Arthonia stevensoniana
Arthonia etymology unknown stevensoniana from Stevenson, honoring Robert Louis Stevenson, author of…
Astragalus osterhoutii, Osterhout milkvetch
Astragalus osterhoutii M. E. Jones (or Osterhout milkvetch) is an herbaceous plant known…
Being Loved To Death – A Third of…
As the many plants to be digitized in the Endless Forms project,…
Britton's Chara
In the United States, there is no formal regulation for the endangered…
Cattleya
Cattleya is a genus of 129 tropcial American orchids distributed from Costa…
Dancing Lady Orchids Take Center Stage
Dancing Lady Orchid is the collective common name for the orchid genus…
Dendrobium
With over 1,800 know species, Dendrobium is one of the 10 most…
El Yunque
Set foot in El Yunque, the beautiful tropical rain forest in eastern Puerto…
Fungi of Australia
As the continent of Australia continues to burn, scientists wonder what these…
Granite outcrop specialists
Plants are amazing and can adapt to live in the most unlikely…
Honoring the Quechua Language
What's in a name?Specimen Stories
Quechua is a family of indigenous languages spoken by the Quechua peoples of…
Kate Furbish and the Flora of Maine
Catherine Furbish was born in 1834 in Exeter, New Hampshire. From an…
Kauai Digit Fern
The Kauai Digit Fern, or Doryopteris angelica, is a rare fern found in the forest on…
Koʻoloaʻula
This Federally Endangered Hibiscus relative with bright red flowers is endemic to…
Miltonia
Miltonia consists of 20 naturally occuring species and hybrids that are entirely…
Muhlenberg's Smile
Almost everyone can name an endangered charismatic megafauna. But most would be…
No Leaves, No Problem!
Although the vast majority of plants have leaves, not all plants do,…