Flower Power: How plants and STEM make the world beautiful

Plants have been used in science for ages.  Evidence suggests that plants have been used as medicine for at least 60,000 years!  Medicinal plants like opium poppies, ephedra, and cannabis have been discovered at ancient archeological sites.

Botanists today study plants and their uses in medicine, genetics, agriculture, climate science, and architecture.  Scientists are studying many different aspects of plant science!  Check out this website to read more about some specific studies that are going on right now.

Click through this slideshow to see some of the plants that are used to make medicines.