The Botanist's Eye: Identifying the Plants around You

Join an experienced botanist for 24 richly illustrated lessons on how to ID—and better appreciate—the marvelous diversity of plant species.

• By This Professor
• 01: Why Learn the Names of Plants?
• 02: Before There Were Flowers
• 03: Plants Are Named like People
• 04: Organizing the Huge Diversity of Plants
• 05: The Language of Botany
• 06: What the Terms Monocot, Dicot, and Eudicot Tell You
• 07: Parts of Three: The Monocots
• 08: Monocots: Orchids, Asparagus, and Irises
• 09: Grassy Monocots: Grasses and Relatives
• 10: Early Eudicots: Buttercups and Poppies
• 11: Eudicots: Crassula, Euphorbs, and Willows
• 12: Eudicots: Peas and Beans
• 13: Rose Eudicots: Roses, Mulberries, and Elms
• 14: Eudicots: Squashes, Oaks, and Birches
• 15: Eudicots: Maples, Cashews, and Chocolate
• 16: Brassica Eudicots: The Mustards
• 17: Pink Eudicots: Pinks, Cacti, and Relatives
• 18: Heath and Dogwood Eudicots
• 19: Gentian Eudicots from Milkweed to Coffee
• 20: Tomato-Type Eudicots
• 21: Minty Eudicots with Liplike Flowers
• 22: Sunflower Eudicots: More than You Think
• 23: Parsley Eudicots: Plants with Umbels
• 24: Now You See Plants