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  2. List of beneficial weeds - Wikipedia

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    Dandelion: Taraxacum: Any garden plant: Its flowers attract pollinators: all parts of the dandelion are edible in season: Used in traditional herbal medicine throughout the world. The common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) contains chemicals that are known to have diuretic properties. [6] Dandelions benefits nearby plants through their ...

  3. Environmental sensitivity - Wikipedia

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    Such individuals have been compared to the "Orchid", a plant that requires optimal conditions and care in order to flourish. In contrast, the remaining 80%, thought to be less sensitive, were compared to the "Dandelion", a plant that is robust and grows under many different conditions, to reflect this group's tendency to be less affected by the ...

  4. The (Real) Problem With Fake Plants - AOL

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    Whether the fake plant is warmed by the sun or stays cool when it is cold and dark has no bearing on any process within it: it is neither good nor bad for it. Because a real plant has a life of ...

  5. Epiphyte - Wikipedia

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    A holo-epiphyte is a plant that spends its whole life cycle without contact with the ground and a hemi-epiphyte is a plant that spends only half of its life without the ground before the roots can reach or make contact with the ground. [8] Orchids are a common example of holo-epiphytes and Strangler Figs are an example of hemi-epiphytes.

  6. List of companion plants - Wikipedia

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    A good and nice-smelling flower that really attracts ants. It is like the viola plant, but has two or three colors in flowers. Helps alliums and onions, which repels the white butterfly. Petunia: Petunia x hybrida: Cucurbits (squash, pumpkins, cucumbers), asparagus: Leafhoppers, Japanese beetles, aphids, asparagus beetle

  7. Beautiful and fascinating, Orchids can grow almost anywhere ...

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    The orchid family is one of the largest flowering plant families in the world. Orchids can be found on every continent except Antarctica, from the steamy jungles of Asia to the dry deserts of ...

  8. Orchid - Wikipedia

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    A Phalaenopsis flower. Orchids are easily distinguished from other plants, as they share some very evident derived characteristics or synapomorphies.Among these are: bilateral symmetry of the flower (zygomorphism), many resupinate flowers, a nearly always highly modified petal (labellum), fused stamens and carpels, and extremely small seeds.

  9. Edible flower - Wikipedia

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    An example of a species with flowers that are of high nutritional value is the dandelion, whose flowers are shown to contain high levels of polyphenols and antioxidants and possess anti-inflammatory and anti-angiogenic properties. [11] For the best flavor, flowers should be fresh and harvested early in the day.