Wildflower or Weed?

…our native weedy species of dog fennel (Eupatorium) and goldenrod (Solidago), which are often falsely blamed for causing allergies, provide abundant amounts of nectar for many species of native bees…

DEI Strategic Plan

…located Staff Lead: Becca Wait Purchase several pairs of color vision corrective glasses for visitors with color vision deficiency to use while at the garden Ongoing: Continue hosting Spanish language…

Up Now: Sculpture in the Garden

…and all ages are welcome. Most sculptures are available for purchase, and a portion of proceeds benefits the North Carolina Botanical Garden. This year’s show features 77 installations by 50…

Saving the Crystal Skipper

  The crystal skipper (Atrytonopsis quinteri) is a rare butterfly. In fact, it is so rare, it’s only found on the Crystal Coast in North Carolina, specifically, a region stretching…

Up Now: Sculpture in the Garden

…hours (suggested donation $5), and all ages are welcome. Most sculptures are available for purchase, and a portion of proceeds benefits the North Carolina Botanical Garden. Learn more at ncbg.unc.edu/sculpture….

Walter Charles Blasdale

…Blasdale, W. C. 1900. A chemical study of the indumenta found on the fronds of Gymnogramme triangularis. Ph.D. Thesis, College of Natural Sciences. University of California. Page 23.    …

Bruce Alexander Sorrie

…Camp Mackall, North Carolina. Castanea 62: 239-259.   SOURCES: Gaddy, L.L. (2011) A new species of Hexastylis (Aristolochiaceae) from the Sandhills of North and South Carolina. Phytoneuron 2011-47: 1-5.  …

Frederick William Gray

…devoted to the growing of gladiolus: Yearbook (Gladiolus-growing), The Illinois Glad Bulletin, “Gladiolus“, Calgary, Canada, and the New Zealand Yearbook. Although his contributions in this field are of much importance,…

Rebecca Deramus Bray

…Rebecca D. Bray to the Flora of Virginia Project (http://floraofvirginia.org/ ).   PUBLICATIONS: Alarid, Khalid M., Rebecca D. Bray and Lytton J. Musselman. Microspore wall morphogenesis of Isoetes (Isoetaceae) ASB…

William Chambers Coker

…1937-1942. Photograph by Lindsay Olive, 1941     In 2011 the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) joined 33 other herbaria across North America to database 2.3…