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Most of the species of Erica are small shrubs from 20–150 centimetres (8–59 inches) high, though some are taller; the tallest are E. arborea (tree heath) and E. scoparia (besom heath), both of which can reach up to 7 metres (23 feet) tall. All are evergreen, with minute, needle-like leaves 2–15 millimetres (– in) long.
Kniphofia (/ n ɪ p ˈ h oʊ f i ə /, [2] / n ɪ ˈ f oʊ f i ə / [3]) is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Asphodelaceae, first described as a genus in 1794. [4] All species of Kniphofia are native to Africa. Common names include tritoma, red hot poker, torch lily and poker plant.
LG: derived from a Greek word (G), a Latin word (L), another language (–), or a personal name (P) Ba: listed in Ross Bayton's The Gardener's Botanical[4] Bu: listed in Lotte Burkhardt's Index of Eponymic Plant Names[5] CS: listed in both Allen Coombes's The A to Z of Plant Names and William T. Stearn 's Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for ...
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List of plant genus names with etymologies (A–C) Canistrum (from the Greek for "basket") Since the first printing of Carl Linnaeus 's Species Plantarum in 1753, plants have been assigned one epithet or name for their species and one name for their genus, a grouping of related species. [1] Many of these plants are listed in Stearn's Dictionary ...
Bessera Schult. (1809), nom. illeg. Paraskevia W.Sauer & G.Sauer (1980) Pulmonaria (lungwort) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae, native to Europe and western Asia, with one species (P. mollissima) east to central Asia. According to various estimates there may be between 10 and 18 species found in the wild.
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Mirabilis jalapa, the marvel of Peru[1] or four o'clock flower, is the most commonly grown ornamental species of Mirabilis plant, and is available in a range of colors. Mirabilis in Latin means wonderful and Jalapa (or Xalapa) is the state capital of Veracruz in México. Mirabilis jalapa was cultivated by the Aztecs for medicinal and ornamental ...