Published by Daniel Mosquin on January 7, 2019
Lechenaultia pulvinaris, or cushion leschenaultia, is endemic to central Western Australia. The Wikipedia article for the genus explains why the common name contains a “s”, but the name of the genus does not: Lechenaultia.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on October 30, 2018
Commonly known as Mexican creeping zinnia in English, my preference is for the more evocative Mexican common name: ojo de pollo, or chicken eye.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on September 18, 2018
Last Friday, the UBC Horticulture Training Program students were treated to a lecture about Eurasian medicinal plants and a tour of the physic garden with Ukrainian botanical pharmacologist Anastasiia Dushyna. Pulicaria dysenterica was not one of the plants highlighted on the tour, but it likely would have been, had we been growing it in the […]
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on September 4, 2018
Up to three hundred times as sweet as sugar, the calorie-free steviol glycosides in stevia have been known and exploited for at least 1500 years.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on July 31, 2018
Nymphoides peltata, or yellow floating heart, makes a second appearance on Botany Photo of the Day, this time with a close-up of a flower. Tamara Bonnemaison wrote an excellent entry on this species in 2015: Nymphoides peltata.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on March 5, 2018
Our recent cold weather delayed many early-flowering plants in UBC Botanical Garden. Almost everything that is presently in flower has previously been featured, so instead I sought foliage and geometry while looking for something of interest for BPotD. South African thistle met the criteria. It is rendered here in greyscale to emphasize the patterns in […]
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on February 20, 2018
It is a long road to Xilitla from San Miguel de Allende in México; six hours of driving without stopping. Stops are however necessary, not only for enjoying the plants along the way at the height of wildflower season, but also for the calls of nature. Sometimes the two are combined.
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