Florentine physician, philosopher and botanist Andrea Cesalpino was born #OTD in 1524.
"De Plantis Libri XVI" (1583), is one of the earliest systematic treatises on plants. This book laid the groundwork for modern botanical classification. He organized plants based on their fruits and seeds rather than their medicinal properties, which was the common practice at the time. This method was a precursor to the binomial nomenclature system later developed by Carl Linnaeus.
"Subramaniam stresses it is not that non-native species can’t, in some cases, go on to be real concerns. (...) “Instead of just blaming the plant and telling the story of the invading foreigners coming to take over, let’s retell it and hold human hubris to account,” she says.
Her takeaway message when it comes to plant science: “Botany, like everything, is political. Question received wisdom.""
#YellowRattle is used proactively to create & restore wildflower meadows, where it aids #biodiversity by suppressing dominant grasses & recycling of #soil nutrients. This improves chances of other species of wildflowers becoming established.
This is one of the best #NoTill#plants to sow if you're into #rewilding projects at your home & around your community. It's really easy to get yellow rattles established & an excellent choice if you're unable or don't want to till any topsoil. Scatter seeds across mowed lawn & water once - nature will help with the rest. It doesn't require good soil. You can tap a few seeds in the wild in late Summer to start your meadow rewilding. Seed pods are silver gray & sound like a rattle.
Does anyone know of a website where you can find centers of origin for a plant species as well as what the original growing conditions there were (geology, soils, sun/shade, humidity, temp)? #Botany@plantscience
Wikipedia: "The plant is rich in calcium and phosphorus and as such makes up the bulk of the diet of white-tailed deer in the northeastern United States in the spring."
Possibly the looniest native columbine there is: Golden columbine (Aquilegia chrysantha). Those ridiculously long spurs make the flowers look like little spaceships.
This columbine is found in the US southwest from Arizona to Texas, as well as in northwestern Mexico. While the Pacific Northwest has its own native yellow columbine (A. flavescens), its flowers are nowhere near as spectacular.
Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus was born #OTD in 1707.
Linnaeus introduced the two-part system of naming organisms - binomial nomenclature - where each species is given a genus name followed by a species name. This system brought consistency and clarity to the naming of organisms. His work laid the foundation for the biological classification system by categorizing living organisms into hierarchical groups based on shared characteristics.