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Dimorphotheca sinuata, the glandular Cape marigold, [2] Namaqualand daisy, [3] or orange Namaqualand daisy; [4] syn. Dimorphotheca aurantiaca hort. [5]) is a species of plant native to southern Africa. It is also widely cultivated as an ornamental and naturalized in parts of the United States, primarily California and Arizona. [6] [7]
Olearia hygrophila, commonly known as swamp daisy or water daisy, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to a restricted part of North Stradbroke Island in south-eastern Queensland. It is a shrub with slender stems, linear leaves and white and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.
Hooker placed it in the tree daisy genus Olearia, naming it Olearia insignis. [2] In 1915 Thomas Cheeseman named a smaller variety O. insignis var. minor; [ 3 ] eventually he decided the species was sufficiently different from tree daisies to warrant its own genus, Pachystegia, meaning “thickly covered”, referring to the dense hairs on the ...
Most of ResearchGate's users are involved in medicine or biology, [10] [12] though it also has participants from engineering, law, computer science, agricultural sciences, and psychology, among others. [10] ResearchGate published an author-level metric in the form of an "RG Score" since 2012. [15] RG score is not a citation impact measure.
A plant whose natural habitat is water, living in or on water for all or a substantial part of its lifespan; generally restricted to fresh or inland waters. arachnoid Cobwebby, from being covered with fine white hairs. arborescent Tree-like in growth or general appearance. arboretum. pl. arboreta. A taxonomically arranged collection of tree s ...
Leucanthemum vulgare, commonly known as the ox-eye daisy, oxeye daisy, dog daisy, marguerite (French: Marguerite commune, "common marguerite") and other common names, [2] is a widespread flowering plant native to Europe and the temperate regions of Asia, and an introduced plant to North America, Australia and New Zealand.
The family is commonly known as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family. Most species of Asteraceae are herbaceous plants, and may be annual, biennial, or perennial, but there are also shrubs, vines, and trees. The family has a widespread distribution, from subpolar to tropical regions, in a wide variety of habitats.
This glossary of biology terms is a list of definitions of fundamental terms and concepts used in biology, the study of life and of living organisms.It is intended as introductory material for novices; for more specific and technical definitions from sub-disciplines and related fields, see Glossary of cell biology, Glossary of genetics, Glossary of evolutionary biology, Glossary of ecology ...