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Berberis branch showing abnormal, flattened growth
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Botanical Nerd Word: Fasciated

Fasciated: Compressed into a bundle or band; grown closely together; with the stems malformed and flattened as if several separate stems had been fused together.* One of the Berberis in the …

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The Joy of Quilts and Quilting

From maple leaves and hockey players to underwater tableaus and flower gardens, there seems to be no subject that can’t be featured in a quilt. This was more than evident …

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Mature pine cone on branch
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Botanical Nerd Word: Umbo

Umbo: A blunt or rounded protuberance, as on the ends of the scales of some pine cones. Some pines have very pronounced umbos that can be quite prickly. *Harris, J.G., …

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Red maple leaf
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Botanical Nerd Word: Lamina

Lamina: The usually flattened, blade-like portion of a leaf, as distinct from the petiole and leaf base. The shape of the lamina and the nature of its margin are important taxonomic …

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Pumpkins
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Botanical Nerd Word: Pepo

Pepo: Unilocular berry with hard exocarp, characteristic of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae).* The pumpkin is a classic example of a pepo. In fact, the species most often used to make jack-o-lanterns …

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Colour-Changing Hibiscus Full of Surprises

Every hibiscus flower pictured here, above and below, is from the same plant. Last spring I bought an unnamed potted hibiscus plant from Costco. In the store its few blooms …

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Colchicum flower
Word of the Week

Botanical Nerd Word: Hysteranthous

Hysteranthous: Of plants: Having the flowers appearing before the leaves.* This Colchicum produces flowers in the fall but its leaves won’t appear until next spring. *OED Online. Oxford University Press, June 2017.

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Fall aster flower close-up
Word of the Week

Botanical Nerd Word: Capitulum

Capitulum: An inflorescence of sessile flowers borne on a flattened and expanded portion of the inflorescence axis; the inflorescence of the sunflower family (Asteraceae).* All the fall asters (Symphyotrichum spp.) …

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Molinia with many spikes
Word of the Week

Botanical Nerd Word: Polystachyous

Polystachyous: With many spikes, as in a grass with many ears or spikes.* Moor grass (Molinia) growing in the Arrival Courtyard. *Harris, J.G., Harris, M.W. (2001). Plant identification terminology: An illustrated …

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Bunches of grapes hanging from the vine
Word of the Week

Botanical Nerd Word: Infructescence

Infructescence: Branched or unbranched axis upon which fruits are arranged.* A plant’s infructescence follows the form of its inflorescence (arrangement of flowers). *Pell, S.K., Angell, B. (2016). A botanist’s vocabulary: 1300 …

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