A Wandering Botanist

Tales of a lover of plants, history and travel.

Sunday, January 25, 2026

Plant Story--Carnations, the Clove Pink, Dianthus caryophyllus

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The familiar, elegant carnation is a plant with a long and interesting history, mostly forgotten, despite its importance as a decorative flo...
Sunday, January 18, 2026

From the Airplane

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The view from airplanes is a gift we too often take for granted. C.J. Cherryh wrote, in Visible Light (1986),   that when the plane takes of...
Monday, January 12, 2026

Plant Story--Cheatgrass, Downy Brome, Bromus tectorum, Dreadful Weed

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 Cheatgrass, also known as downy brome and downy chess, Bromus tectorum (grass family Poaceae) is a very small grass that has become a majo...
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Monday, January 5, 2026

Pollination by Hummingbirds

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Hummingbirds are a strictly New World group of birds, some 375 species (family Trochilidae) found from Alaska to southern Chile and Argentin...
Monday, December 29, 2025

Plant Story--Vera Aloe, Aloe vera

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Vera aloe has been a household remedy for burns for millennia. It still works. Vera aloe, Aloe vera
Monday, December 22, 2025

Travel--Plants of Conwy Castle

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I live in Colorado. Castles are not a part of my landscape. So of course I was fascinated by the plants that had colonized the walls of Conw...
Monday, December 15, 2025

Plant Story--The Common Dandelion, Taraxacum officinale

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The dandelion is a plant everybody knows. That is quite a distinction since so many people are oblivious to the plants around them. And beca...
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Plants have always been interwoven into human life. Celebrate them. Don't miss the plants when you travel. Learn the stories of the plants where you live.
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