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Lomandra longifolia, commonly known as spiny-head mat-rush, [ 2] spiky-headed mat-rush[ 3] or basket grass, is a perennial, rhizomatous herb found throughout eastern Australia. The leaves are 40 cm to 80 cm long, and generally have a leaf of about 8 mm to 12 mm wide. [ 4] It grows in a variety of soil types and is frost, heat and drought ...
Dracaena trifasciata is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to tropical West Africa from Nigeria east to the Congo. It is most commonly known as the snake plant, Saint George's sword, mother-in-law's tongue, and viper's bowstring hemp, among other names. [ 2] Until 2017, it was known under the synonym Sansevieria ...
Onopordum acanthium ( cotton thistle, Scotch (or Scottish) thistle) is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Europe and Western Asia from the Iberian Peninsula east to Kazakhstan, and north to central Scandinavia, and widely naturalised elsewhere, [ 1][ 2][ 3] with especially large populations present in the United States ...
Tillandsia is a genus of around 650 species of evergreen, perennial flowering plants in the family Bromeliaceae, native to the forests, mountains and deserts of the Neotropics, from northern Mexico and the southeastern United States to Mesoamerica and the Caribbean to central Argentina. Their leaves, more or less silvery in color, are covered ...
Geranium carolinianum is a species of geranium known by the common name Carolina crane's-bill, [1] or Carolina geranium. [2] This species is native to North America, where it is widespread and grows in many types of habitat. There are two varieties; Geranium carolinianum var. carolinianum and the Geranium carolinianum var. sphaerospermum.
Astrocaryum standleyanum is a species of palm known by many common names, including chumba wumba, black palm, chonta, chontadura, coquillo, palma negra, [ 1] pejibaye de montaña, [ 2] güerre, güérregue, güinul, mocora, pucaishchi ( Chachi ), [ 3] and chunga ( Emberá ). [ 4] It is native to Central and South America, where its distribution ...
The plants will grow about three feet tall, with the spiky flowers waving in the breeze. Large, glossy, bright green leaves are confined to the base of the plant, and they can spread nicely.
Argemone pinnatisecta, known as the Sacramento prickly poppy, is an angiosperm and part of the poppy family. A very thorny looking perennial that grows up to a meter and a half in height. The thorny stems are covered in bluish green serrated leaves with spiky tips. The flower buds are also covered in these sharp thin thorns until they open ...