Peyote (Peyotl) is not an ordinary cactus. It’s scientific name is Lophophora williamsii. Peyote is native to Mexico and South Western Texas, where it to this can be found in arid areas rich with limestone. There are three properties that makes these cacti unique . Two of them rather trivial, the other one very important. […]

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The UC Botanical Garden is a non-profit research garden and museum for the University of California at Berkeley, having a notably diverse plant collection including many rare and endangered plants. Established in 1890, the Garden, which is open to the public year round, has over 13,000 different kinds of plants from around the world, cultivated […]

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