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H. hispanica has paler flowers produced on all sides of the upright stem, less recurved petals and blue pollen. Hyacinthoides non-scripta is a perennial plant that grows from a bulb . [ 8 ] It produces 3–6 linear leaves, all growing from the base of the plant, and each 7–16 millimetres (0.28–0.63 in) wide. [ 11 ]
The flowers are most commonly an intense blue colour and arranged in flowerheads (capitula) of 1.5–3 cm diameter, with a ring of a few large, spreading ray florets surrounding a central cluster of disc florets. The blue pigment is protocyanin, which in roses is red. [5] Fruits are approx. 3.5 mm long with 2–3 mm-long pappus bristles. [6]
Ajuga reptans is commonly known as bugle, blue bugle, bugleherb, bugleweed, carpetweed, carpet bugleweed, and common bugle, and traditionally however less commonly as St. Lawrence plant. It is an herbaceous flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae, native to Europe.
The flower heads are 3–5 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 4 –2 in) wide, [5] and usually light blue [6] or lavender; it has also rarely been described as white or pink. [5] Of the two rows of involucral bracts, the inner is longer and erect, the outer is shorter and spreading. It flowers from March until October. [6] The seed has small scales at the tip. [6]
Also, fennel flower. Bitterwort - Gentiana lutea. Bladderwort - Utricularia (aquatic plants). Blawort - A flower, commonly called harebell. Also, a certain plant bearing blue flowers. Bloodwort - Sanguinaria canadensis. Produces escharotic alkaloids that corrode skin, leaving wounds. More commonly known as bloodroot, or sometimes tetterwort.
Most common ageratums, "Hawaii" for example, are a short 6–8 inches (15–20 cm) when full grown. Tall ageratum are also available in seed catalogues. They are about 18 inches (46 cm) in height with blue flowers. [4] [failed verification] There is also a medium-height snowcapped variety, white top on blue flowers. The blues are most popular ...
Anemonoides apennina (syn. Anemone apennina), the Apennine anemone or blue anemone, is a flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is a rhizomatous perennial plant , native to southern central Europe, taking its name from the Apennine Mountains , but widely naturalised elsewhere in Europe, including the United Kingdom. [ 3 ]
A list of Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae and Angiospermae including all the native plants and established aliens known to occur in Ireland with the distribution of each species, and recommended Irish and English names. pp. [i]-xxvii, 1-171, map. Dublin: Stationery Office.