Featured Plant Narratives

Cacao: Indigenous Network to Global Commodity

• author: Rebecca Friedel

Sunflower: Knowledge, Myth, and Meaning

• author: Kristan M. Hanson

Heliconia: Evolution at Work

• authors: W. John Kress and Yota Batsaki

Cinnamomum verum: Discovering “True” Cinnamon

• author: Wouter Klein

Bananas: Chaos out of Order

• author: Ashley Buchanan

All Plant Narratives

Agave: A Plant with an Intoxicating History

• author: Ashley Buchanan

Arbor Vitae: In Search of the Tree of Life

• author: Ashley Buchanan

Bananas: Chaos out of Order

• author: Ashley Buchanan

Boxwood: A Plant That Took Over the Garden World

• author: Anatole Tchikine

Cacao: Indigenous Network to Global Commodity

• author: Rebecca Friedel

Carolina Rice: An Agricultural Legacy of Enslaved Peoples

• author: Julia Fine

Cassava: From Toxic Tuber to Food Staple

• authors: Christina Emery, Rachel Hirsch, and Melinda Susanto

Cinnamomum verum: Discovering “True” Cinnamon

• author: Wouter Klein

Dittany: Women’s Herbs and Reproductive Control

• author: Ashley Buchanan

Dracaena draco: The Mystery of Dragon's Blood

• authors: Thomas C. Anderson, Cati Kalinoski, and Lucas Mertehikian

Heliconia: Evolution at Work

• authors: W. John Kress and Yota Batsaki

Mint: The Ubiquity of a Commercial Crop

• author: Victoria Pickering

Pelargonium: By Any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet?

• authors: Daisy Reid, Verónica Matallana Chaves, Yao Jiang

Sunflower: Knowledge, Myth, and Meaning

• author: Kristan M. Hanson

Turmeric: Herb of the Sun

• author: Julia Fine

Watermelon: Stereotypes of Race and Class

• authors: Anna Lawrence, Camilo Uribe Botta, and May Wang