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A plant that loses all of its leaves only briefly before growing new ones, so that it is leafless for only a short time, e.g. approximately two weeks. bristle A straight, stiff hair (smooth or with minute teeth); the upper part of an awn (when the latter is bent and has a lower, stouter, and usually twisted part, called the column ).
Triangular, wedge-shaped, stem attaches to point. cuneiform. whole leaf. Narrowly triangular, widest on the opposite end from the stem, with the corners at that end rounded. cuspidate. cuspidatus. leaf tip. With a sharp, elongated, rigid tip; tipped with a cusp. deltoid, deltate.
Indehiscent – not opening at maturity. Reticulate – web-like or network-like. Striated – marked by a series of lines, grooves, or ridges. Tesselate – marked by a pattern of polygons, usually rectangles. Wing (plant) – any flat surfaced structure emerging from the side or summit of an organ; seeds, stems.
Audrey Jr.: a human-eating plant in the 1960 film The Little Shop of Horrors. Audrey II: a singing, fast-talking alien plant with a taste for human blood in the stage show Little Shop of Horrors and the 1986 film of the same name. Bat-thorn: a plant, similar to wolfsbane, offering protection against vampires in Mark of the Vampire.
Binomial name. Salvia officinalis. L. Salvia officinalis, the common sage or sage, is a perennial, evergreen subshrub, with woody stems, grayish leaves, and blue to purplish flowers. It is a member of the mint family Lamiaceae and native to the Mediterranean region, though it has been naturalized in many places throughout the world.
Rosaceae (/ roʊˈzeɪsiː.iː, - si.aɪ, - si.eɪ /), 4 [ 5 ] the rose family, is a medium-sized family of flowering plants that includes 4,828 known species in 91 genera. [ 6 ][ 7 ][ 8 ] The name is derived from the type genus Rosa. The family includes herbs, shrubs, and trees. Most species are deciduous, but some are evergreen. [ 9 ]
Pitcher plants are several different carnivorous plants that have modified leaves known as pitfall traps —a prey-trapping mechanism featuring a deep cavity filled with digestive liquid. The traps of what are considered to be "true" pitcher plants are formed by specialized leaves. The plants attract and drown the prey with nectar.
Hedera helix, the common ivy, European ivy, or just ivy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae. It is native to most of Europe and parts of western Asia. Ivy is a clinging evergreen vine that grows on tree trunks, walls, and fences in gardens, waste spaces, and wild habitats. Ivy is popular as an ornamental plant, but escaped ...