Although some plants are fading due to the heat, others are stepping up and putting on a show. An abundance of woody ornamentals, perennials and annuals is contributing to our colorful landscapes.

I was working on a magazine piece this week on nostalgia gardening. While we tend to think of nostalgia gardening as being related to growing something that is heirloom or antique it can also be ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. NMNH - Botany Dept.

In case you didn’t know, our Herbarium offers a free plant identification service. Anybody who wants to can send us a leaf, a seedpod, a photo, or whatever, of an unknown plant (tree, shrub, ...

Cassia L. sensu lato, a large heterogeneous genus of flowering plants, occurs naturally in the tropics around the world. Recent works based on floral morphology have supported a division of this genus ...

- tropical shrub (especially of Americas) having yellow flowers and large leaves whose juice is used as a cure for ringworm and poisonous bites; sometimes placed in genus Cassia ...

The University of the Philippines Manila’s National Integrated Research Program on Medicinal Plants (NIRPROMP) has created an herbal antifungal lotion using the Indigenous Akapulco plant (Senna Alata) ...