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"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
Infographic with AI slop published in Nature Scientific Reports
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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jennifermandel.bsky.social
📣 The latest issue of the journal published by The International Compositae Alliance (TICA) is out! Check it out at: www.compositae.org/capitulum_04...
Cover image of the woolly devil, a newly described species in the sunflower family.
November 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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emgbotany.bsky.social
Proud of my grad student Rachel Kendall for this #peatland #plant #traits paper! Contrasting responses to climate & geography among shrub, sedge & #moss species. A fun project that connected across provinces & labs @wetland-ghg.bsky.social @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com @smuscience.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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frwildflowers.bsky.social
Asclepias asperula, our Antelopehorn Milkweed, blooming today on the Oil Well Flats trail system #nativeplants 🌿 Ants are busy 🐜
Five lobed green and purple flowers with ant pollinators
July 2, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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botsocamerica.bsky.social
Andrew Hipp of The Morton Arboretum will deliver the ASPT Incoming Presidents' Talk at #Botany2025! 🌿

To learn more about his career, publications, and public and educational outreach, visit: www.botanyconference.org/speakers.html
This shows an image of Andrew Hipp and the Botany 2025 logo. Text: Botany 2025, Botany without Barriers, Palm Springs, CA. ASPT Incoming President's Talk Andrew Hipp, Director of the herbarium and senior scientist in plant systematics, The Morton Arboretum.
June 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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frwildflowers.bsky.social
Seven years ago today 🌿

Ipomopsis polyantha, our rare and endangered Pagosa Sky Rocket, blooming at DBG #nativeplants
Five-lobed tubular flowers with purple spots
May 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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frwildflowers.bsky.social
Two years ago today 🌿

Rhinotropis subspinosa, our uncommon Spiny Milkwort, blooming in Colorado National Monument #nativeplants
Small pink and yellow flowers crowded against a rock
May 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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frwildflowers.bsky.social
Seven years ago today 🌿

Townsendia hookeri, our Hooker's Easter Daisy, blooming at the Neva Road shale bluff. Adapted to our high steppe by blooming early and staying low to the ground. Invasives can't compete with it in its raw shale habitat. #nativeplants
A cluster of white daisies with yellow-orange disk florets blooming close to the shale its growing on.
March 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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frwildflowers.bsky.social
Pericome caudata, our Mountain Tail-Leaf, blooming at Woods Quarry #nativeplants

#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to August 28 🌿
Cluster of yellow rayless flowers
February 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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frwildflowers.bsky.social
🌿 new plant species found in national park.

We can’t sell off our natural parks if for no other reason than that they hold undiscovered species like this new one. Plus all the other reasons we can’t sell our shared natural heritage.
'Devil'-like flower with 'horns' found in Texas is new species: Its location is secret
In a rugged stretch of desert in one of the nation's most remote national parks, a volunteer's eyes were caught by a colorful sight sprouting up from the beige and brown of the Chihuahuan Desert—"devi...
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February 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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ca-naturalist.bsky.social
Very excited to introduce the newest genus of wild sunflowers, a tiny desert annual covered in dense wool and heads with just two small ray florets.

Ovicula biradiata, a new Composite from Big Bend National Park in Trans-Pecos Texas doi.org/10.3897/phyt... via @phytokeys.pensoft.net
February 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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erikarmoore11.bsky.social
🚨🌻 TICA (compositae.org) is excited to announce the TICA Talks 2025 webinar series!

Our first webinar of the year will be Monday (2/24) at 11am PST featuring @jennifermandel.bsky.social, Mauricio Bonifacino, and Ilse Breitwieser.

We hope to see you there!

Registration: forms.gle/KfQg5L7diWFZ...
Flyer for a TICA Talks event by The International Compositae Alliance on Feb 24, 2025, at 11:00 am PST / 7:00 pm GMT. Title: "Introduction to TICA/Synantherology." Talks include "TICA: a short history" by Mauricio Bonifacino and Ilse Breitwieser, and "Exploring the Future of Compositae" by Jennifer R. Mandel. The flyer features their names, affiliations, headshots, a registration link, and the website compositae.org. Background has a subtle floral pattern, and the TICA logo includes a yellow sunflower-like design.
February 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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botsocamerica.bsky.social
Reconstructing the introduction history of the invasive #grass Taeniatherum caput-medusae subsp. asperum in the western U.S.: Low within-population #genetic diversity doesn't preclude invasion

New #AJB research by Dean Marsh, Lynell Deines, et al.

doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience
Map showing the distribution of the seven homozygous multilocus genotypes (MLGs) detected within and among the 46 invasive populations of Taeniatherum caput‐medusae subsp. asperum from the western United States.
February 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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frwildflowers.bsky.social
Gentiana algida, our Arctic Gentian, blooming on Mt BlueSky #nativeplants

#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to August 3 🌿
Five-lobed tubular white flowers with dark blue spreckles
February 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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botsocamerica.bsky.social
mvh: An R tool to assemble and organize virtual #herbaria from openly available specimen images

New in #AppsPlantSci by @tvasconcelos.bsky.social & @jboyko.bsky.social

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @r-foundation.bsky.social @gbif.org #botany #biodiversity #iamabotanist
Eight herbarium sheets displaying various specimens of the blueberry genus, each with detailed labels and color calibration bars. The text above provides code for searching and downloading specimen metadata and images. Image credit: OUHC and BRIT herbaria.
January 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. aggregata, our Scarlet Gilia, blooming above Crested Butte #nativeplants

#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 20 🌿
Globose inflorescence of red tubular flowers with speckled lobes
January 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Hymenoxys hoopesii, our Orange Sneezeweed, blooming near Crested Butte #nativeplants

#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 20 🌿
Bright yellow-orange sunflowers with droopy ray florets
January 21, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Aster alpinus vierhapperi, our rare Vierhapper’s Aster, blooming on the slopes of Kingston Peak #nativeplants

#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 20 🌿
Clump of many white asters growing low to the ground in the alpine
January 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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martinebotany.bsky.social
Gotta say I’m digging the #Botany2025 logo. Grateful to everyone who found us a new conference venue so quickly after the planned 1 fell through! @loristrong.bsky.social @hcacanindin.bsky.social Melanie, at al. #iamabotanist #botany #plantfam
botsocamerica.bsky.social Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · Jan 15
The Botany 2025 symposia & colloquia have been announced & workshop submissions are reopened until Feb 1. Check out the latest details: mailchi.mp/botany.org/botany2025.

We look forward to seeing you this summer in Palm Springs, CA, July 26-30, 2025!

#Botany2025 #IamaBotanist #ItIsaDryHeat
This image shows the Botany 2025 logo as well as the logos of the participating societies.
January 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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seedystudies.bsky.social
Calling grad students researching rare & endangered plants native to the U.S.! Apps close soon for the 🌺 Catherine H. Beattie Graduate Fellowship in Plant Conservation 🌺
📆 due 1/31/25
💸research grant <=$4.5k, compensation for work at a botanical garden by the student
saveplants.org/about-us/fel...
Apply for Our Fellowships - Center for Plant Conservation
The Catherine H. Beattie Fellowship provides annual research grants to graduate students whose projects focus on a specific rare plant native to the U.S.
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January 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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botsocamerica.bsky.social
The Botany 2025 symposia & colloquia have been announced & workshop submissions are reopened until Feb 1. Check out the latest details: mailchi.mp/botany.org/botany2025.

We look forward to seeing you this summer in Palm Springs, CA, July 26-30, 2025!

#Botany2025 #IamaBotanist #ItIsaDryHeat
This image shows the Botany 2025 logo as well as the logos of the participating societies.
January 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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hsauquet.bsky.social
New phylogenomic study of #Magnoliidae: so excited to see this out at last!

doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
January 15, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Hieracium aurantiacum, the nonnative invasive Orange Hawkweed, blooming above Chapman Reservoir. Noxious Weed List A, one of the very worst!

#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 14 🌿
Orange flowers with many ray florets. Slightly lighter orange in the center
January 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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botsocamerica.bsky.social
🌵🌴 Big news! Botany 2025 is now heading to sunny Palm Springs, CA (July 25-31, 2025)! While plans shifted from Tucson, we're excited to stay in the Southwest. See you there!

More information will be coming in early January at www.botanyconference.org

#Botany2025
Graphic promoting Botany 2025 in Palm Springs, CA, taking place July 25-31, 2025. The tagline reads "Botany Without Barriers" against a bright blue sky with tall palm trees. Logos of supporting societies are displayed along the bottom, including the Botanical Society of America, American Fern Society, ASPT, Society of Herbarium Curators, IAPT, and ABLS.
December 20, 2024 at 9:20 PM