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Acmella oleracea is a species of flowering herb in the family Asteraceae.Common names include toothache plant, Szechuan buttons, [2] paracress, jambu, [3] buzz buttons, [4] tingflowers and electric daisy. [5]
Impatiens noli-tangere (touch-me-not balsam; Latin impatiēns 'impatient' or 'not allowing', and nōlī tangere 'do not touch': literally 'be unwilling to touch') is an annual herbaceous plant in the family Balsaminaceae found in damp places in Europe, Asia and North America.
Zanthoxylum americanum, the common prickly-ash, common pricklyash, common prickly ash or northern prickly-ash (also sometimes called toothache tree, yellow wood, or suterberry), is an aromatic shrub or small tree native to central and eastern portions of the United States and Canada.
Its yellow and bright flowers have antioxidant properties. [2] In Thailand it is the provincial flower of Nakhon Nayok, Sara Buri, Buri Ram, Suphan Buri and Uthai Thani Provinces. [3] Cochlospermum regium flower with praying mantis, in Laos
It is variable in appearance. The prostrate or upright stem grows up to 30 centimeters long. The oppositely arranged leaves are mostly oval in shape and may reach 6 centimeters long. The tubular flower is yellow in color, its tube just a few millimeters wide and widening at the lobed mouth. It may be up to 2.6 centimeters long.
The calyx has five lobes that are much shorter than the flower. Each flower has bilateral symmetry and has two lips. The upper lip usually has two lobes; the lower, three. The lower lip may have one large to many small red to reddish brown spots (hence the name guttata, which is Latin for 'spotted'). [10] The opening to the flower is hairy.
The flowers are 2–3 cm (3 ⁄ 4 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) long, [10] orange (sometimes blood orange or rarely yellow) with a three-lobed corolla; one of the calyx lobes is colored similarly to the corolla and forms a hooked conical spur at the back of the flower. Plants may also produce non-showy cleistogamous flowers, which do not require cross ...
Melilotus officinalis, known as sweet yellow clover, yellow melilot, ribbed melilot [2] and common melilot, is a species of legume native to Eurasia and introduced in North America, Africa, and Australia.