Sexual reproduction in angiosperms explained
by Sammy Stein
Sexual reproduction in angiosperms was once a taboo sbject. When plants were first classified it was considered very rude (by the stuffy Victorian sponsors of the great plantsmen) to call flower parts anything to do with sex so we have names like stigma, anther, style and others in order to avoid calling the sexual organs just that.
However, even if the Victorians may have confused or even delayed
by Joann Spears
“Unmoved I saw you blooming,
Your crimson cap uplooming…”
John Burroughs, the poet who wrote “To the Bee
Ethnobotany is the study of how individual cultures and places use indigenous plants. Civilizations have always used plants to create
by Erin Yorke
Common toadflax is a perennial flowering weed with attractive yellow flowers. "This showy, erect plant is leafy, with a grass-like
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