Sugimoto’s Fairy Lantern

Plants > Triuridaceae & Mycoheterotrophs

Sugimoto’s Fairy Lantern (Sciaphila sugimotoi) is a remarkably bizarre and delicate flowering plant discovered in 2017 in the dense, undisturbed subtropical rainforests of Ishigaki Island, Japan. Belonging to the family Triuridaceae, this achlorophyllous...

Common Heather

Plants > Shrubs & Bushes

OverviewCommon Heather (Calluna vulgaris), also known simply as ling or Scotch heather, is the sole species in the monotypic genus Calluna, belonging to the heath family Ericaceae. Dominating tens of thousands of square kilometers of open upland moors, lowland heaths,...