摘要:Ethnobotanics is the science of human interaction with plants. The aim of this research is to determine the opinions and perceptions of prospective teachers towards ethnobotanical and medicinal plants. Research was conducted in 2014-15 academic year, the education faculties in Turkey. The data were obtained from 96 (61 women, 30 men) pre-service primary class teachers and science teacher. In the research carried out using the descriptive method, the data were collected in two stages. In the first step, a questionnaire consisting of 7 open-ended questions was prepared by the researchers and given to prospective teachers. In the second step, semi-structured interviews were held with 10 pre-service teachers in order to examine their views and perceptions in this regard in more detail. The data were analyzed by content analysis. The information about the prospective teachers' ethnobotanical, medicinal plants and their usage, sources of such information are analyzed and summarized in the findings section. According to the findings of the study, preservice teachers knew that ethnobotany was a science, but they could not define it correctly. In addition, information sources have often been their families. In their daily lives, they used the plants for various purposes (such as food, furniture, toys). In the case of disease, they stated that the plants consumed every part of the plant in the form of tea for drug purposes. It is a remarkable finding that the audiovisual media have an important place in terms of giving information about the medicinal plants and explaining their usage. In addition, pre-service teachers are aware that they should be careful when using such plants. In order to transfer ethnobotanical science to future generations and to attract students' attention, it is considered necessary and recommended to enter this subject in the curriculum.