Crossword Clue:

Beard of botany

Answer	Crossword Clue
AWN	Beard of botany
ASA	Gray of botany
STEM	Supporter of botany

GREGOR	Mendel of botany
STEMS	Supporters of botany
QANTAS	City of Botany Bay flier
ASA	"Father of American Botany" Gray
DESIRE	Michael Pollan's "The Botany of ..."
ASA	Gray of "Gray's Manual of Botany"
COMA	Topknot of a pineapple, in botany.