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Galearis spectabilis, commonly known as showy orchis [2] [3] or showy orchid, [2] is an orchid species of the genus Galearis. It is native to eastern Canada ( Quebec , Ontario and New Brunswick ) and much of the eastern half of the United States .
Veronica speciosa, synonym Hebe speciosa, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae, [1] known by the common names New Zealand hebe, showy hebe, showy-speedwell, and the Māori names titirangi and napuka.
It produces purple showy flowers that are fragrant. Unlike the other plants in the family Lamiaceace, Asian mint produces an unusual foliage color of leaves that are evergreen and opposites. Asian mint is suitable for wintersowing and handles well with transplanting.
Old flower head with open follicles. Banksia formosa, commonly known as showy dryandra, [2] is a species of shrub that is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has pinnatipartite leaves with up to forty triangular lobes on each side, up to more than two hundred, conspicuous golden orange flowers and up to sixteen egg-shaped follicles in each head.
Leaves, stems, and floral bracts are sparsely to moderately-densely covered with short white hairs. The showy composite flowers are usually solitary on each short stem, with somewhat imbricate green bracts (overlapping segments) that are narrow and pointed with fringed margins. The 10 to 20 ray florets are light pink to nearly white and 7-12 mm ...
Oxytropis splendens, commonly known as showy locoweed, is a flowering perennial in the legume family endemic to the east slope of the Rocky Mountains. [3] Growing in Canada, Alaska, several Great Plains states, and parts of the Mountain West, O. splendens grows well in harsh alpine ecosystems, allowing it to quickly colonize gravel and coal spoils.
Phlox speciosa is a species of phlox known by the common name showy phlox. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Arizona and New Mexico, where it occurs in sagebrush, pine woodlands, and mountain forests. It is an erect perennial herb with a shrubby base growing up to about 40 centimeters tall. The leaves are linear or ...
Heliomeris multiflora is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae called the showy goldeneye. It grows in Mexico and the western United States from Montana to Jalisco. [3] [4] [5] Heliomeris multiflora is a perennial herb up to 15 cm (5.9 in) tall, with a large taproot. Leaves are up to 16 cm (6.3 in) long, with ...