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These illustrations depicted a vast array of European and exotic plants, often accompanied by detailed annotations on plant anatomy, including flowers, leaves, seeds, and fruits at various stages of development. While a few drawings were done in black ink or pencil, most were finely enhanced with watercolor.
The golden-yellow spherical flowers are prolifically produced in the leaf axils. [3] Each simple inflorescence has a diameter of 3 to 4 mm (0.12 to 0.16 in) and contains 12 to 20 flowers. After flowering linear to curved to openly coiled seed pods form with a length of 6 cm (2.4 in) and a width of 2 to 3 mm (0.079 to 0.118 in) that contain ...
Prickles on a blackberry branch. In plant morphology, thorns, spines, and prickles, and in general spinose structures (sometimes called spinose teeth or spinose apical processes), are hard, rigid extensions or modifications of leaves, roots, stems, or buds with sharp, stiff ends, and generally serve the same function: physically defending plants against herbivory.
Iris nigricans is a flowering plant in the family Iridaceae. It is the national flower of Jordan. [1] The flowers are blackish-purple and 12–15 centimetres (4.7–5.9 in) in diameter, and the plants are 35 cm (14 in) tall with recurved leaves. It needs direct sun and sharp drainage. [2] It is endemic to Jordan and is an endangered species.
The Solanum nigrum complex — also known as Solanum L. section Solanum — is the group of black nightshade species characterized by their lack of prickles and stellate hairs, their white flowers, and their green or black fruits arranged in an umbelliform fashion. [9]
Flowers. Salix nigra is a medium-sized deciduous tree, the largest North American species of willow, growing to 10–30 m (35–100 ft) tall, exceptionally up to 45 m (148 ft), with a trunk 50–80 centimeters (20–30 in) diameter.
The black locust is a plant from the subfamily of Faboideae in the family of legumes and is a relative of the pea and bean. [ citation needed ] The black locust is commonly referred to as "false acacia" after its species name "pseudoacacia", although it is not particularly closely related to the acacia , which belongs to the mimosa subfamily ...
This is a list of plants organized by their common names. However, the common names of plants often vary from region to region, which is why most plant encyclopedias refer to plants using their scientific names, in other words using binomials or "Latin" names.