South American Indians have given us quite a few vegetables now grown all over the world, such as potatoes, tomatoes, beans and corn. A possible…
A scientist and a writer
A scientist and a writer
South American Indians have given us quite a few vegetables now grown all over the world, such as potatoes, tomatoes, beans and corn. A possible…
This shrub of the fragrant white flowers is redolent of tall tales. The genus name? Have you guessed an allusion to gardening? You would be…
Its healing virtues made Linnaeus name it Asclepias, after the Greek God of medi-cine. The genus Asclepias, part of the family of Apocynaceae, to which…