Velvet Cardboard Anthurium

Plants > Araceae

The Velvet Cardboard Anthurium (Anthurium clarinervium) is an aristocratic botanical masterpiece native to the shaded limestone karst cliffs of southern Mexico. Revered worldwide among plant collectors for its heart-shaped leaves that feel like thick, luxurious suede...

Mormon Tea

Plants > Gnetophytes

Mormon Tea (Ephedra viridis), also known as Green Ephedra or Jointfir, is a fascinating, primitive gymnosperm native to the rugged canyons and sandstone mesas of the American West. Belonging to the ancient and enigmatic plant order Gnetales, this striking, bright...

Pasqueflower

Plants > Flowering Plants

The Pasqueflower (Pulsatilla vulgaris), historically celebrated as the Easter Flower or Dane’s Blood, is one of the most magnificent, rare, and romantic wildflowers of Europe’s unimproved chalk downlands. Belonging to the buttercup family Ranunculaceae,...

Water Avens

Plants > Flowering Plants

Water Avens (Geum rivale), also affectionately known across the countryside as Nodding Avens, Drooping Avens, or Indian Chocolate, is an enchanting wild perennial herb belonging to the rose family Rosaceae. Native to the damp meadows, bubbling stream banks, and...

Crowberry

Plants > Flowering Plants

The Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum), also known as the Black Crowberry, is a tough, wiry, evergreen dwarf shrub belonging to the heather family Ericaceae. Forming dense, springy carpets across the windswept moorlands, rocky fellfields, and Arctic tundra of the Northern...