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Typha / ˈ t aɪ f ə / is a genus of about 30 species of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Typhaceae.These plants have a variety of common names, in British English as bulrush [4] or (mainly historically) reedmace, [5] in American English as cattail, [6] or punks, in Australia as cumbungi or bulrush, in Canada as bulrush or cattail, and in New Zealand as raupō, bullrush, [7 ...
FortressCraft is a video game by British indie developer Projector Games, released on Xbox Live Indie Games on April 8, 2011. FortressCraft cites Minecraft, Infiniminer and Dwarf Fortress as direct inspirations for the design aspect of the game. [1]
Two leaves emerge each year from the growing tip. The curious jug-shaped flowers, which give the plant an alternate name, little jug, are borne singly in spring between the leaf bases. Wild ginger can easily be grown in a shade garden, and makes an attractive groundcover. Asarum europaeum flower
Tradescantia (/ ˌ t r æ d ə ˈ s k æ n t i ə / [4]) is a genus of 85 species [5] of herbaceous perennial wildflowers in the family Commelinaceae, native to the Americas from southern Canada to northern Argentina, including the West Indies. Members of the genus are known by many common names, including inchplant, wandering jew, spiderwort ...
(state wildflower) Solidago altissima: 2003 [60] South Dakota: Pasque flower: Pulsatilla hirsutissima: 1903 [61] Tennessee: Iris (state cultivated flower) Iris: 1933 [62] Purple passionflower (state wildflower 1) Passiflora incarnata: 1919 [62] Tennessee purple coneflower (state wildflower 2) Echinacea tennesseensis: 2012 [62] Texas: Bluebonnet ...
The genus name Delphinium derives from the Ancient Greek word δελφίνιον (delphínion) which means "dolphin", a name used in De Materia Medica for some kind of larkspur. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Pedanius Dioscorides said the plant got its name because of its dolphin-shaped flowers.
It often escapes from cultivation, and naturalised populations occur widely in Europe north of the native range, [8] and elsewhere in temperate regions of the world. [ 2 ] Past common names for Antirrhinum majus include: great snapdragon , lion's-mouth , rabbit's mouth , bonny rabbits , calf-snout , toad's mouth , bulldogs , and lion's-snap .
Myosotis (/ ˌ m aɪ ə ˈ s oʊ t ɪ s / MY-ə-SOH-tiss [3]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae.The name comes from the Ancient Greek μυοσωτίς "mouse's ear", which the foliage is thought to resemble. [4]