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Coral Bells
The genus Heuchera is found in the saxifrage family, Saxifracaceae, with 80 other genera that includes the genus Saxifraga and its 400 species. Yikes!...
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Bigtooth Maple
The bigtooth maple is no longer in its own family of Aceraceae, but is in Sapindaceae. Molecular taxonomy keeps us plant geeks on our...
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Morning Songs
My morning ditties are not nearly as amazing as the song of a curved bill thrasher, but they help me begin the day. If...
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The Melampus Daisy
There are a dozen species of Melampodium and I wonder which one Linnaeus was looking at when he honored Melampus with the genus name....
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Fall Festival of Fall Blooming Asteraceae
It’’s true that every year I jump and shout about the fall blooming plants in the Aster family (Asteraceae) and I proclaim that there...
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Mountain Oxeye and Red Bordered Satyrs, Oh My!
Fall gets me excited and fall color is a crazy combination of blooming plants and plants with leaves changing color as they prepare to...