Once you see skeleton flower (Diphylleia grayi) in the garden, it's clear how it got its name: Its white petals turn clear when wet with rain or dew, revealing the veins and support structures inside.

Unlike humans, many plants have more than two sets of chromosomes. This trait may help them adapt to environmental upheaval, such as climate change.

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The plant, which is said to smell a bit like rotting flesh, only flowers for a few days and it can be years before it returns ...

India is home to some of the most diverse and rare floral species in the world, spread across its forests, mountains and ...

Botanist Steve Perlman risks dangerous climbs and remote expeditions across Hawaii to protect some of the world’s rarest ...

If I asked you to name a holiday flower, my guess is poinsettia, amaryllis or paperwhite would be the first to come to mind. But there’s another, underused seasonal plant that deserves attention.

The patch of wildflowers first bloomed to little fanfare this spring. That changed when park rangers at Inks Lake State Park realized what they were: rare albino bluebonnets. One albino bluebonnet is ...

Gardener says someone keeps taking plant cuttings during open garden tours, now rare varieties are slowly disappearing, as ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The corpse flower at Foster Botanical Garden is now blooming. The flower, named “Stink-182” after a public vote, started to open on the afternoon of Friday, April 24. Rare corpse ...

More than 30 years ago, a group of scientists planted just 4,200 seeds of the rare Pitcher’s thistle (Cirsium pitcheri) in the sandy dunes of the Great Lakes. At the time, no one knew if the new ...