A Plant A Day

The Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus) is a non-spiny, thicket-forming deciduous shrub with rhizomatous growth, bearing large, velvety, palmately lobed leaves resembling […]

The Blue Lotus (aka. Blue Egyptian Lotus; Nymphaea caerulea) is a tropical aquatic water lily with striking blue flowers that

Aguaje (aka. Buriti; Mauritia flexuosa) is a tall, solitary palm with a spiny, ringed trunk that can exceed 30 m

Most people think Maca is just Maca… but what if the story behind that root is way more controversial than

In an botanical breakthrough, researchers described Tiganophyton karasense: a bizarre dwarf shrub found growing in the scalding salt pans of

Wine people love to argue about “favorites,” but behind every great glass is a simple reality: varietal and origin do

Sitting under the redwoods yesterday at Strawberry Park outside the Berkeley Herbal Center with Founder & Herbalist Pam Fischer and

We bred bitter out of our plates… and now we’re renting our metabolism back from pharma 💉 🌿 For most

Arrayán is an evergreen tree native to temperate rainforests of southern Chile and Argentina. It has smooth cinnamon‑colored, peeling bark

Black Hoof Mushroom (Tropicoporus linteus, syn. Phellinus linteus) is a tropical perennial, woody, horseshoe-shaped medicinal mushroom in the Hymenochaetaceae family,