A comprehensive list of botanical information and illustration sources and resources.

• NOTES ON THE PRESENT STATUS OF OLOLIUHQUI AND THE OTHER HALLUCINOGENS OF MEXICO (PDF of the original – large file) – By R. Gordon Wasson, 1963, Harvard Botanical Leaflet, Vol.20, No. 6 – Tobacco, Peyote, Salvia divinorum, Ololiuhqui.
• KEW GARDENS – Detailed descriptions of over 100,000 plants with over 200,000 illustrations. A wonderful resource.
• Biblioteca Digital de la Medicina Tradicional Mexicana
• Plantillustrations.org – A most impressive collection and catalog of old plant illustrations. Search by botanical names, common names in many languages and by artists.
• BHL Biodiversity Heritage Library is the world’s largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives. BHL is revolutionizing global research by providing free, worldwide access to knowledge about life on Earth. The BHL portal provides free access to hundreds of thousands of volumes, comprising over 60 million pages, from the 15th-21st centuries. Headquartered at the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives in Washington, D.C..
• SPICES – History & Special Collections, UCLA Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library. “Spice The very word conjures up visions of exotic tastes and places and well it should. For spices were exotic, especially for Western Europeans. They were sought in far-flung parts of the world for their culinary and in many instances for their medicinal value. Our love affair with spices continues. Today we have the spices of the world at our fingertips and we use them to create the dishes of many cultures. We also continue to be interested in their medicinal value, unproven at times by western medicine, but the cachet of the ages remains. The exhibit explores the many facets of spices.”
• BOTANICAL ART AND ARTISTS – An index of botanical art.
• NewCROP – The Web site of the Center for New Crops & Plant Products at Purdue University.
• EROWID – Erowid is a member-supported organization providing access to reliable, non-judgmental information about psychoactive plants, chemicals, and related issues. I’ve met some of the people involved with this organization and I respect and trust them completely.
• The World Digital Library Launched in 2009, the World Digital Library (WDL) was a project of the U.S. Library of Congress, with the support of UNESCO, and contributions from libraries, archives, museums, educational institutions, and international organizations around the world. The WDL preserves and shares some of the world’s most important cultural objects, increasing access to cultural treasures and significant historical documents to enable discovery, scholarship, and use. Quite amazing…
• Plants For A future A modern, practical database of 8000+ useful plants.
• THE FLORENTINE CODEX – A digitized, searchable reproduction of the 16th century indigenous Mexico encyclopedia. By the Getty Research Institute.

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• Red de Herbarios del Noroeste de México El objetivo de este sitio web es proporcionar al usuario un herbario virtual, como una herramienta para consultar la gran biodiversidad de plantas silvestres del Noroeste de México (Baja California, Baja California Sur y Sonora) y de otros estados como Sinaloa, Durango, Chihuahua, y San Luis Potosí, entre otros.
• PLANTS USED IN MEXICAN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE Quite a large listing of Mexican medicinal plants, each with a short description of traditional uses.
• SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CARE Much scientific information on integrative medicine and herbs.
• Stephenson, John. Medical botany, or, Illustrations and descriptions of the medicinal plants of the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin pharmacopoeias :comprising a popular and scientific account of poisonous vegetables indigenous to Great Britain. London : Printed for J. Churchill, 1834-36.
• A GOLDEN GUIDE TO HALLUCINOGENIC PLANTS (PDF of the original book)

VIDEOS

• Rooting Hormones
  A very straight forward and accurate assessment of different rooting hormones, both commercial and homemade.
• WEIRD EXPLORER A series of youtube videos exploring unusual fruit. Worth the effort to watch.