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Houstonia pusilla is a short plant 6 inches (150 mm) or less in height with a tiny blue toned, yellow centered four lobed flower with a 0.25–0.33 inches (6.4–8.4 mm) diameter. The plant has a center rosette form and green herbaceous foliage with leaves up to 0.5 inches (13 mm) long.
These tiny blue flowers have been popular in folk tales and art for centuries, and are associated with both love and rememberance. The flower’s association with love date to the Middle Ages with ...
Flowers have 4 sepals, colloquially denominated "petals", a salverform corolla with 4 lobes, and an inferior ovary. Some species exhibit heterostyly. Some species exhibit heterostyly. The fruit is an often roughly cordate capsule enclosing many seeds and which usually dehisces via a suture across its apex.
These are the 20 best tiny flowers to grow in your garden. These petite plants balance your garden's larger blooms and add a delicate look to your landscaping.
The plant, especially the bulb and flowers, contains cardiac glycosides, specifically convallatoxin and convalloside which are toxic to humans and livestock. [2] [6] [7] Symptoms of poisoning include nausea, salivation, vomiting, diarrhea, and shortness of breath, as well as pain, burning, and swelling of lips, tongue, and throat. Prolonged ...
Aristea ecklonii (common names: blue flies, blue stars, blue-eyed iris, blue corn-lily [2]) is a plant species in the Iridaceae, first described in 1866. It is native to central and southern Africa from South Africa north to Cameroon and Tanzania .
Sprays of small blue flowers, similar to those seen in the related forget-me-nots, are borne from mid-Spring, [3] and bloom for eight to ten weeks. [ 4 ] The plant is valued as groundcover in shady areas, and has clumps of large heart-shaped leaves of about six inches (15 cm); these usually have white or cream markings, and are present all season.
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus can grow more than 6 metres (20 feet) tall and broad in its native chaparral habitat, with glossy green leaves.The clusters of tiny flowers, borne in spring, vary from different shades of blue to close to white. [2]