Our plant this month is purple poppy mallow, or winecup. It has beautiful crimson flowers in the summer and edible leaves and roots. Kelly Kindscher, in his book "Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie," ...

Every year, like many in Israel, Jerusalem’s veteran Jewish families gather for a nature outing to celebrate Independence Day. A part of a special tradition, they forage for wild mallow with which ...

My plan yesterday was to get up early and prepare for a field trip with one of my former students. It was to be something of a “busman’s holiday,” as we wanted to botanize somewhere, and it didn’t ...