Two weeks ago in this column, we introduced a few of the most common ornamental plants in the Asteraceae family. Plants in this family are also called composites (Compositae) because they have ...

Previously, we have written about the importance of sunflowers in a native garden. If you can only plant one plant, plant a sunflower as you get so much value in one plant: beauty, habitat value, and… ...

When you hear the word sunflowers, the cheerful, familiar, large yellow blooms of the annual sunflowers come to mind (Helianthus annuus). These vibrant, happy flowers are annuals and are derived from ...

There’s a golden-flowered plant that’s starting to bloom in native gardens all over Santa Fe this month. It has a princely name that lives for the sun. Each year, this majestic beauty shoots up ...

Native plants play a critical role in our ecosystem for beneficial insects, birds, wildlife and important microorganisms living in and on the soil. Native perennials provide a range of flowers that ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of the nuclear ribosomal DNA was sequenced from 73 samples representing 46 of the 49 species of ...