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A. maculatum is known by an abundance of common names including Adam and Eve, [10] adder's meat, [11] adder's root, [12] arum, [10] wild arum, [12] arum lily, [12] bobbins, [10] cows and bulls, [12] cuckoo pint, [13] cuckoo-plant, [10] devils and angels, [12] friar's cowl, [12] jack in the pulpit, [12] lamb-in-a-pulpit, [11] lords-and-ladies, [13] naked boys, [12] snakeshead, [12] starch-root ...
Clianthus, commonly known as kakabeak (kōwhai ngutukākā in Māori), is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae, comprising two species of shrubs endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. [2] They have striking clusters of red flowers which resemble the beak of the kākā, a New Zealand parrot.
Brassica oleracea is a plant of the family Brassicaceae, also known as wild cabbage in its uncultivated form. The species evidently originated from feral populations of related plants in the Eastern Mediterranean, where it was most likely first cultivated.
A close up view of the stilt roots How the stilt roots were proposed to allow it to right itself after other plants collapse on it. 1 - the palm is growing normally. 2 - a tree collapses onto the palm and flattens the stem. 3 - new stilt roots form along the old stem and the original roots (dashed lines) start to die. 4 - the palm continues to grow normally but has now moved away from where it ...
Which Southern California native plants survived climate change and mass extinctions 13,000 years ago and still live today? La Brea Tar Pits researchers compiled a list. 57 California native ...
Smilax rotundifolia is a very important food plant in the winter while there are more limited food choices. Examples of wildlife that will eat the berries and leaves in the late winter and early spring are Northern Cardinals, white throated sparrows, white tailed deer, and rabbits.
Rubus parviflorus is a dense shrub up to 2.5 meters (8 feet) tall with canes no more than 1.5 centimeters (1 ⁄ 2 inch) in diameter, often growing in large clumps which spread through the plant's underground rhizome.
Boechera quebecensis is a biennial or short-lived perennial that grows between 10 and 45 cm (3.9 and 17.7 in) tall. The basal leaves have oblanceolate leaf blades that are 5 to 15 mm (0.50 to 1.50 cm) wide, are finely toothed with hair-like protrusions up to 1 mm long on the leaf margins.