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Strange, extinct plant once thought to be related to modern ginseng is now considered the lone representative of an unknown family (Florida Museum of Natural History/Jeff Gage)
Mimosa pudica (also called sensitive plant, sleepy plant, [citation needed] action plant, humble plant, touch-me-not, touch-and-die, or shameplant) [3] [2] is a creeping annual or perennial flowering plant of the pea/legume family Fabaceae. It is often grown for its curiosity value: the sensitive compound leaves quickly fold inward and droop ...
According to Mr Van Wyk and other conservationists, plant poaching has been booming since the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020. With international traders unable to travel to South Africa during that ...
Past maturity the stem and capsule look desiccated, and dark brown or black with a brittle texture. The seeds of M. uniflora are small, ranging between 0.6–0.8 mm (3 ⁄ 128 – 1 ⁄ 32 in) in length. [8] Once the plant has been pollinated, the seeds are pushed through the petals in a tiny slit and dispersed via wind methods.
Love Carrots and Other Vegetables - "A sporadic photographic journal of weird or humorous vegetables". The Mutato Collection - "A collection of non-standard fruits, roots and vegetables". MoFa-Museum of Food Anomalies - "An online exhibition of the Art of Regular Food Gone Horribly Wrong." "Attempt at EU-wide 'wonky fruit and veg' ban fails."
Lithops is a genus of succulent plants in the ice plant family, Aizoaceae. Members of the genus are native to southern Africa. They avoid being eaten by herbivores with their camouflage as small stones, and are often known as pebble plants or living stones. "Lithops" is both the genus name and the common name, and is singular as well as plural.