As part of my wonderful major, I'm taking a class called Herbaceous Plants. My friend April so kindly told me that this sounds like a class from Hogwarts, not BYU. Though it may seem friendly and unassuming, this class has been very difficult and demanding on my time, largely due to the fact that I have to memorize 25 plants a week, by sight, common name, scientific genus-species name (and cultivar, if applicable) and family. And then there's a quiz on it. I didn't do so hot on the first quiz, because I wasn't expecting it to be quite so rigourous. 38/50 - one of the higher scores in the class. This week though, I've been most dedicated in my learning of these plants (summer perennials this time). I visited the gardens at BYU where the plants are labelled, and searched for the plants on my list.
Then I took pictures, made flash cards, took another tour of the gardens, etc. (i'm very proud of my flashcards, and we use them at work to study, since three of us are in that class).
So not only can I tell you that yarrow and shasta daisies are in the same family, I can also now tell you what the floret pattern of the Scrophulariaceae family is, and that catmint and sage are more closely related to lavender (all in family Lamiaceae) than sea lavender is (family Plumbaginaceae).
Also, I just have to add that I love my new camera and its macrozoom settings which allow me to take awesome pictures of flowers. yay!
Dianthus - Dianthus (these are the best kind, when common and scientific names are the same!), family Caryophyllaceae
Echinacea purpurea - Coneflower, family Asteraceae
Gaillardia aristata - Blanket flower, family Asteraceae
3 comments:
great blog! thanks. Do they also tell you how to pronounce all the names. I hope so then you can teach me the proper pronunciation. Some are a little tricky.
You'll have to keep your flashcards so I can go through them with you! Have fun learning!!
sounds ever so exciting
Wow. That is cool. Good job. I wish I knew plant names!
Gingeono
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