Grace Glynn, a botanist with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, looks at a false mermaid-weed specimen, part of a newly discovered population in Addison County. The plant was previously ...

Vermont state botanist Grace Glynn has been searching for false mermaid-weed for years, but the spring-blooming herb with dainty flowers has always eluded her—and everyone else. No one had ...

Parren sent the photo to her colleague Grace Glynn, Vermont’s state botanist. “I saw this other plant in the foreground, this tiny, little plant that had a much different color.” Glynn told CNN.

It's called the false mermaid-weed. GRACE GLYNN: Kind of an enchanting name. FADEL: That's Grace Glynn. GLYNN: I'm state botanist for the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department. My job is mostly the ...

Parren snapped a photo and sent it to her colleague, Grace Glynn ’14, Vermont’s state botanist. But when Glynn opened the photo, another plant, visible in the foreground, seized her attention. She ...