In some deserts of the world, a series of heavy rains can trigger many species of plant to flower at the same time. Beneath Death Valley lies a massive seed bank of desert wildflowers and when heavy ...

The structure and anatomy of mature flowers of four species of Meliosma is investigated using scanning electron and light microscopy. The vasculature of the flower, including the structure of the ...

The more important results of this study, which involved macroscopic and microscopic investigation of thirty-seven species of the Salicaceae, may be stated as follows: 1. The simplicity of the flowers ...

The corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanum) also known as titan arum, reeks of rotting flesh and death when in bloom. Lucky for us, this stinky plant blooms once every seven to nine years according to ...

Once upon a time on Earth, there was a first flower. Nature provides plenty of cues to help us imagine what the planet looked like 250 million years ago. But we lack concrete evidence in order to ...

Roses are red, violets are blue. Everybody knows that, but what makes them so? Although plant breeders were aware of some of the genes involved, there was as yet no quantitative study of how pigment ...