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Lycoris radiata, known as the red spider lily, red magic lily, corpse flower, or equinox flower, is a plant in the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. [3] It is originally from China, Japan, Korea and Nepal [ 1 ] and spread from there to the United States and elsewhere.
Castilleja, commonly known as paintbrush, Indian paintbrush, or prairie-fire, is a genus of about 200 species of annual and perennial mostly herbaceous plants native to the west of the Americas from Alaska south to the Andes, northern Asia, and one species as far west as the Kola Peninsula in northwestern Russia.
Its blossom is the national flower of St. Kitts and Nevis, [14] and in May 2018 the royal poinciana was adopted by the city of Key West as its official tree. [15] Known locally as semarak api, Delonix regia is the city flower of Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia. [16] In Vietnam, this is a popular urban tree and is called Phượng vỹ, or "phoenix's ...
The name is derived from the Ancient Greek word phlox meaning flame in reference to the intense flower colors of some varieties. [2] Fertilized flowers typically produce one relatively large seed . The fruit is a longitudinally dehiscent capsule with three or more valves that sometimes separate explosively.
Hamelia patens is a large evergreen perennial shrub or small tree in the family Rubiaceae, that is native to the American subtropics and tropics.Its range extends from Florida in the southern United States to as far south as Argentina. [3]
[64] [65] Meanwhile, in Switzerland, from 1554, Conrad Gessner (1516 – 1565) made regular explorations of the Swiss Alps from his native Zurich and discovered many new plants. He proposed that there were groups or genera of plants. He said that each genus was composed of many species and that these were defined by similar flowers and fruits.
In March, a mother was horrified to find a pedophile symbol on a toy she bought for her daughter. Although the symbol was not intentionally placed on the toy by the company who manufactured the ...
Common horsetail, also called scouring rush (Equisetum arvense) Common juniper (Juniperus communis) Common monkey-flower (Mimulus guttatus) Creeping juniper (Juniperus horizontalis) Dwarf sagebrush (Artemisia cana) Eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides) False indigo (Amorpha fruticosa) Fire-on-the-mountain (Euphorbia cyathophora) Golden currant ...