Seed plants, such as soybeans, store large amounts of protein in specialized organelles called protein storage vacuoles.

Nightshade is a family of plants that includes tomatoes, eggplant, potatoes, and peppers. Tobacco is also in the nightshade family. Nightshades are unique because they contain small amounts of ...

Such is the case with the mint family (Lamiaceae). If you come across a minty fragranced plant in your yard, you can be pretty sure it belongs to the mint family. In fact, there's an easy trick to ...

Many plants, and a few other organisms, can expedite diversification even further by doubling their number of chromosomes.

Researching plant species on the eastern slopes of the Andean rainforest in South America, a botanist with Marie Selby ...

Auxin is the first plant hormone—or "phytohormone"—ever identified, with its discovery dating to the late 19th and early 20th ...

The North Dakota Forest Service is recognizing 30 years since the “Year of the Family” family forest planting. This project ...

In late winter, simply cut stems back to where you can see new growth appearing. A wide family of plants with a range of heights and shapes, but most with ferny, silver foliage. Common wormwood ...