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Limonium. Mill. Limonium is a genus of about 600 flowering plant species. Members are also known as sea-lavender, statice, caspia or marsh-rosemary. Despite their common names, species are not related to the lavenders or to rosemary. They are instead in Plumbaginaceae, the plumbago or leadwort family.
Salvia rosmarinus (/ ˈsælviə ˌrɒsməˈraɪnəs / [3][4]), commonly known as rosemary, is a shrub with fragrant, evergreen, needle-like leaves and white, pink, purple, or blue flowers. It is native to the Mediterranean region, as well as Portugal and northwestern Spain. [5] Until 2017, it was known by the scientific name Rosmarinus ...
The plant's tolerance to a variety of soils, the neatly whorled leaves and all-year flowering make it very popular in cultivation. [2] [3] It (or its cultivar(s)) is a recipient of the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [citation needed]
It is a small shrub growing to 10–20 cm (4–8 in) (rarely to 40 cm or 16 in) tall with slender stems. The leaves are evergreen, alternately arranged, lanceolate, 1–5 cm (1 ⁄ 2 –2 in) long and 2–8 mm (0.08–0.31 in) broad, dark green above (purplish in winter) and white beneath with the leaf margins curled under.
Individual flower. Rafflesia arnoldii, the world largest flower in Bengkulu - Indonesia. With a flower growing up to 1.5 m (5 ft) in diameter, 3–4 m (10–13 ft) in perimeter and 10–12 kg (22–26 lb) in weight, Rafflesia arnoldii is the world's current largest individual flower. They grow in the forests of Sumatra and Borneo islands of ...
Botanical illustration. Botanical illustration is the art of depicting the form, color, and details of plant species. They are generally meant to be scientifically descriptive about subjects depicted and are often found printed alongside a botanical description in books, magazines, and other media. Some are sold as artworks. [2]
Wild rosemary is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Wild growing forms of the cultivated rosemary. Andromeda polifolia (Bog rosemary) is known as wild rosemary, found in North America and Eurasia. Wild relatives of cultivated rosemary in the genus Rosmarinus. Eriocephalus africanus and some other species of Eriocephalus are ...
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