Topic: Flowers

In remote China, plant hunters seek clues to climate change

Studying how flowers adapt to global warming in remote China helps scientists consistently demonstrate climate change, say botanists. 

Think you can spell? Take our Spelling Bee quiz!

To commemorate the 85th Scripps National Spelling Bee, held this week in Oxon Hill, Md., we present a quiz of all the winning words since 1925. Click on the link to listen to the word. Most pronunciations of the come from Merriam Webster's dictionary website. A new window will open and you will hear the word. Then close the window and select what you think is the correct spelling. (In some cases, the full spelling of the word will appear the URL for the pronunciation. This is unavoidable. To avoid temptation, you should hide your URL bar.)

Diggin' It Many official state flowers aren't native plants

Do you know what your official state flower is, and if it's a native plant or not?
09/08/2011 08:45 am

Diggin' It Wild parsnips: One of the most tenacious invasive plants

Wild parsnip is an invasive plant that aggressively spreads to take over fields and roadsides.
08/08/2011 08:25 am

Giant hogweed spreading across New York

Giant hogweed - known to cause blisters, blindness, and scars that last for years - is cropping up in New York.
07/06/2011 01:57 am

Photos of the Day Photos of the Day 04/24

Corpse flower: Foul plant could bloom during Texas wedding

Corpse flower enthusiasts are the only ones who will appreciate the smell of Lois, a rare, six-foot corpse flower at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, which could release its aroma right in the middle of a wedding being held there this Saturday.
07/23/2010 01:57 pm

Corpse flower: Putrid-smelling giant flower blooms in Michigan

Corpse flower: Amorphophallus titanum, a five-foot tall, foul-smelling plant native to Sumatra, bloomed Friday for the first time in 15 years at Michigan State University.
06/17/2010 02:47 pm

Horrible-smelling 'corpse flower' blooms

The malodorous Indonesian Titan Arum, or 'corpse flower,' at the Western Illinois University Botany Greenhouse, has finally bloomed, prompting both delight and revulsion.
05/08/2010 10:23 am

Giant, stinky 'corpse flower' (titan arum) to bloom this week

Good news for fans of the smelly titan arum or the 'corpse flower' as it is better known. It is set to bloom later this week.
04/27/2010 12:55 pm

In Pictures The Corpse Flower

Plants may slow down in the heat

08/04/2008 01:00 am

Diggin' It Spring's loveliest trees

05/09/2008 01:00 am

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01/07/2008 12:00 am