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Trifolium pratense (from Latin prātum, meaning meadow), red clover, [2] [3] is a herbaceous species of flowering plant in the bean family, Fabaceae. It is native to the Old World, but planted and naturalised in many other regions.
Flower heads vary in colour with species; most are red, but some are yellow, green, orange, pink or white. Each flower head produces a profusion of triple-celled seed capsules around a stem (see picture) which remain on the plant with the seeds enclosed until stimulated to open when the plant dies or fire causes the release of the seeds. A few ...
The flowers are red with 5 small petals and a 5-lobed calyx, usually at the twig tips. The staminate flowers are sessile . The pistillate flowers are borne on pedicels that grow out while the flowers are blooming, so that eventually the flowers are in a hanging cluster with stems 1 to 5 cm ( 1 ⁄ 2 to 2 in) long. [ 11 ]
A red spider lily flower in full-bloom A girl with a bouquet of red spider lily flowers. Lycoris radiata is a bulbous perennial with showy, bright-red flowers. When in full bloom, spindly stamens, likened to the image of spider legs, extend slightly upward and outward from the flower's center. [6]
As indicated by the specific name, male and female flowers are borne on separate plants , the male with 10 stamens and a 10-veined calyx, the female with 5 styles and a 20-veined calyx. [ 4 ] The fruit, produced from July onwards, is an ovoid capsule containing numerous seeds, opening at the apex by 10 teeth which curve back.
Festuca rubra, as red fescue or creeping red fescue, is cultivated as an ornamental plant for use as a turfgrass and groundcover. It can be left completely unmowed, or occasionally trimmed for a lush meadow-like look. There are many subspecies, and many cultivars have been bred for the horticulture trade.
Native red buckeye tree is easy to grow in a shady spot for its striking flowers that bloom in spring.
Aesculus pavia, known as red buckeye or firecracker plant (formerly Pavia rubra), is a species of deciduous flowering plant. The small tree or shrub is native to the southern and eastern parts of the United States , found from Illinois to Virginia in the north and from Texas to Florida in the south. [ 2 ]