Key Plant Families and Their Diagnostic Features

Recognize plants at the family level — the single most useful skill in field identification

Twelve lessons on identifying plants at the botanical family level using diagnostic characters you can see in the field. You will learn the dozen most relevant families for medicinal plant work, the specific features that identify each, and how to predict medicinal action and safety patterns from family-level identification.

Taught by Deidre Starner, Master Herbalist