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This glossary of botanical terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts relevant to botany and plants in general. Terms of plant morphology are included here as well as at the more specific Glossary of plant morphology and Glossary of leaf morphology.
Dioscorea villosa is a species of twining tuberous vine which is native to eastern North America.It is commonly known as wild yam, colic root, rheumatism root, devil's bones, and fourleaf yam. [4]
Nepenthes villosa / n ɪ ˈ p ɛ n θ iː z v ɪ ˈ l oʊ z ə /, or the villose pitcher-plant, [4] is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Mount Kinabalu and neighbouring Mount Tambuyukon in northeastern Borneo. It grows at higher elevations than any other Bornean Nepenthes species, occurring at elevations of over 3,200 m (10,500 ft).
Hairy vetch (Vicia villosa), Monte Bello Open Space Preserve, California. Vicia villosa, known as the hairy vetch, fodder vetch or winter vetch, is a plant native to some of Europe and western Asia.
Plant habit refers to the overall shape of a plant, and it describes a number of components such as stem length and development, branching pattern, and texture. While many plants fit neatly into some main categories, such as grasses, vines, shrubs, or trees, others can be more difficult to categorise.
The low-growing variety villosa, with hairy (villose) leaflets, is exclusively coastal. However, the hairless variety Searsia laevigata var. laevigata , while occurring along the coast, also extends inland as far as the Little Karoo in the north, and Bredasdorp in the west.
Fatoua villosa is an annual herb in the Moraceae (mulberry) family.Common names include mulberry weed, crabweed, or hairy crabweed in English, [2] kuwakusa (クワクサ, 桑草) in Japanese, [3] and shuǐ shémá (水蛇麻) or xiǎo shémá (小蛇麻) in Mandarin. [4]
Androsace villosa is widely grown in rock gardens.A number of forms are in cultivation: [2] A. villosa var. arachnoidea has a compact habit and more woolly rosettes.; A. villosa var. taurica (syn.