A Wandering Botanist

This rather odd-looking flower was common in the pine forest at 9000' in the Rocky Mountains in late June.   silverleaf phacelia, Phacel...

 Beetles are always included in lists of pollinators. In fact, it is likely beetles were the first pollinators, moving pollen between flower...

I love folklore, I guess because it seems so fantastic.  "In Norfolk, it was considered unlucky to cut holly, as distinct from breaking...

It's spring. Every day or so a different plant comes into bloom. Exciting times! As you notice them, consider these bits of folklore. Gr...

Sedum , known as stonecrop, in the stonecrop family, Crassulaceae, is a big genus with 400-500 species, native all over the Northern Hemisph...

Moths are mysterious little pollinators, flitting around in the dark or near-dark, hard to observe. Yet providing plants that support them, ...

I first remember noticing pincushion flower (also called scabious, honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae) on a hike on the coast of Italy. What...