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Hakea ( / ˈhɑːkiə, ˈheɪkiə / HAH-kee-ə, HAY-) is a genus of about 150 species of plants in the Family Proteaceae, endemic to Australia. They are shrubs or small trees with leaves that are sometimes flat, otherwise circular in cross section in which case they are sometimes divided. The flowers are usually arranged in groups in leaf axils ...
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 ...
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 ...
Hakea cristata is a straggly, upright, multi-stemmed shrub typically growing to a height of 1 to 3.5 metres (3 to 11 ft), smaller branches smooth. The leaves grow alternately are more or less egg-shaped tapering toward the base, 4.5 to 8 centimetres (1.8 to 3.1 in) long and 2 to 5 cm (0.8 to 2.0 in) wide.
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.
Succulent type plant well adapted to dry areas, highly toxic to stock, forms masses of embryoids (plantlets), hard to eradicate: Class 2: Ornamental garden plant, Central Highlands, Burnett: Ochna (aka Mickey Mouse plant) Ochna serrulata: Africa: Ornamental species, easily dispersed to new areas by birds eating the fruits: n/a: Widely planted ...
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.