In honor of our LGBTQ+ friends, family, and community, we offer a bouquet of medicinal plants that remind us: gender in nature has always been fluid. Nature doesn’t just “tolerate” diversity—it thrives because of it. Across ecosystems, queerness shows up in stunning, life-affirming ways—as fluid sex expression, asexual reproduction, intersex bodies, and more. Here are 3 medicinal plants that reflect queerness biologically—not symbolically, but literally: 🌿 Nettle (Urtica dioica) — Dioecious in some places, monoecious or intersex in others. Nettles shift sexual expression by population and region. 🌼 Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) — Many reproduce asexually, with entire colonies of clonal, self-seeding plants. No partner required. 🌸 Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) — Has bisexual flowers that self- and cross-pollinate. Neither male nor female: it’s both. And 3 that speak to queerness and fluidity symbolically through their uses and lore: 🩵 Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) — Protector...