Plant Hunt

It's Freedom Day in South Africa tomorrow, the anniversary of the first free elections all races could participate in. The date has become a broader celebration of national heritage, identity, and the country's diversity, and it's diversity that's the big draw for botanists to the nation. South Africa sits at the meeting point of several biomes and is one of the most botanically rich countries in the world, with 21,539 species and counting. The Cape Floristic Region is the smallest of the...