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Mammillaria elongata, the gold lace cactus or ladyfinger cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to central Mexico. Growing to 15 cm (6 in) tall by 30 cm (12 in) wide, it consists of densely packed clusters of elongated oval stems, covered in harmless (although very sharp) yellow or brown spines, and in spring producing white or yellow flowers.
Disphyma crassifolium was first published in 1753 as Mesembryanthemum crassifolium by Carl Linnaeus in Species Plantarum from species collected in southern Africa. [5] [6] [7] In 1925, Nicholas Edward Brown raised the genus Disphyma in The Gardeners' Chronicle [8] and in 1927 Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus moved Linnaeus's M. crassifolium into the new genus as Disphyma crassifolium in the ...
Decaisnea Hook.f &Thomson, (猫儿屎属 māo er shǐ shǔ) [1] known commonly as dead man's fingers, blue bean plant, or blue sausage fruit, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lardizabalaceae. It is native to eastern Asia, from China west to Nepal and south to Myanmar. The genus consists of one or two species, depending on taxonomic ...
Dwarf yellow-headed gecko with regenerating tail. Regeneration in biology is the process of renewal, restoration, and tissue growth that makes genomes, cells, organisms, and ecosystems resilient to natural fluctuations or events that cause disturbance or damage. [1] Every species is capable of regeneration, from bacteria to humans.
Neoregelia spectabilis, the fingernail plant, is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, native to the South Brazilian rainforest.Growing to 40 cm (16 in) tall by 80 cm (31 in) wide, it produces rosettes of up to 30 red-tipped strap-shaped leaves, the inner leaves coloured red; and, in summer, blue flowers with red or purple bracts.
The First Amendment includes the middle finger. While other cases had discussed the protection of vulgarity, like giving the middle finger, the 2019 case of Debra Lee Cruise-Gulyas v.
Hakea dactyloides, commonly known as the finger hakea, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae. It is endemic to Australia, where it is widely distributed, mainly in southeastern New South Wales. It is an attractive shrub or small tree for the home garden bearing sprays of cream-white flowers.
Chinese ginger is a herbaceous plant with a height of 61–91 centimetres (2–3 ft). The leaf is about 50 cm (20 in) long and 12 cm (4.7 in) wide. [3] The middle of the petioles are deeply grooved. The flower appears between the leaf sheaths at the bottom of the trunk. The petals are white or light pink. Flowers bloom one at a time. [4]