My husband and I live off-road, off-grid, near the foot of Mt. Susitna (in the Mat-Su Valley). I have a weak academic science background, so will need help with that! I have earned certificates as a Master Gardener, Master Naturalist, and Intermediate Herbalist (through an on-line program out of state) but regard myself as a weed farmer. However, I recommend these programs to fellow plant students. I love the "Boreal Herbal" book and have enjoyed testing various salves and other recipes that incorporate plants I harvested on my property. In this course, I hope to learn to identify additional resource plants and to process them effectively. I look forward to learning from fellow students as we share favorite books, resources, and experiences. (If anyone is interested in how we live remotely, my blog address is: alaskauu1.blogspot.com. Not a catchy name, but some "how to articles" about harvesting birch sap, fireweed, this and that, maybe twice a month.
Thanks Laura,
this works. The Iris is a good example of adnation. For the Asteraceae, there you have a head of flowers, and the head is subtended by bracts (phyllaries), those green structures are not the sepals. Once you pull the head apart you will find individual white flowers, the white structures are the petals, and they are inserted above the ovary, and a little bit below you will find a hairy structure, that is what is left over from the sepals, that is the pappus, and in dandelions those umbrella-shpaed fuzzy structures are the pappus, they generally help in wind dispersal of the seeds of the sun flower family seeds.
Thanks Laura,
this works. The Iris is a good example of adnation. For the Asteraceae, there you have a head of flowers, and the head is subtended by bracts (phyllaries), those green structures are not the sepals. Once you pull the head apart you will find individual white flowers, the white structures are the petals, and they are inserted above the ovary, and a little bit below you will find a hairy structure, that is what is left over from the sepals, that is the pappus, and in dandelions those umbrella-shpaed fuzzy structures are the pappus, they generally help in wind dispersal of the seeds of the sun flower family seeds.