Plant Sightings

Throughout the  world biodiversity is under threat. And the most threatened and  important biodiverse areas have been identified as ‘Biodiversity […]

Black  Pepper is from the dried and cooked unripe drupe of Piper nigrum vine;  whereas, white pepper and green pepper

Black Seed (aka. Black Cumin, Back Caraway; Nigella sativa) produces delicate and exotic looking flowers with inflated fruit capsules, but

Loves-Lies-Bleeding  (aka. Peruvian Amaranth; Amaranthus caudatus) is an ancient grain that  is not only nutritious but highly ornamental and exotic

Orris root (Iris germanica, I. pallida, I. florentina) may contain one of several  species of Iris in trade.  As the

White’s  Ginger (aka Mondia; Mondia whitei) is a plant valued for many diverse  uses.  As a food, the fresh, cooked

The common name says it all—these flowers are exquisitely beautiful and nestled in a cloud of lacy bracts and leaves. 

One  of the official phytotherapeutic approaches to cardiovascular disease  in Germany and other European countries, Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna,  C. laevigata,

This  beautiful plant has a history of being symbolic of love and having an  aphrodisiac nature. As it grows on

Amla  (aka. Indian Gooseberry, Emblic; Emblica officinalis, syn. Phyllanthes  emblica) is a small to medium sized tree from East Asia,