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They have a similar shape with the stem leaves, both are egg-shaped but branch leaves are narrower. [2] They have elongated leaf cells, and around the basal angles the stem and branch leaves contain enlarge hyaline cells with thin walls. [5] The leaves are around 2.5-3 mm long in size. The arrangement of leaves gives the plant a palm tree-like ...
Euphorbia tithymaloides has a large number of household names used by gardeners and the public. Among them are redbird flower, [7] devil's-backbone, [8] redbird cactus, Jewbush, buck-thorn, cimora misha, Christmas candle, fiddle flower, ipecacuahana, Jacob's ladder, Japanese poinsettia, Jew's slipper, milk-hedge, myrtle-leaved spurge, Padus-leaved clipper plant, red slipper spurge, slipper ...
Senecio squalidus, known as Oxford ragwort, [6] is a flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae.It is a yellow-flowered herbaceous plant, native to mountainous, rocky or volcanic areas, that has managed to find other homes on man-made and natural piles of rocks, war-ruined neighborhoods and dry-stone walls.
Ceanothus leaves may be arranged opposite to each other on the stem, or alternate. Alternate leaves may have either one or three main veins rising from the base of the leaf. [16] The leaves have a shiny upper surface that feels "gummy" when pinched between the thumb and forefinger, and the roots of most species have red inner root bark. [17]
Glechoma hederacea can be identified by its round to reniform (kidney- or fan-shaped), crenate (with round-toothed edges) opposed leaves2–3 cm (3 ⁄ 4 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) diameter, on 3–6 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 4 – 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) long petioles attached to square stems that root at the nodes. The plant spreads either by stolon or seed, making it ...
The leaves are waxy, alternately arranged, and egg-shaped; [2] they are about 2 to 5 centimetres (3 ⁄ 4 to 2 in) long and about 1 cm wide with finely serrated edges. [2] [4] The leaves are a variety of colors from dark green to bright red, [3] due to different intensities of sun exposure, [3] higher amounts of which produce redder leaves. [3]
The lack of sustained care for the species resulted in an almost complete eradication of mallow on the island, whereby not a single stem could be found by 2014. A local group named the "Friends of Langham Island" started a controlled burn in the winter of 2014 of the various invasive plant species that had overtaken the island. The following ...
The upper stem leaves are sessile, lanceolate, and shortly stalked. The inflorescence consists of nodding spikelike racemes with numerous drooping flowers. The flowers are bright blue-violet (rarely white), 2 to 4 centimetres (0.79 to 1.57 in) long, with short petioles standing to one side in the axils of the bracts .