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Mimosa quadrivalvis, known as fourvalve mimosa, sensitive briar and cat's claw, is a trailing vine native to North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is known as sensitive briar because the leaves fold when they are touched or disturbed.
On the wet slopes of these areas, trees may reach 10.5–27.5 m (34–90 ft) in height. [1] The unusual appearance of the 'hands' has stimulated cultivation in gardens around the world, primarily in North America where it grows well near its native range. The leaves are large and shallowly lobed, with a brown indumentum on the underside. The ...
A chela (/ ˈ k iː l ə /) – also called a claw, nipper, or pincer – is a pincer-shaped organ at the end of certain limbs of some arthropods. [1] The name comes from Ancient Greek χηλή, through Neo-Latin chela. The plural form is chelae. [2] Legs bearing a chela are called chelipeds. [3]
Calothamnus chrysanthereus is an erect, dense or spreading shrub which grows to a height of about 1.5 metres (5 ft) with corky bark on the older branches. Its leaves are crowded near the ends of the branches, needle-like, mostly 50–90 millimetres (2–4 in) long and 1.0–1.4 millimetres (0.04–0.06 in) wide, circular in cross section and tapering at the end to a sharp point.
Uncaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It has about 40 species. [1] Their distribution is pantropical, with most species native to tropical Asia, three from Africa and the Mediterranean and two from the neotropics. [2] They are known colloquially as gambier, cat's claw or uña de gato. The latter two names are shared ...
Melaleuca pulchella, commonly known as claw flower and claw honey-myrtle, is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is one of only two species of Melaleuca to have two kinds of stamens (the other is Melaleuca violacea). The outer stamens are longer and curved, giving the appearance of a claw ...
The claw can be very short, as in roses or very long as in carnations . The blade can be very varied in shape, color and margin. [1] In certain genera—Narcissus, for example—at the top of the claw there is a ligular appendage that forms a cup inside the tepal cycle called paraperigonium or "false corolla".
Martynia is an erect, somewhat shrubby annual plant about 1 metre (3.3 ft) tall, covered with glandular hairs, and has ovate, mucilaginous leaves 8–20 centimetres (3.1–7.9 in) wide and 6–19 centimetres (2.4–7.5 in) long. [4] The leaves are opposite, and have red petioles. They resemble sticky rhubarb.