Basic Information Common Name: Mexican Antiphytum Scientific Name: Antiphytum heliotropioides Native Habitat: Mexico History / Discovery / Cultivator Antiphytum heliotropioides, commonly known as Mexican Antiphytum, is a plant species native to Mexico. Detailed historical information specifically about its initial discovery and cultivator is limite
Bothriospermum
Basic Information Common Name: Bothriospermum Scientific Name: Bothriospermum Native Habitat: Temperate East Asia (China, Japan, Korea) History / Discovery / Cultivator Bothriospermum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the Boraginaceae family, commonly known as the borage family. While not as widely known or cultivated as some of its relat
Blue Bothriospermum
Basic Information Common Name: Blue Bothriospermum Scientific Name: Bothriospermum zeylanicum Native Habitat: Tropical Asia, including Sri Lanka, India, and Southeast Asia. History / Discovery / Cultivator Bothriospermum zeylanicum, commonly known as Blue Bothriospermum, belongs to the Boraginaceae family. This delicate, unassuming plant has a subt
Chionocharis
Basic Information Common Name: Chionocharis Scientific Name: Chionocharis Native Habitat: High-altitude scree slopes and alpine meadows of the Himalayas. History / Discovery / Cultivator Chionocharis, a genus of flowering plants in the Boraginaceae family, is native to the high-altitude regions of the Himalayas. The name “Chionocharis”
Alpine Chionocharis
Basic Information Common Name: Alpine Chionocharis Scientific Name: Chionocharis hookeri Native Habitat: High altitude regions of the Himalayas, particularly in areas like Nepal, Bhutan, and parts of India and Tibet. History / Discovery / Cultivator Chionocharis hookeri, commonly known as Alpine Chionocharis, is a captivating plant species endemic
Tibetan Craniospermum
Basic Information Common Name: Tibetan Craniospermum Scientific Name: Craniospermum subfloccosum Native Habitat: High-altitude regions of the Himalayas, particularly Tibet and surrounding areas. History / Discovery / Cultivator Craniospermum subfloccosum, commonly known as Tibetan Craniospermum, is a fascinating plant endemic to the rugged and remo
Hairy Dasynotus
Basic Information Common Name: Hairy Dasynotus Scientific Name: Dasynotus daubenmirei Native Habitat: Western Montana, USA History / Discovery / Cultivator Dasynotus daubenmirei, commonly known as Hairy Dasynotus, is a relatively obscure plant primarily found in a limited geographical range within western Montana. Its discovery and classification a
Embadium
Basic Information Common Name: Embadium Scientific Name: Embadium Native Habitat: Arid and semi-arid regions of Australia. History / Discovery / Cultivator Embadium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Santalaceae, native to Australia. The history and discovery of Embadium are interwoven with the botanical exploration of the Australian cont
Australian Embadium
Basic Information Common Name: Australian Embadium Scientific Name: Embadium uncinatum Native Habitat: Arid and semi-arid regions of Western Australia. History / Discovery / Cultivator Embadium uncinatum, commonly known as the Australian Embadium, is a fascinating plant endemic to the arid and semi-arid regions of Western Australia. While specific
Microparacaryum
Basic Information Common Name: Microparacaryum Scientific Name: Microparacaryum Native Habitat: Central Asia (primarily mountainous regions of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Afghanistan). History / Discovery / Cultivator Microparacaryum is a genus within the Boraginaceae family, which is commonly known as the borage or forget-me-not family