An attractive reference book on the symbolism of flowering plants and their spiritual/shamanic/folkloric attributes.

Organised alphabetically by botanical genus or species. For instance, the rose is listed as genus Rosa, where attributes are common to all in the genus, also as some of the species roses, such as Rosa x damascena.

The writing lacks clarity in places, such that the meaning becomes lost. The information Dietz has pulled together from her research is interesting, but more detail would be welcome.

My thanks to NetGalley and to publisher, Quarto Publishing Group – Wellfleet Press, for the ARC.