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Achyranthes mutica (blunt chaff flower) Aconitum noveboracense (northern blue monkshood) Aeschynomene virginica (Virginia jointvetch) Agalinis acuta (sandplain gerardia) Alectryon macrococcus (māhoe) Allium munzii (Munz' onion) Alsinidendron lychnoides (kuawawaenohu) Alsinidendron obovatum (Waianae Range alsinidendron)
These flowers emerge from very large, cabbage-like, maroon or dark brown buds typically about 30 cm (12 in) wide, but the largest (and the largest flower bud ever recorded) found at Mount Sago, Sumatra in May 1956 was 43 cm (17 in) in diameter. [18] Indonesian researchers often refer to the bud as a 'knop' (knob). [14]
Rafflesia (/ r ə ˈ f l iː z (i) ə,-ˈ f l iː ʒ (i) ə, r æ-/), [2] or stinking corpse lily, [3] is a genus of parasitic flowering plants in the family Rafflesiaceae. [4] The species have enormous flowers, the buds rising from the ground or directly from the lower stems of their host plants; one species has the largest flower in the world.
Since starting Juniper Level, Avent has chronicled more than 8,700 plant histories, including their Latin names, plant families, dates planted, when they flower, and their wild site location.
Picea breweriana, known as Brewer spruce, [2] [3] Brewer's weeping spruce, or weeping spruce, is a species of spruce native to western North America, where it is one of the rarest on the continent. The specific epithet breweriana is in honor of the American botanist William Henry Brewer. [4] [5]
The prettiest flowers in the world include rare camellias, expensive roses, common daffodils, elusive orchids, fragrant lilacs, and an exquisite sacred lotus. ... Of all the photos here, this is ...
The sunflower is generally found growing on shallow, poor, clayey, and/or rocky soils.[5] The flower grows best in full to partial sun. Most populations grow near power line right-of-ways or roadsides. In 2003, 80% of the known populations were found near railways, utility roads, and roadsides. 13 known populations exist in North Carolina today ...
The Amorphophallus titanum, also known as a corpse flower, is blossoming over at Rollins College, which is a stage in its life the plant undergoes during unpredictable spans of ...