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Vernicia fordii (usually known as the tung tree (Chinese: 桐, tóng) and also as the tung-oil or tungoil tree , the kalo nut tree, and the China wood-oil tree) is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae. [2] [3] It is native to southern China, Myanmar, and northern Vietnam. [4]
The plant grows to a height of up to 120 cm (47 in). Stipules are absent, the taproot is white or brown, and the stem is quadrangular.Sub-sessile leaves are linear-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, 2.5–7.5 cm (0.98–2.95 in) long, not lobed or divided, blunt at the tip, obtuse, entire or cerrulate, glandular, hispid and coarsely dentate at the margins.
5-spot flower, leaves, seedpods. Eremalche rotundifolia is an annual plant growing to 8–60 cm tall, with rounded leaves 1.5–6 cm broad with a toothed margin. The flowers are dark-pink to lilac with five overlapping petals, each with a dark red/purple spot near the base. When fully open the petals are slightly in-curved, giving the flower a ...
Jatropha curcas is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, that is native to the American tropics, most likely Mexico and Central America. [2] It is originally native to the tropical areas of the Americas from Mexico to Argentina, and has been spread throughout the world in tropical and subtropical regions around the world, becoming naturalized or invasive in many ...
Limnanthes alba is a species of flowering plant in the meadowfoam family known by the common name white meadowfoam. It is native to California and Oregon, where it grows in wet grassy habitat, such as vernal pools and moist spots in woodlands. It generally grows in poorly drained soils.
The flower structure has a bright nectar guide pattern, invisible to the naked eye. This pattern is apparent under ultraviolet light and visible to its pollinators , moths, butterflies, and bees. The fruit is a capsule 2–4 cm ( 3 ⁄ 4 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) long and 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) broad, containing numerous 1–2 mm (0.04–0.08 in ...
The plants may be annuals, herbaceous perennials or shrubs, growing to a height of 60–90 cm (24–35 inches). The genus was a wastebasket taxon , and many of its members have been reclassified in smaller genera, most notably the Everlastings, now in the genus Xerochrysum .
Lysimachia (/ ˌ l aɪ s ɪ ˈ m eɪ k i ə / LY-sim-AY-kee-ə) [2] is a genus consisting of 182 accepted species of flowering plants traditionally classified in the family Primulaceae. [1] Based on a molecular phylogenetic study it was transferred to the family Myrsinaceae , [ 3 ] before this family was later merged into the Primulaceae.