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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 ...
The English names, dumb cane and mother-in-law's tongue (also used for Sansevieria species) refer to the poisoning effect of raphides, which can cause temporary inability to speak. [6] Dieffenbachia was named by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott , director of the Botanical Gardens in Vienna, to honor his head gardener Joseph Dieffenbach (1790–1863).
Sansevieria ehrenbergii in habitat. Sansevieria is a historically recognized genus of flowering plants, native to Africa, notably Madagascar, and southern Asia, now included in the genus Dracaena on the basis of molecular phylogenetic studies. [1][2][3] Common names for the 70 or so species formerly placed in the genus include mother-in-law's ...
Young Gasteria plants typically look entirely different from older specimens. Usually, young plants have flat, strap-shaped, highly tubercled leaves, in a distichous formation. In addition, the species tend to flow into each other in gradual transitions, with many intermediate forms, rather than being cleanly divided into discrete and separate ...
Brown leaf spot Paraphaeosphaeria obtusispora = Leptosphaeria obtusispora Coniothyrium henriquesii [anamorph] Y Fusarium leaf spot Fusarium moniliforme Gibberella fujikuroi [teleomorph] D Gray leaf spot Cytosporina sp. Y Gray mold Botrytis cinerea: D, Ds, Sa Phyllosticta leaf spot Phyllosticta spp. Phyllosticta draconi. C, Ds Phytophthora stem rot
Cynoglossum. Species: C. officinale. Binomial name. Cynoglossum officinale. L. Flowers and leaves. Cynoglossum officinale[1][2] (houndstongue, houndstooth, dog's tongue, gypsy flower, and rats and mice due to its smell) is a herbaceous plant of the family Boraginaceae.
Erythronium albidum, the white fawnlily or white trout lily, is a small herbaceous geophyte in the lily family. [2][3][4][5] It is also known as adder's tongue, white dog's-tooth violet, serpent's tongue, trout lily, deer tongue, creeklily and yellow snowdrop. Large numbers of this plant indicate that the woodland has never been subjected to ...
Ruscus hypoglossum is a small evergreen shrub with a native range from Italy north to Austria and Slovakia and east to Turkey and Crimea. [ 1 ] Common names include spineless butcher's-broom, [ 2 ]mouse thorn and horse tongue lily. The species name comes from two Greek words ὑπό (hypo) and γλῶσσα (glōssa) meaning under and tongue.