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Viola tricolor is a common European wild flower, growing as an annual or short-lived perennial.The species is also known as wild pansy, Johnny Jump up (though this name is also applied to similar species such as the yellow pansy), heartsease, heart's ease, heart's delight, tickle-my-fancy, Jack-jump-up-and-kiss-me, come-and-cuddle-me, three faces in a hood, love-in-idleness, and pink of my john.
It is an herbaceous annual or perennial twining liana growing to 2–4 m (7–13 ft) tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, 3–7 cm (1–3 in) long with a 1.5–6 cm ( – in) long petiole. The flowers are trumpet-shaped, 4–9 cm (2–4 in) in diameter, most commonly blue with a white to golden yellow centre. Heavenly blue, and many other ...
Tragopogon porrifolius is a plant cultivated for its ornamental flower and edible root. It also grows wild in many places and is one of the most widely known species of the salsify genus, Tragopogon. It is commonly known as purple or common salsify, oyster plant, vegetable oyster, Jerusalem star, [ 5] Jack go to bed, [ 6] or simply salsify ...
Rubus tricolor ( / ˈruːbəsˈtraɪkʌlər /) [ 3 ][ a ] is an evergreen prostrate shrub, native to southwestern China. Leaves are dark green above, pale green below, and stems have red bristles. It has white flowers in summer and edible red fruit. It grows approximately 0.3 m (0.98 ft) high and usually forming a vigorously spreading, dense mat.
Pseudopodospermum hispanicum, commonly known as black salsify or Spanish salsify, also known as black oyster plant, serpent root, viper's herb, viper's grass or simply scorzonera, is a perennial species of plant in the sunflower family ( Asteraceae ), cultivated as a root vegetable in the same way as purple salsify ( Tragopogon porrifolius ...
Alsophila tricolor, synonym Cyathea dealbata, [ 1] commonly known as the silver fern[ 2] or silver tree-fern, [ 3] or as ponga / ˈpɒŋə / or punga / ˈpʌŋə / (from Māori kaponga or ponga ), [ note 1] is a species of medium-sized tree fern, endemic to New Zealand. The fern is usually recognisable by the silver-white colour of the under ...
Maranta leuconeura is a well-known houseplant in temperate regions, requiring a minimum temperature of 15 °C (59 °F). As a plant that is native to rainforests, Maranta prefers bright indirect sunlight, high humidity, and well-drained soil that has a high humus content. [ 6] Acidic, clay or loam soils are tolerable.
Cal Fire officials said the Park Fire had so far destroyed 134 structures as it marched northward from Chico and spread from Butte to Tehama County. After four days of no containment, firefighters ...