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R. aureum is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant, in traditional, native plant, drought tolerant, and wildlife gardens, and natural landscaping projects. [17] Named cultivars have been also introduced. Although the flowers are hermaphroditic, the yield is greatly benefited by cross-pollination.
The plant has many ethnobotanical uses. The roots and leaves were used medicinally, and the berries were occasionally used for food. [3] Native Americans used the plant to treat wounds and eyestrain. [4] Being tolerant of deep shade, drought, and extensive watering, the plant is becoming more popular as a shade groundcover in gardening. Care ...
Normally, Yucca aloifolia is grown in USDA zones 8 through 11. It is a popular landscape plant in beach areas along the lower East Coast from Virginia to Florida . Yucca aloifolia has become naturalized in Bahamas , Argentina , Uruguay , Italy , Pakistan , South Africa , Queensland , New South Wales , and Mauritania .
The USDA also refers to it as the Miami Station. [1] The introduction of economically useful plants into the US is a three-step process: (1) explorers find the plants in foreign countries; (2) the plants are sent back to a USDA introduction garden where they are evaluated; (3) successful plants are distributed to farmers and nurserymen.
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Buchnera americana is a perennial flowering plant with underground rhizomes and an above-ground stem. The stem of the plant is usually covered with trichomes (small hair-like projections), and can grow 40 to 80 cm (16 to 31 in) tall.
The white flowers are small, clustered, and mildly scented, similar to acacia. [2]The fruit is a tubular achene with the long, plumelike flower style still attached.. The genus name comes from the Greek kerkos ("tail"), referring to the tail-like appearance of the fruit; and carpus ("fruit"), thus, "fruit with tail".