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Blossoming Bisexual: World's 1st Flower Had Male and Female Parts

August 01, 2017 | Article

When the world's first flower sprouted about 140 million years ago, it was bisexual, possessing both male and female reproductive parts, according to the researchers who virtually reconstructed the blossom in a new study.
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Blooming Beasts: Dinosaurs Are Coming Up Roses in AI Artwork

June 22, 2017 | Article

A programmer used artificial intelligence to create images of dinosaurs that were constructed entirely out of flowers.
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Stunning Images of a California Superbloom

March 20, 2017 | Image Album

Color is popping up everywhere in the California desert, thanks to a wet winter after years of drought.
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How Buttercups Get Their Yellow Gloss

February 22, 2017 | Article

If you've ever played the childhood game of holding a buttercup under your chin to see if you like butter, you might have wondered why the cheery little flowers are the only type that provide the requisite reflection on your skin.
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Newfound Plant Named for Music Legend Jimi Hendrix

December 16, 2016 | Article

Music icon Jimi Hendrix is famous for his many songs, including "Purple Haze" and "The Wind Cries Mary," but now he'll also be remembered for an entirely different reason: Botanists have named a newfound species of rare, flowery succulent after him.
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Putrid-Smelling Corpse Flower Finally Blooms: Watch It Live

July 29, 2016 | Article

Normally, the smell of putrefying, decaying flesh wouldn't be cause for celebration, but it is today, with the blooming of the rare but stinky corpse flower at the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG).
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Smelly 'Corpse Flower' About to Bloom in NYC: How to Watch It Live

July 25, 2016 | Article

The stench of rotting flesh will soon permeate the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG), possibly today (July 25), when a rare plant known as a corpse flower blooms and releases an odor similar to that of putrefying flesh, botanists say.
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These 30-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Flowers May Be Toxic

February 16, 2016 | Article

Delicate, though possibly deadly, flowers trapped in amber for some 30 million years have been discovered, say scientists who discovered the flowers, which belong to the same genus as poisonous plants used to make strychnine and curare.
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Sacred Datura: Photos of a Beautiful (But Poisonous) Plant

December 20, 2015 | Article

Sacred Datura (Datura wrightii) is a night-blooming herbaceous perennial that is common in the arid regions of the United States, Baja and northern Mexico.
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Common Mullein: Stunning Photos of the 'Flannel Leaf' Plant

August 30, 2015 | Article

Common mullein, Verbascum thapsus, is a perennial herb that was first introduced into the United States in the mid-1700s. Check out these photos of a fascinating plant.
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