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Common varieties include 'Alba' and 'Floristan White' which are white-flowering cultivars [5] on 18 in (46 cm) tall spikes, 'Callilepsis' with long stems good for cut flowers, 'Floristan Violett' with a strong stem and thick, violet flower spikes preferred by florists, and 'Kobold' which stays small in size with deep purple flowers. [6]
Creeping lilyturf is a rhizomatous, grass-like perennial which forms clusters of narrow, arching, glossy, dark green leaves (to 1 ⁄ 4 inch (0.64 cm) wide) typically growing 9 to 15 inches (23 to 38 centimetres) high. [3] Erect flower spikes with small, white to pale lavender flowers emerge, somewhat hidden, among the leaves in late summer.
Thlaspi arvense is a foetid, hairless annual plant, growing up to 60 cm (24 in) tall, [2] with upright branches. The stem leaves are arrow-shaped, narrow and toothed. It blooms between May and July, with racemes or spikes of small white flowers that have 4 sepals and 4 longer petals. [3]
Veronica boasts cute, little spikes of purple, pink or white flowers that pollinators love. It makes a great ground cover plant, or plant it at the front of borders. Look for both creeping and ...
E. robustus can reach 8–10 ft (2.4–3.0 m) in height with pink or white flower spikes; E. stenophyllus, a dwarf species, reaches 2–3 ft (0.61–0.91 m) in height with yellow flowers. Also E. × isabellinus which is a hybrid of E. olgae and E. stenophyllus is available as 'Cleopatra', with orange spikes. [6]
The plant exudes a highly toxic sap which is used by the Meridian High and Hadza in Tanzania to coat arrow-tips for hunting. [citation needed] Adonis vernalis: pheasant's eye, false hellebore Ranunculaceae: The plant is poisonous, containing cardiostimulant compounds such as adonidin and aconitic acid. [42] Aesculus hippocastanum
The plant has long, prostrate stems covered in small leaves which vary in shape from diamond to rounded. It grows from a rhizome and often roots from its lower nodes. Each spike inflorescence is under a centimeter wide and is covered in tiny stiff white flowers. This is a tough weed of lots, roads, railroad tracks, cleared areas, and other ...
Flowers appear in summer in cream or white cylindrical "bottlebrush" spikes which are 2 to 5 cm (0.8 to 2 in) long and 1 to 2 cm (0.4 to 0.8 in) in diameter. Often new growth appears at the end of the spikes. [3] Following flowering, grey-brown, woody capsules appear in clusters along the branchlets.