Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface xiii
4. MIDNIGHT Moonflower Ipomoea alba (THE AMERICAS) 1
5. 1A M Queen of the Night Selenicereus grandi"florus (THE CARIBBEAN, CENTRAL AMERICA, MEXICO) 9
6. 2AM Angraecum Angraecum cadetii (MADAGASCAR) 15
7. 3AM East Coast Banksia Banksia integrif olia (AUSTRALIA) 21
8. 4AM Chicory Cichorium intybus (EUROPE , INTRODUCED TO NORTH AMERICA) 27
9. 5AM Dandelion Taraxacum officinale (WORLDWIDE) 33
10. 6AM Coyote Tobacco Nicotiana attenuata (NORTH AMERICA) 39
11. 7 AM Curly Rock Rose Cistus crispus (AFRICA, EUROPE 47
12. 8AM Uape Jacana or Giant Waterlily Victoria amazonica (AMAZON BASIN, THE GUIANAS) 53
13. 9AM Sunflower Helianthus annuus (NORTH AMERICA) 59
14. 10AM Sago Palm Metroxylon sagu (SOUTH EAST ASIA) 65
15. 11 AM Western Blue Flax or Lewis Flax Linum lewisii (NORTH AMERICA) 71
16. NOON Jack-Go-toBed- at-Noon or Meadow Salsify Tragopogon pratensis (EUROPE, INTRODUCED TO NORTH AMERICA) 77
17. 1 PM Antarctic Hair Grass Deschampsia antarctica (ANTARCTICA, PATAGONIA 83
18. 2PM Titan Arum or Corpse Flower Amorphophallus titanum (SUMATRA) 89
19. 3PM The Traveler's Tree Ravenala madagascariensis (MADAGASCAR) 97
20. 4PM Four-O'Clock Mirabilis jalapa (THE AMERICAS) 103
21. 5PM Harakeke or New Zealand Flax Phormium tenax (AOTEAROA-N EW ZEALAND) 109
22. 6PM California Poppy Eschscholzia calif ornica (NORTH AMERICA) 115
23. 7PM Night-Blooming Jessamine Cestrum nocturnum (THE CARIBBEAN) 123
24. 8PM White Campion Silene latif olia (EURASIA, INTRODUCED TO NORTH AMERICA) 129
25. 9PM Sacred Datura Datura wrightii (NORTH AMERICA) 137
26. 10PM Leafless Ephedra Ephedra foeminea (EUROPE) 143
27. 11 PM Giant Saguaro Carnegiea gigantea (NORTH AMERICA) 149
28. Epilogue 155
29. Acknowledgments 159
30. Further Reading 161
31. Index 175
32. ALSO IN THE EARTH DAY SERIES 184