Southwest Chapter member and INPAWS Vice President Davie Sue Wallace has persuaded her legislators to introduce a bill naming Butterfly Milkweed the… Read more »
Category: Botany
Butterfly Milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa
Meet the Proposed Indiana State Wildflower Butterfly Weed, Asclepias tuberosa Other names: Butterfly milkweed, Orange milkweed, Pleurisy root, Chigger flower… Read more »
Wild Beauty Photo Show Reception November 4
The Friesner Herbarium, Butler University, is creating a traveling gallery photo display of Indiana plants in their natural settings, shot… Read more »
Seeking Silphium Seed for Seed Bank
From David Van Tassel, Ph.D., The Land Institute… Can you collect native silphium seed for us? We need your help. After… Read more »
Evansville Hosting Native Grass Symposium August 29-31
This just in from the USDA…and our own Ellen Jacquart (INPAWS Invasives Education Team) will be speaking… Indiana will be… Read more »
Plant ID Experts Needed for Bioblitz June 18 & 19
On Saturday, June 18th and Sunday, June 19th, The Friends of Goose Pond and the Indiana Academy of Science are… Read more »
Sustainable Weed Management Workshop Set for June 2016
A unique, productive annual workshop for researchers and practitioners to engage in transdisciplinary discussions and problem solving related to sustainable… Read more »
Allegheny Spurge Subject to Boxwood Blight
Our state botanist/plant ecologist Mike Homoya refers us to an article showing that Boxwood Blight has shown signs of affecting… Read more »
Flora-Quest 2015 Registration Now Open
Hemlocks to Hellbenders, August 27-29 Flora-Quest 2015 registration is now open. Whether you are a professional naturalist or new to the… Read more »
Save Our Pollinators! Go ‘Neonic Free’ in Your Garden
Neonicotinoids, a systemic insecticide used to treat crop seeds and ornamental landscaping plants, have been strongly implicated in the devastating… Read more »