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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 ...
Argemone pinnatisecta is a perennial that only grows on the slopes and bottoms of canyons, and alongside the roads near the bottom of these canyons. This species of plant enjoys newly disturbed soils that are very loose containing much gravel at land heights between 4,200 feet and 7,100 feet above sea-level. In January the temperatures in the ...
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 ...
Argemone albiflora, the white prickly poppy, also known as the bluestem prickly poppy or the Texas prickly poppy, [1] is a small erect plant with a decorative white flower with a yellow latex. It is deeply rooted with yellow or red stamens. The plant is known for the sharp prickles on its stem and leaves. The sepals fall off as the flower of ...
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 ...
Beautiful waterfall frogs live in the spiky leaves of screw pine trees and were “regularly heard” emitting a “soft chirp-like” call from the plants, the study said.
Being one of the more visible features, leaf shape is commonly used for plant identification. Similar terms are used for other plant parts, such as petals, tepals, and bracts. Oddly pinnate, pinnatifid leaves (Coriandrum sativum, coriander or cilantro) Partial chlorosis revealing palmate venation in simple leaves of Hibiscus mutabilis
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 ...