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The upper angle between one part of a plant and another, e.g. the stem and a leaf. axile On an axis; of a placenta, on the central axis of the ovary. axillary Borne in or arising from the axil, usually referring to the axil of a leaf. axis The main stem of a whole plant or inflorescence; also, the line along which this stem extends.
Indehiscent – not opening at maturity. Reticulate – web-like or network-like. Striated – marked by a series of lines, grooves, or ridges. Tesselate – marked by a pattern of polygons, usually rectangles. Wing (plant) – any flat surfaced structure emerging from the side or summit of an organ; seeds, stems.
Triangular, wedge-shaped, stem attaches to point. cuneiform. whole leaf. Narrowly triangular, widest on the opposite end from the stem, with the corners at that end rounded. cuspidate. cuspidatus. leaf tip. With a sharp, elongated, rigid tip; tipped with a cusp. deltoid, deltate.
Adiantum aethiopicum, also known as the common maidenhair fern, is a small fern of widespread distribution, occurring in Africa, Australia, Norfolk Island and New Zealand. [1] Adiantum aethiopicum was one of the many species first described by Linnaeus, in this case in his Systema naturae in 1759. [2] The specific epithet aethiopicum in this ...
In fiction. Audrey Jr.: a man-eating plant in the 1960 film The Little Shop of Horrors. Audrey II: a singing, fast-talking alien plant with a taste for human blood in the stage show Little Shop of Horrors and the 1986 film of the same name. Bat-thorn: a plant, similar to wolfsbane, offering protection against vampires in Mark of the Vampire.
Bud, Bud in The tree And Dahlia Plant; Captured In NIT Agartala, India. Dahlias are perennial plants with tuberous roots, though they are grown as annuals in some regions with cold winters. While some have herbaceous stems, others have stems which lignify in the absence of secondary tissue and resprout following winter dormancy, allowing ...
Crocosmia ( / krəˈkɒzmiə, kroʊ -/ [ 2][ 3] ), also known as montbretia[ 4] ( / mɒnˈbriːʃə / [ 5] ), is a small genus of flowering plants in the iris family, Iridaceae. It is native to the grasslands of southern and eastern Africa, ranging from South Africa to Sudan. One species is endemic to Madagascar. [ 1]
Argyranthemum frutescens, known as Paris daisy, [ 2] marguerite or marguerite daisy, is a perennial plant known for its flowers. It is native to the Canary Islands (part of Spain ). [ 3] Hybrids derived from this species ( garden marguerites) are widely cultivated as ornamental plants in private gardens and public parks in many countries, and ...