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Hibiscus bloom opening
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Botanical Nerd Word: Aestivation

Aestivation: The arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before opening.* There are several different types of aestivation patterns. This Hibiscus bloom reveals a typical ‘twisted’ aestivation pattern …

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Close up of young Salvia argentea leaves showing lanate hair growth.
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Botanical Nerd Word: Lanate

Lanate: Clothed with woolly and intergrown hairs.* From Latin lana = wool. Check out the young Salvia argentea plants growing in the garden! *Jackson, B. Daydon. (1928). A glossary of …

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Pea plant showing tendrils
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Botanical Nerd Word: Capreolate

Capreolate: With tendrils.* Many vining plants have tendrils. These peas use their tendrils to grasp and coil around supports. *Harris, J.G., Harris, M.W. (2001). Plant identification terminology: An illustrated glossary (2nd …

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Dame's rocket (hesperis matronalis) bloom showing its 4 petals arranged in a cross shape
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Botanical Nerd Word: Cruciate

Cruciate (cruciform):  Cross-shaped, used especially of the flowers of the Brassicaceae family.* The 4-petalled flowers of Brassicaceae (mustard family) plants, such as this dame’s rocket (Hesperis matronalis) are characteristically arranged in …

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Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) bloom showing spurs
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Botanical Nerd Word: Calcar

Calcar: A spur or spur-like appendage.* The petals of columbines (Aquilegia spp.), such as this A. canadensis, form spurs out the back of the blooms. The genus name, Aquilegia, comes …

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Redbud blooms from the trunk
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Botanical Nerd Word: Cauliflorous

Cauliflorous: Developing flowers directly on a stem or trunk.* From Latin caulis = stem or stalk. Redbud trees, Cercis canadensis, are cauliflorous plants. They are able to produce flowers from the old wood …

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Young beech leaves unfolding from the bud.
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Botancial Nerd Word: Vernation

Vernation: The pattern of folding and rolling of leaves in a bud.* Different plants use different folding patterns to pack their leaves into the bud. These beech leaves (Fagus spp.) for example, …

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Grape hyacinth blooms
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Word of the Week: Urceolate

Urceolate (ur-see-o-late): Pitcher-like, hollow and contracted at the mouth like an urn or pitcher.* The tiny, individual flowers in the inflorescence of grape hyacinth (Muscari spp.) have an urceolate form. …

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Trout lily flowers in the woods
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Botanical Nerd Word: Cernuous

Cernuous (sern-you-us): Drooping or nodding.* Trout lilies (Erythronium americanum), coming into bloom now in the woods, have cernuous blooms. *Harris, J.G., Harris, M.W. (2001). Plant identification terminology: An illustrated glossary …

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Magnolia blooms
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Botanical Nerd Word: Precocious

Precocious: Developing or appearing very early; with the flowers developing before the leaves.* The Magnolia x loebneri ‘Leonard Messel’ in the Westview Terrace is already starting to flower! It always …

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