Botany
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ArticleWhat causes flowers to have different colors? Anthocyanins and carotenoids… plus some other things. Dahlias in Ben Burnside’s Garden. Terry Eiler, photographer, 1997. Coal River Folklife Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. Flowers come in all shapes and... -
ArticleWhat is the largest flower in the world? The Rafflesia arnoldii. Rafflesia arnoldii (corpse flower) growing to the east of the Lake Maninjau, Sumatra, Indonesia. Henrik Hansson. External link Plants of the World Online, Kewscience. The flower with the world’s... -
ArticleWhat is the smallest flower in the world? Watermeal. (Wolffia spp.) The smallest species of vascular plants in Europe – Spotless watermeal, Wolffia arrhiza – on human fingers. External link Every single speck of less than 1 mm length is...