Christmas cacti, otherwise called schlumbergera, are known for their trailing leaves and vibrant blooms that flower around the festive season. Coming in an assortment of colors, including red ...

Photos courtesy MISC In 2003, Lori Buchanan, manager of the Molokai/Maui Invasive Species Committee, investigated a glossy-leaved plant with pinkish-purple flowers. She had seen it growing as a ...

As California's cities continue to grow, this plant's traditional range is paved over, and the reclusive thread-leaved brodiaea — which occurs nowhere else in the world — needs our protection more ...

During flowering season, each plant puts out its thread-like leaves and blooms with several pale purple flowers, from one to 1.3 centimeters long, arranged in a loose umbel. The slender, pale green ...