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Croton Setigerus
''Croton setiger'' is a species of plant known in English as turkey mullein, dove weed, and fish locoweed. (Not to be confused with ''Murdannia Murdannia nudiflora, nudiflora'', which is often called doveweed.) It is native to most of the western United States and northwest Mexico. It has naturalized elsewhere, including parts of Australia. It is sometimes spelled ''Croton setigerus'' and was formerly known as ''Eremocarpus setigerus''. This is a squat plant with furry, feltlike, hexagon shaped leaves, pale pink green in color. The small green flowers are covered in soft bristles. Cultivation and Uses ''Croton setigerus'' is used as an ornamental plant; its low and rounded form fills a pot. The foliage is toxic to animals, and the crushed plants, called ''shä'um'' by the Pomo people and ''kē-chil' wä-ē-mök by the Yuki people, were used by both Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans and later immigrants as a fish toxin to stupefy fish and make them easy to c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Jackson Hooker
Sir William Jackson Hooker (6 July 178512 August 1865) was an English botanist and botanical illustrator, who became the first director of Kew when in 1841 it was recommended to be placed under state ownership as a botanic garden. At Kew he founded the Herbarium and enlarged the gardens and arboretum. Hooker was born and educated in Norwich. An inheritance gave him the means to travel and to devote himself to the study of natural history, particularly botany. He published his account of an expedition to Iceland in 1809, even though his notes and specimens were destroyed during his voyage home. He married Maria, the eldest daughter of the Norfolk banker Dawson Turner, in 1815, afterwards living in Halesworth for 11 years, where he established a herbarium that became renowned by botanists at the time. He held the post of Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, where he worked with the botanist and lithographer Thomas Hopkirk and enjoyed the supportive friendshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
