Weeds are secretly amazing! 🌱 Discover the tough, resilient nature of the Houttuynia plant. It’s not just a weed—it's the perfect specimen for hands-on dicot observation and plant science lessons. Read the secrets of this survivor!

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I don't exactly get excited when my pants are covered with Desmodium loments. Anyway, here are four species (D. canescens, marilandica, perplexum, and sessilifolium) I picked off my pants.

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Sad day in the kitchen when a parasitic wasp hatched out of our swallowtail butterfly chrysalis. #NatureLesson