do pico
Lamium purpureum - Tutermaa
LantanaFlowerLeaves-3
Leaf Tissue Structure
Leaf morphology
Lemon - whole and split
Leptecophylla juniperina
Leptospermum squarrosum
Leucanthemum paludosum May 2008
Leucanthemum vulgare 'Filigran' Flower 2200px
Leucospermum cultivar Edit
Lilac Flower&Leaves, SC, Vic, 13.10.2007
Lilium bulbiferum var. bulbiferum 01
Lillium Stamens
Lily Lilium 'Citronella' Flower
Lime - whole and halved
Linaria vulgaris flowers - Keila
Luculia gratissima
Lychee fruits and seed
Lycianthes rantonnetii
Lysimachia monelli (habitus)
Mammillaria spinosissima by RO
Mango and cross section edit
Mango fruit Nam Dok Mai
Mangos - single and halved
Mangosteens - whole and opened
Marie Stopes in her laboratory, 1904 - Restoration
Mazafati dates - whole, halved and seed
MeyerLemon
Micrantheum serpentinum
Milk thistle flowerhead
Misc pollen
Mooie bloeiwijze van een Speerdistel (Cirsium vulgare) 03
Morning-glory-C6295b
Myosotis scorpioides - Niitvälja bog
Nectarine Fruit Development
Nelumno nucifera open flower - botanic garden adelaide2
Nepenthes rafflesiana ant
Nodding Pincushion Protea Flower Bud
Notocactus minimus
Oenothera rubricaulis 2014 G1
Ophrys insectifera - Niitvälja2
Orange and cross section
Oranges - whole-halved-segment
Orchidacea Cymbidium
Orchis-mascula-Formation
Origanum vulgare inflorescence - Keila
Oroblanco (sweetie) fruits
Oxalis Triangularis Photonasty Timelapse
Pachira aquatica (fruit) edit1
Papaver April 2010-13 crop
Papaver April 2010-8a
Papaver April 2010-9
Papaya - longitudinal section
Passiflora caerulea (makro close-up)
Passiflora caerulea STEREO (R-L) 2019-06-27
Passion fruits - whole and halved
Passionfruit and cross section
Peace lily - 1 - cropped
Peach Glow water-lily at Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Peanuts (Arachis hypogaea) - in shell, shell cracked open, shelled, peeled
Pecans
Persicaria capitata AF crop
Persicaria maculosa
Petasites hybridus inflorescence - Keila
Petrified wood closeup 2
Photos-photos 1088103921 Floating
Physalis peruviana fruits close-up
Picea Pungens Young Cones
Picea abies young female cone - Keila
Picea omorika young female cone - Keila
Pincushion hakea03
Pine cone edit
Pine cones, male and female
Pink lady and cross section
Pinot Grigio-20201027-RM-114053
Pisaura mirabilis on Plantago lanceolata
Pitaya cross section ed2
Plant cell structure-en
Plantago lanceolata - Kulna
Plums
Polemonium reptans 2009
Polypogon monspeliensis (1)
Polystichum setiferum 'Cristato Pinnulum' (Niervaren). (d.j.b.). 02
Pomegranate (opened)
Pomegranate Juice (2019)
Pomegranate arils
Pomegranate fruit - whole and piece with arils
Pomegranate03 edit
Pomelo fruit
Poster papaver 3a
Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca young female cone - Keila
Pulsatilla alpina fruit
Quercus robur acorn - Keila
Quercus robur acorns in Tuntorp 1
Rambutan white background alt
Rambutans with seed
Raspberries (Rubus idaeus)
Raspberry - halved (Rubus idaeus)
Raspberry - whole (Rubus idaeus)
Red capsicum and cross section
Red delicious and cross section
Redcurrant (Ribes rubrum) fruits
Rhinanthus angustifolius inflorescence - Kulna
Rhithrogena germanica subimago on Equisetum hyemale
Richea Scoparia-2
Romanesco broccoli (Brassica oleracea)
Rose Geranium
Rose Prickles
Russet potato cultivar with sprouts
Salak (Salacca zalacca), 2015-05-17
Sedum acre single - Niitvälja
Sedum rubrotinctum
Silene flos-cuculi flower - Niitvälja
Soursop, Annona muricata
Sphegina montana Syrphidae
Split Aloe
Sprekelia formosissima 1
Sugar apple with cross section
Sunflower macro wide
Sunflower sky backdrop
Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata Flowers Closeup 2800px
Swamp rose-mallow
Sweet granadillas (Passiflora ligularis) - whole and cross section
Syzygium fruit
Tagblume Commelina communis stack25 2019-08-05-RM-8050218-PSD
Ti-tree sprig2
Tricyrtis hirta - blossom top (aka)
Trifolium hybridum inflorescence - Keila
Trillium erectum - Stephen's Gulch CA
Twin lantana camara edit
Underwater slope in Gullmarn fjord 2
Valeriana officinalis - Niitvälja
Vespa orientalis 2
Viburnum opulus fruits - Keila
Walderdbeere Frucht-20210617-RM-124006
Walnuts - whole and open with halved kernel
White nectarine and cross section02 edit
White peach and cross section edit
Willow catkin 2 aka
Wine grape diagram en
Wine grapes03
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
Yellow Coneflower Echinacea paradoxa Twisted Pair Bee 2000px
Yellow star thistle
Zieria baeuerlenii 01 Pengo
Zinnienblüte Zinnia elegans stack15 20190722-RM-7222254
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Former featured pictures edit

Avocado with cross section edit
Crepidinae sp. (Slovenia)
Englishtitles2-1
Leaf 1 web
Lemon-edit1
Mangosteen scale v2
Raspberries05

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Good article nominees edit

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In the News articles edit

Norman Borlaug (2009-09-16)
Cotton Tree (Sierra Leone) (2023-05-27)
David Goodall (botanist) (2018-05-13)
Adriana Hoffmann (2022-03-22)
Lu Yonggen (2019-08-13)
Pioneer Cabin Tree (2017-01-10)
Silene stenophylla (2012-02-22)
Svalbard Global Seed Vault (2009-03-01)
Sycamore Gap tree (2023-09-28)

Total pages in content type is 9

Main page featured articles edit

Acacia pycnantha (2015-09-01)
Adenanthos cuneatus (2013-07-26)
Adenanthos obovatus (2011-12-05)
Adiantum viridimontanum (2013-11-27)
Ailanthus altissima (2008-04-15)
Aiphanes (2012-08-24)
Alloxylon flammeum (2014-03-22)
Alloxylon pinnatum (2020-03-15)
Norman Borlaug (2005-07-27)
Brachychiton rupestris (2016-01-14)
Cabbage (2014-02-16)
Cucurbita (2015-10-31)
Charles Darwin (2007-04-19)
Dracophyllum fiordense (2021-12-19)
Durian (2008-06-12)
Epacris impressa (2016-05-15)
Fertilisation of Orchids (2012-10-06)
Ficus aurea (2010-11-03)
Ficus macrophylla (2021-01-09)
Ficus obliqua (2013-10-11)
Ficus rubiginosa (2016-12-27)
Flora of Madagascar (2020-09-07)
Georg Forster (2006-10-17)
Grevillea juniperina (2021-06-25)
Isopogon anemonifolius (2020-04-30)
Isopogon anethifolius (2021-04-10)
Lambertia formosa (2015-01-31)
Lettuce (2012-09-26)
Barbara McClintock (2006-03-06)
Black pepper (2005-12-03)
Persoonia lanceolata (2014-03-07)
Persoonia levis (2013-02-24)
Persoonia linearis (2020-01-28)
Persoonia terminalis (2017-12-17)
Saffron (2006-03-31)
Salvia yangii (2015-11-07)
William T. Stearn (2018-04-16)
G. Ledyard Stebbins (2008-01-06)
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum (2022-01-05)
Tea (2004-06-09)
Telopea oreades (2015-07-20)
Telopea speciosissima (2011-10-06)
Telopea truncata (2016-02-10)
Thomcord (2011-04-17)
Tulip mania (2008-09-30)
Use of saffron (2007-09-29)
Verbascum thapsus (2014-09-11)
Xerochrysum bracteatum (2014-12-11)

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List of Narcissus horticultural divisions (2015-06-05)
List of Saxifragales, Vitales and Zygophyllales families (2023-07-24)
List of Symphyotrichum species (2023-03-06)
List of alismatid families (2023-01-06)
List of basal eudicot families (2023-05-19)
List of culinary nuts (2014-03-17)
List of malvid families (2023-12-11)
List of palms native to the Caribbean (2014-06-16)
List of the largest genera of flowering plants (2018-05-14)
List of vegetable oils (2012-06-04)
List of plant family names with etymologies (2022-02-25)

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Picture of the day pictures edit

16 wood samples (2017-11-15)
Abutilon ×hybridum Patrick Synge (2010-12-06)
Actinidia chinensis - Austins Ferry (2019-12-30)
Adansonia grandidieri04 (2012-06-30)
Aesculus hippocastanum fruit (2004-10-24)
Aeshna cyanea freshly slipped L2 (2009-03-20)
African daisy (Osteospermum sp. 'Pink Whirls') (2005-09-04)
Alaska wild berries (2005-01-14)
Aloe dichotoma -Keetmanshoop, Namibia-21Aug2009-2 (2011-07-18)
Alstroemeria aurantiaca (2009-10-18)
Alstroemeria (2013-02-09)
Anemone hupehensis var. japonica 1 (2010-05-16)
Anopterus glandulosus (2010-11-14)
Anthurium scherzerianum 2 (2009-07-19)
Apple mango and cross section edit1 (2010-08-18)
Apricot and cross section (2010-01-03)
Apricots (2005-03-23)
Aquilegia columbine magpie cultivar 2 (2009-09-22)
Arabis hirsuta - Keila (2024-03-21)
Asteracea poster 3 (2008-08-10)
Avocado with cross section edit (2011-11-20)
Banksia marginata immature and mature (2010-08-05)
Baobab Adansonia digitata (2014-06-08)
Barbara McClintock (1902-1992) shown in her laboratory in 1947 (2019-06-16)
Bellendena montana (2011-08-08)
Bistorta officinalis 01 (2024-04-23)
Black Mulberry Female Flowers (2009-07-29)
Black Pepper (Piper nigrum) fruits (2013-03-26)
Bluebonnet-8100 (2017-10-05)
Bright red tomato and cross section02 (2007-06-27)
Broccoli and cross section edit (2010-04-17)
Bryum capillare leaf cells (2017-08-30)
Cactus flower closeup03 (2007-05-24)
CalliandraEmarginata (2009-12-19)
Canna sp (2011-01-22)
Canteloupe and cross section (2009-11-21)
Carambola Starfruit (2012-08-10)
Carpobrotus rossii (2010-12-14)
Carrots of many colors (2006-06-17)
Centaurea jacea 01 (2017-07-28)
Cephalanthus occidentalis occidentalis1 (2022-11-23)
Chamomile@original size (2005-08-14)
Chestnuts (2005-09-15)
Cirsium arvense with Bees Richard Bartz (2008-01-11)
Cirsium eriophorum (Kozara National Park, Republika Srpska) (2021-04-21)
Citrus paradisi (Grapefruit, pink) white bg (2012-01-27)
Clivia miniata1 (2005-08-11)
Correa Alba RTBG (2014-12-08)
Corymbia ficifolia Flowers (2010-10-07)
Cotyledon orbiculata 3 (2010-04-21)
Crassula ovata RTBG (2010-09-25)
Crepidinae sp. (Slovenia) (2018-05-13)
Cymbidium Clarisse Austin 'Best Pink' Flowers 2000px (2009-04-21)
Cypripedium acaule - Sasata edit1 (2012-02-03)
Dactylorhiza fuchsii Mariazell 01 (2016-12-30)
Dahlia x hybrida (2011-02-09)
Daphne mezereum flowers - Keila (2024-02-01)
Dark Hedges near Armoy, Co Antrim (cropped) (2023-03-17)
Dark purple Trichoglottis (70213s)c (2020-10-18)
Darlingtonia californica (2004-07-29)
Dew on an Equisetum fluviatile Luc Viatour (2009-01-08)
Dipodium punctatum portrait (2014-04-12)
Echeveria Blue Curl (2010-09-16)
Echinocereus reichenbachii by RO (2018-07-12)
Egg fruit DS (2018-10-10)
Egg fruit cross section DS (2018-10-10)
Encephalartos sclavoi reproductive cone (2012-05-08)
English Walnuts (2007-04-26)
Englishtitles2-1 (2006-09-04)
Epilobium hirsutum - Seed head - Triptych (2017-02-25)
Equisetum arvense fertile spore-bearing stem - Keila (2023-07-08)
Erigeron Glaucus (2010-09-07)
Euphorbia canariensis Tenerife 2012 (2014-08-07)
Feijoa sellowiana edit (2010-06-03)
Flooded Albizia Saman (rain tree) in the Mekong (2019-01-25)
Flower with pollen-Edit2 (2008-02-09)
French marigold Tagetes patula (2010-12-23)
Fritillaria meleagris LJ barje2 (2011-11-14)
Fuyu Persimmon (Diospyros Kaki) (2013-07-31)
Fuyu persimmon fruits, one cut open (2019-08-16)
GEM corn (2004-10-22)
Gaillardia fanfare centered (2009-10-29)
Gaillardia in Aspen (91273) (2020-08-19)
Galanthus nivalis close-up aka (2005-09-17)
Gaura lindheimeri Whirling Butterflies (2010-07-05)
Gazania rigens var. rigens (2009-08-29)
Gentiana acaulis (stemless gentian) (2019-01-09)
George Washington Carver c1910 - Restoration (2019-05-27)
Golden Delicious apples (2023-03-14)
Granny smith and cross section (2010-03-06)
Grevillea rosmarinifolia (2010-10-16)
Gynaephora selenitica - kuu-villkäpa röövik sirplutsernil (2015-04-13)
Hakea epiglottis (2011-02-21)
Hakea laurina Tas (2010-05-25)
Hasegawa Tohaku - Pine Trees (Shōrin-zu byōbu) - left hand screen (2021-05-31)
Hasegawa Tohaku - Pine Trees (Shōrin-zu byōbu) - right hand screen (2021-05-31)
Hazelnuts (Corylus avellana) - whole with kernels (2023-08-18)
Hazelnuts (2004-11-27)
Hedychium gardnerianum (2010-07-16)
Heliopsis July 2011-2 (2012-12-31)
Helleborus orientalis, Zaaddozen zwellen, Locatie, Tuinreservaat Jonkervallei 01 (2019-11-16)
Helleborus orientalis. Lenteroos 04 (2021-02-17)
Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus flower (2016-05-27)
Hepatica nobilis flowers - blue and pink - Keila (2023-09-23)
Hevea semillas2 (2012-05-02)
Horse Gram BNC (2020-09-15)
Hypericum calycinum Tasmania (2009-09-09)
Illustration Punica granatum2 (2007-07-11)
India - Varanasi green peas - 2714 (2018-07-24)
Isophysis tasmanica (2011-07-31)
Jade vine (70200) (2021-06-30)
Juglans regia 2009 G2 (2015-07-16)
Kumquat from Spain (2023-05-18)
Lagoa do Capitão com montanha do pico (2023-10-31)
LantanaFlowerLeaves-3 (2007-09-18)
Leaf 1 web (2004-12-29)
Leaf Tissue Structure (2012-12-03)
Leaf morphology (2014-12-22)
Lemon - whole and split (2023-08-24)
Lemon-edit1 (2007-02-26)
Leptecophylla juniperina (2010-11-25)
Leptospermum squarrosum (2010-08-16)
Leucanthemum paludosum May 2008 (2009-02-14)
Leucanthemum vulgare 'Filigran' Flower 2200px (2015-07-08)
Leucospermum cultivar Edit (2009-06-22)
Lilac Flower&Leaves, SC, Vic, 13.10.2007 (2008-04-10)
Lilium bulbiferum var. bulbiferum 01 (2016-09-17)
Lillium Stamens (2010-06-12)
Lily Lilium 'Citronella' Flower (2008-06-22)
Luculia gratissima (2011-01-12)
Lychee fruits and seed (2024-02-24)
Lycianthes rantonnetii (2010-10-26)
Lysimachia monelli (habitus) (2013-08-23)
Mammillaria spinosissima by RO (2019-09-05)
Mango and cross section edit (2010-06-08)
Mangosteen scale v2 (2012-06-25)
Marie Stopes in her laboratory, 1904 - Restoration (2023-03-09)
MeyerLemon (2006-03-05)
Micrantheum serpentinum (2011-03-13)
Milk thistle flowerhead (2007-05-16)
Misc pollen (2004-11-02)
Mooie bloeiwijze van een Speerdistel (Cirsium vulgare) 03 (2020-11-07)
Morning-glory-C6295b (2011-04-08)
Nectarine Fruit Development (2008-12-11)
Nelumno nucifera open flower - botanic garden adelaide2 (2008-11-28)
Nepenthes rafflesiana ant (2006-07-17)
Nodding Pincushion Protea Flower Bud (2008-03-05)
Notocactus minimus (2012-05-06)
Oenothera rubricaulis 2014 G1 (2017-02-08)
Ophrys insectifera - Niitvälja2 (2022-09-14)
Orange and cross section (2009-10-19)
Oranges - whole-halved-segment (2023-04-17)
Orchidacea Cymbidium (2009-07-09)
Orchis-mascula-Formation (2014-07-31)
Oxalis Triangularis Photonasty Timelapse (2012-02-27)
Pachira aquatica (fruit) edit1 (2013-05-05)
Papaver April 2010-13 crop (2012-06-10)
Papaver April 2010-8a (2012-06-10)
Papaver April 2010-9 (2012-06-10)
Passiflora caerulea (makro close-up) (2018-08-15)
Passiflora caerulea STEREO (R-L) 2019-06-27 (2021-11-01)
Passionfruit and cross section (2010-02-05)
Peace lily - 1 - cropped (2023-09-21)
Peach Glow water-lily at Brooklyn Botanic Garden (2009-02-26)
Pecans (2007-07-06)
Persicaria capitata AF crop (2011-01-02)
Persicaria maculosa (2023-01-20)
Petasites hybridus inflorescence - Keila (2023-05-03)
Petrified wood closeup 2 (2005-04-06)
Photos-photos 1088103921 Floating (2005-12-10)
Physalis peruviana fruits close-up (2023-02-23)
Picea Pungens Young Cones (2009-08-13)
Picea abies young female cone - Keila (2024-03-10)
Picea omorika young female cone - Keila (2024-04-19)
Pincushion hakea03 (2005-09-08)
Pine cone edit (2005-11-19)
Pine cones, male and female (2005-04-14)
Pink lady and cross section (2009-11-01)
Pinot Grigio-20201027-RM-114053 (2024-01-07)
Pisaura mirabilis on Plantago lanceolata (2009-12-28)
Pitaya cross section ed2 (2012-06-05)
Plant cell structure-en (2006-12-18)
Plums (2005-04-24)
Polemonium reptans 2009 (2010-07-27)
Polypogon monspeliensis (1) (2018-03-13)
Polystichum setiferum 'Cristato Pinnulum' (Niervaren). (d.j.b.). 02 (2019-08-26)
Pomegranate (opened) (2023-06-27)
Pomegranate Juice (2019) (2020-09-27)
Pomegranate arils (2024-11-28)
Pomegranate03 edit (2005-09-18)
Pomelo fruit (2023-03-22)
Poster papaver 3a (2014-11-11)
Pulsatilla alpina fruit (2010-11-10)
Rambutan white background alt (2011-02-03)
Raspberries (Rubus idaeus) (2023-12-14)
Raspberries05 (2006-06-20)
Red capsicum and cross section (2007-04-22)
Red delicious and cross section (2009-12-11)
Redcurrant (Ribes rubrum) fruits (2024-01-30)
Rhithrogena germanica subimago on Equisetum hyemale (2008-12-13)
Richea Scoparia-2 (2012-08-19)
Romanesco broccoli (Brassica oleracea) (2023-03-02)
Rose Geranium (2008-11-14)
Rose Prickles (2010-06-21)
Russet potato cultivar with sprouts (2011-08-02)
Salak (Salacca zalacca), 2015-05-17 (2017-12-20)
Sedum rubrotinctum (2010-04-28)
Soursop, Annona muricata (2014-10-10)
Sphegina montana Syrphidae (2009-05-14)
Split Aloe (2005-08-13)
Sprekelia formosissima 1 (2009-10-01)
Sugar apple with cross section (2011-09-12)
Sunflower macro wide (2010-04-04)
Sunflower sky backdrop (2011-01-31)
Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata Flowers Closeup 2800px (2009-03-09)
Swamp rose-mallow (2023-12-09)
Syzygium fruit (2019-03-13)
Tagblume Commelina communis stack25 2019-08-05-RM-8050218-PSD (2022-02-06)
Ti-tree sprig2 (2011-08-16)
Tricyrtis hirta - blossom top (aka) (2008-04-20)
Trifolium hybridum inflorescence - Keila (2023-07-19)
Twin lantana camara edit (2007-02-14)
Underwater slope in Gullmarn fjord 2 (2022-12-18)
Valeriana officinalis - Niitvälja (2023-05-31)
Vespa orientalis 2 (2021-08-11)
Viburnum opulus fruits - Keila (2023-08-05)
Walnuts - whole and open with halved kernel (2023-06-13)
White nectarine and cross section02 edit (2010-05-05)
White peach and cross section edit (2010-07-30)
Willow catkin 2 aka (2005-09-29)
Wine grape diagram en (2011-06-11)
Wine grapes03 (2005-09-01)
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) (2018-02-15)
Yellow Coneflower Echinacea paradoxa Twisted Pair Bee 2000px (2008-07-31)
Yellow star thistle (2004-09-08)
Zieria baeuerlenii 01 Pengo (2007-11-15)
Zinnienblüte Zinnia elegans stack15 20190722-RM-7222254 (2021-12-16)
Разнообразие семян (2022-04-27)

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