3-14-25
Drummond's phlox
(Phlox drummondii)
Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site, TX

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Check out this paper reassessing the diversity of nectary types in #Ericales, whereby their evolutionary history presents a shift from nectar-producing flowers to a loss of nectaries! Read it below 👇

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