Florapedia: A Brief Compendium of Floral Lore

by Carol Gracie Narrated by Coleen Marlo

Overview

A delightful treasury of botanical facts and fancy



Florapedia is an eclectic A-Z compendium of botanical lore. With more than 100 enticing entries-on topics ranging from achlorophyllous plants that use a fungus as an intermediary to obtain nutrients from other plants to zygomorphic flowers that admit only the most select pollinators-this collection is a captivating journey into the realm of botany.



Writing in her incomparably engaging style, Carol Gracie discusses remarkable plants from around the globe, botanical art and artists, early botanical explorers, ethnobotanical uses of plants, botanical classification and terminology, the role of plants in history, and more. She shares illuminating facts about van Gogh's sunflowers and reveals how a hallucinogenic weed left its enduring mark on the early history of the Jamestown colony. Gracie describes the travels of John and William Bartram-father and son botanists and explorers who roamed widely in early America in search of plants-and delves into the miniature ecosystems entangled in Spanish moss.

Editorial Reviews

Lapwing Magazine

"I really like [Gracie’s] investigations of things we all have heard like floral idioms. . . . There are also charming discussions about plants that we know and others that we don’t, from other parts of the world."

From the Publisher

One of American Institute of Graphic Arts’ Top 50 Books / 50 Covers of 2021

Historic Gardens Review

"[An] enticing variety of facts."

Product Details

BN ID:	2940176240542
Publisher:	Tantor Audio
Publication date:	03/30/2021
Edition description:	Unabridged

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