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Maclura pomifera, commonly known as the Osage orange ( / ˈoʊseɪdʒ / OH-sayj ), is a small deciduous tree or large shrub, native to the south-central United States. It typically grows about 8 to 15 metres (30–50 ft) tall. The distinctive fruit, a multiple fruit, is roughly spherical, bumpy, 8 to 15 centimetres (3–6 in) in diameter, and ...
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 ...
Hura crepitans var. ovata Müll.Arg. Hura senegalensis Baill. Hura strepens Willd. Hura crepitans, the sandbox tree, [ 2] also known as possumwood, monkey no-climb, assacu (from Tupi asaku) and jabillo, [ 3] is an evergreen tree in the family Euphorbiaceae, native to tropical regions of North and South America including the Amazon rainforest.
Description. Typha latifolia grows 1.5 to 3 metres (5 to 10 feet) high [ 6 ][ 11 ] and it has leaves 2–4 centimetres ( 3⁄4 – 1+1⁄2 inches) broad. It will generally grow from 0.75 to 1 m (2 to 3 ft) of water depth. [citation needed] The leaves are deciduous, appearing in spring and dying down in the autumn.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Cucumis metuliferus, commonly called the African horned cucumber, horned melon, spiked melon, jelly melon, or kiwano, is an annual vine in the cucumber and melon family Cucurbitaceae. Its fruit has horn -like spines, hence the name "horned melon". The ripe fruit has orange skin and lime-green, jelly-like flesh.