Sultan tit

Common Name

Sultan tit

Scientific Name

Melanochlora sultanea

Clues to ID

This black and yellow bird from Southeast Asia is related to chickadees and titmice

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Boraginaceae

This hairy little plant with 5 pointy petals is native to the Mediterranean region and is both edible and medicinal

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Smilacaceae

These nearly ubiquitous, often evergreen vines are almost entirely edible outside of their berries. Try their tender tendrils. 😉

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Ranunculaceae

The brilliant blue, white, or pink of these flowers are actually 5 to 25 colored sepals rather than petals. They appear to float upon a mist of thread-like bracts above feathery, pinnately divided leaves.

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Apocynaceae

A familiar weed of lawns, fields, roadsides, and gardens, this plant and its close relatives are the only species eaten by beautiful monarch butterflies.

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