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A friend of mine grows these and sells the dried capsules at the Farmer's Market. He knew them as "devil's claw" and wanted to know what they are. What is devil's claw? (genus and family) |
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The Hawaiian silverswords (Argyroxiphium), the woody genus Dubautia, and others, are all very closely related. One of the fascinating things about them is that they all apparently descend from a single common ancestor, a composite that grew in California. What are their nearest California relatives and what do those relatives look like? (image courtesy www.botany.hawaii.edu) |
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The most expensive spice in the world comes from a Lilioid plant. What is the spice, and what is the scientific name of the plant from which it comes? |
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Ctenocephalides canis Ipomoea batata Meleagris gallopavo Serpula lacrymans Vaccinium macrocarpon |
What are the common names of these organisms, and which two of these would you not want to see on your Thanksgiving dinner table? |
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What is the entire native vascular plant flora of Antarctica (yes, scientific names for all of them)? Hint: one of them is a grass in the Pooideae, shown here along with mosses and lichens that you don't have to worry about. |
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