Plant of the month (©Pierre Laszlo, all rights reserved)Valeriana montana (Valerianaceae). My motivation in writing this piece is to honor a lady, whose first and…
A scientist and a writer
A scientist and a writer
Plant of the month (©Pierre Laszlo, all rights reserved)Valeriana montana (Valerianaceae). My motivation in writing this piece is to honor a lady, whose first and…
Plant of the month (©Pierre Laszlo, all rights reserved)Gentiana algida (Gentianaceae) Motion in plants is well-known as an insect-trapping, nutritional tactic ; or as a…
Plant of the month (©Pierre Laszlo, all rights reserved)Gentiana genus (Gentianaceae) A plant genus brings together many species — about 400 in this case. They…
Plant of the month (©Pierre Laszlo, all rights reserved)Edelweiss: Leontopodium alpinum (Asteraceae) This plant is famous for its flower, which has become synonymous with, and…
Plant of the month (©Pierre Laszlo, all rights reserved)Aconitum lycoctonum (Ranunculaceae) This rather tall (50-150 cm) perennial looks unexceptional. A native of the mountain regions…
Plant of the month (©Pierre Laszlo, all rights reserved)Mimosa pudica (L). (Fabaceae) There is so much we can learn from the natural world. Often it…
Plant of the month (©Pierre Laszlo, all rights reserved)Prunus dulcis (L). (Rosaceae) Writing about almond trees and almonds is challenging. It is not only difficult to…
Plant of the month (©Pierre Laszlo, all rights reserved)Capsicum genus (Solanaceae). The ubiquitous French dish, salade niçoise, could not have existed prior to Columbus: it…
Plant of the month (©Pierre Laszlo, all rights reserved) Medinilla waterhousei (Melastomataceae) Tagimaucia.Whenever an historian writes about people and events, the account builds on the…
Plant of the month (©Pierre Laszlo, all rights reserved)Chamaemelum nobile (Asteraceae), aka chamomile.This low-growth perennial, endemic to Europe, forms a spreading mat, no taller than…