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A Textural Little Bit of Latin By Henry Flowers In continuing with our look at Latin used in botanical names (click here for our previous post), here are some words that are used to describe texture: anthocomus, schidigera, spinosus—spiny acicularis—needle-like aculeatus, echinatus, horridus, hystrix—prickly anacanthus—lacking prickles or thorns arachnoides—cobwebby armatus—thorny aspericaulis/asperifolius—rough-stemmed/rough-leaved barbatus—barbed or bearded cartilaginous—cartilage-like in texture cerefolius/ceraceus—waxy-leaved copallinus, gummosus, resinosus, […]
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Embracing the Enchanting Lily of the Valley: A Tribute to one of Nature’s Loveliest Flowers By Beth Schreibman Gehring “White coral bells upon a slender stalk, Lilies of the valley dress my garden walk. Oh, don’t you wish that you could hear them ring? That will happen only when the fairies sing.” – Traditional Folk Song Surely, many of you cherish this beautiful children’s round, its authorship lost to time; […]
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Herb of the Month: Love of Lavender By Maryann Readal The Herb Society’s Herb of the Month for May is lavender, Lavandula angustifolia, which is one of almost 50 species of lavender (Blankespoor, 2022). It is also called Lavandula officinalis and English lavender, although it is not native to England. Lavendula angustifolia is native to countries surrounding the Mediterranean. L. angustifolia is […]
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Foraging Wild Weeds & Seasonal Greens By Susan Belsinger Springtime is my favorite time of year because the earth awakens and sends up green growing plants, which provide us with the first garden harvests: spring tonic weeds packed full of nutrients and vitamins. I do forage quite a bit on my own wherever I might be, however it is much more […]
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April 2024 is National Native Plant Month! By Katherine Schlosser With encouragement from the HSA Native Herb Conservation Committee and the GreenBridges™ project, our HSA Board of Directors joined more than 200 other national organizations and submitted a Resolution to the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives to recognize April 2024 as National Native Plant Month. This is the 4th […]
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