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The cardoon (Cynara cardunculus / ˈ s ɪ n ər ə k ɑːr ˈ d ʌ n k j ʊ l ə s /), [2] [3] also called the artichoke thistle, is a thistle in the family Asteraceae. It is a naturally occurring species that also has many cultivated forms , including the globe artichoke .
The artichoke (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus), [1] also known by the other names: French artichoke, globe artichoke, and green artichoke. In the United States, [2] it is a variety of a species of thistle cultivated as food. The edible portion of the plant consists of the flower buds before the flowers come into bloom.
Jerusalem Artichoke Flowers by Claude Monet, 1880 Jerusalem artichokes were first cultivated by the Indigenous peoples of the Americas , though the exact native range of the species is unknown. Genome analysis has ruled out the common sunflower (also originating in the Americas) as an ancestor, and instead points to hybridization between the ...
S. affinis is a perennial herbaceous plant with red to purple flowers and reaches a height of 30–120 centimetres (12–47 in). [1] The green leaves are opposite arranged on the stem. The rough, nettle-like leaves can be ovate-cordate shaped with a width of 2.5–9.5 cm (1– 3 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) or ovate-oblong with a width of 1.5–3.5 cm ( 5 ...
The genus name comes from the Greek kynara, which means "artichoke". [2] Among the better known species in this genus include: Cynara cardunculus is the cardoon, artichoke thistle, or wild artichoke. The stems of cultivated varieties are used as food around the Mediterranean.
Saxifraga oppositifolia - MHNT. Saxifraga oppositifolia, the purple saxifrage or purple mountain saxifrage, [1] is a species of plant that is very common in the high Arctic and also some high mountainous areas further south, including northern Britain, the Alps and the Rocky Mountains.
It has slender pink flowers. It is an erect plant covered with fine hairs. Its few branches are each tipped with a single deep pink to purple flower. The flowers are scentless, 25–50 mm (1.0–2.0 in) across, and produced in the summer months – May to September in the northern hemisphere, November to March in the southern hemisphere.
Peltogyne, commonly known as purpleheart, violet wood, amaranth and other local names (often referencing the colour of the wood) is a genus of 23 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae; native to tropical rainforests of Central and South America; from Guerrero, Mexico, through Central America, and as far as south-eastern Brazil.