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Lemna gibba, the gibbous duckweed, [2] swollen duckweed, [3] or fat duckweed, [4] is a species of Lemna (duckweed). It has a simple plant body, known as a thallus, which floats on the surface of the water and measures 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) in diameter. [5] A single root hangs down into the water.
Gomphocarpus physocarpus, commonly known as hairy balls, balloonplant, balloon cotton-bush, bishop's balls, nailhead, or swan plant, [2] is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae, related to the milkweeds. The plant is native to southeast Africa, but it has been widely naturalized as it is often used as an ornamental plant.
Interesting Facts for Adults. 11. If you cut down a cactus in Arizona, it can result in a class 4 felony and up to 25 years in prison. ... Pineapple plants take around two years to grow to their ...
Hoya carnosa Hoya mindorensis, Sydney, Australia.. Hoya is a genus of over 500 species of plants in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, commonly known as waxflowers. [2] Plants in the genus Hoya are mostly epiphytic or lithophytic vines, rarely subshrubs, with leathery, fleshy or succulent leaves, shortly tube-shaped or bell-shaped flowers with five horizontally spreading lobes, the flowers in ...
Interesting facts for adults. Australia is wider than the moon. Venus is the only planet to spin clockwise. Allodoxaphobia is the fear of other people’s opinions.
A plant cuticle is a protecting film covering the outermost skin layer of leaves, young shoots and other aerial plant organs (aerial here meaning all plant parts not embedded in soil or other substrate) that have no periderm. The film consists of lipid and hydrocarbon polymers infused with wax, and is synthesized exclusively by the epidermal cells.
I’ve had many people send me photos of plants they’ve handed down for two or three generations, and those plants have generally never been outdoors. They’re always on a bright tabletop near ...
Genlisea (/ ˌ dʒ ɛ n l ɪ ˈ s iː ə / JEN-liss-EE-ə) is a genus of carnivorous plants also known as corkscrew plants. The 30 or so species grow in wet terrestrial to semi-aquatic environments distributed throughout Africa and Central and South America .