Tasmanian Plant Names Unravelled is the first comprehensive species-by-species guide to the origin and meaning of the scientific and common names of the 2,760 vascular plants native and naturalised in Tasmania.
Lavishly illustrated, this book will appeal to Tasmanian botanists, naturalists and gardeners. It will be equally useful in southeastern mainland States, which share much of the Tasmanian flora.
The name of every one of our plants tells a story: where it occurs, its habitat, what it looks like, who discovered it, what it can be used for, whether it is edible or poisonous, and many other things.
This book is an easy-to-read reference that explains the mysteries of botanical language in a non-technical way.
Soft cover edition.