Help keep Salon independent

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Specimen #21: Hawaiian Cotton Tree (Kokia drynarioides)

The evolution of the Hawaiian cotton tree

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Specimen #19: Australian Blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon)

The curious seeds of an invasive tree

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Specimen #18: Tara (<em>Caesalpinia spinosa</em>)

The seeds of a dwindling tree

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Specimen #17: California Sycamore (<em>Platanus racemosa</em>)

In defense of the maligned sycamore fruit

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Specimen #16: Matilija Poppy (<em>Romneya coulteri</em>)

A stunning runner-up for California’s state flower

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The botany of the bladderpod

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