Leaves are enjoyed for their shade, autumn colors, or taste, and the arrangement of leaves on a plant is a practical way to identify a species. However, the details of how plants control their leaf ...

The spiral pattern of an Aloe polyphylla plant at the University of California Botanical Garden. Stan Shebs via Wikicommons under CC BY-SA 3.0 To the untrained eye, plants may appear to grow rather ...

A Japanese plant species with a peculiar leaf pattern recently revealed unexpected insight into how almost all plants control their leaf arrangement. Leaves can be enjoyed for their shade, autumn ...

Chinese Money Plant leaves hide a mathematical pattern shaping leaf veins in Voronoi geometry. This discovery shows nature ...

Photo Slideshow: The Science Behind Leaf Vein Patterns Blonder won the UA Graduate and Professional Student Showcase President's Award for his work, which was published this week online in the journal ...

Leaf background color is another important leaf characteristic in caladium. The leaf background color in caladiums can be broadly grouped into two categories, green and lemon. Lemon-colored caladium ...