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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 ...
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 ...
Dracaena ( / drəˈsiːnə / [ 2]) is a genus of about 120 species of trees and succulent shrubs. [ 3] The formerly accepted genera Pleomele and Sansevieria are now included in Dracaena. In the APG IV classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, [ 4] subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae). [ 5][ 6] It has also ...
Chrysanthemum – Dendranthema grandiflora [ vi], Chrysanthemum morifolium. (True) cinnamon – Cinnamomum verum. Clove – Syzygium aromaticum. Clover – Trifolium spp. Coakum – Phytolacca americana. Coconut – Cocos nucifera. Coffee plant – Coffea spp. Colic weed – Corydalis flavula. Collard – Symplocarpus foetidus.
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
By Sarah Firshein When Theodore and Marsha Nierenberg, founders of the Scandinavian tabletop firm Dansk International Designs, needed to build a house atop their scenic, 22-acre slice of land in ...
Datura innoxia (often spelled inoxia ), known as pricklyburr, [ 1] recurved thorn-apple, [ 2] downy thorn-apple, Indian-apple, lovache, moonflower, nacazcul, toloatzin, toloaxihuitl, tolguache or toloache, is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae. It is more rarely called sacred datura, a common name which is applied more often ...
In central Madagascar, a “soft chirp-like” sound competed for attention in the noisy forest. The sound came from a silvery creature hiding in a spiky plant. When scientists tracked down the ...