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Cryptantha is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. They are known commonly as cat's eyes and popcorn flowers (the latter name is also used to refer to the closely related genus Plagiobothrys, [1] and members of the subtribe of Amsinckiinae). [2] They are distributed throughout western North America and western South ...
The female plant bears pistillate flowers which are 0.7 millimeters long and range in color from purple to bright red, and grow in clusters along catkins [2] that can grow up to fifty centimeters (19.5 inches) or more in length. [6] This feature is the primary reason the plant bears the nickname “red-hot cat tail”.
Oreocarya crassipes is a rare species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name Terlingua Creek cat's-eye. It is endemic to Brewster County, Texas, where it is known from only ten populations totaling about 5000 plants. [3] All of the occurrences are within a ten-kilometer radius. [1] This is a federally listed endangered ...
“If ever a plant said ‘don’t put me in your mouth’, this is it.” Toxic plant with ‘doll’s eyes’ is dangerous, experts warn. ‘Don’t make eye contact’
Description. Catharanthus roseus is an evergreen subshrub or herbaceous plant growing 1 m (39 in) tall. The leaves are oval to oblong, 2.5–9 cm (1.0–3.5 in) long and 1–3.5 cm (0.4–1.4 in) wide, glossy green, hairless, with a pale midrib and a short petiole 1–1.8 cm (0.4–0.7 in) long; they are arranged in opposite pairs.
A shiny purple creature crawled around the inside of a tree near a palace in Bhutan. Perhaps the “stout” insect’s tree-dwelling lifestyle helped it go unnoticed.
Echinacea purpurea, the eastern purple coneflower, [3] purple coneflower, hedgehog coneflower, or echinacea, is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. [4] It is native to parts of eastern North America [ 5 ] and present to some extent in the wild in much of the eastern, southeastern and midwestern United States as ...
Erythranthe cardinalis is a perennial herb that grows 1–3 feet (30–91 cm) tall. [7] It is a fairly large, spreading, attractive plant which bears strongly reflexed, nectar -rich red or orange-red flowers and toothed, downy leaves. It is native to the West Coast and Southwestern United States and Baja California, and is generally found at ...