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Name that plant! Learning Plant ID skills at Kew
by: Gemma Bramley, Herbarium blog11 May 2011
From 9 -20 May we're running the RBG Kew Tropical Plant Identification course. Find out how our participants, who have travelled to Kew from all over the world, are getting on.
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Arabidopsis thaliana
Thale cress hit the headlines in 2000, when this small garden weed became the first plant to have its genome sequenced.
Urtica dioica
The nettle is one of the most useful plants in Britain and even its sting can be beneficial.
Taraxacum officinale
Commonly known as the dandelion, Taraxacum officinale has many culinary and medicinal uses, despite being generally regarded as a weed.
Imperata cylindrica
Alang-alang is considered one of the ten worst weeds in the world, but has many uses as a traditional medicine.
Allium sphaerocephalon
A threatened species in the UK, the round-headed leek belongs to the same genus as the familiar culinary plants onions, leeks, garlic and chives.
