Elkin examines plant species that are in cultivation or in profusion but rarely purposefully planted. She groups plants in categories by common traits derived from an evolution towards feature miniaturization, generating another form of classification. Scientists tend to overlook these plants because of the diminutive size of their features, she says, so many are under specified. She considers small a design opportunity offering innumerable microcosmic considerations of the leaf form, flower structure, and physical habitat of individual plants. Annotation 2018 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
