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The plants are hardy herbaceous perennials with narrow tufted radical leaves and an elongated stem bearing a handsome spike of white or yellow flowers. Asphodelus albus and A. fistulosus have white flowers and grow from 45 to 60 centimetres ( 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 –2 ft) high; A. ramosus is a larger plant, the large white flowers of which have a ...
Crocus (/ ˈ k r oʊ k ə s /; plural: crocuses or croci) is a genus of seasonal flowering plants in the family Iridaceae (iris family) comprising about 100 species of perennials growing from corms. They are low growing plants, whose flower stems remain underground, that bear relatively large white, yellow, orange or purple flowers and then ...
flowering plants – alternate-leaved golden-saxifrage (Chrysosplenium alternifolium); [5] black elder (Sambucus nigra) from the moschatel (Adoxaceae) family has been growing since in the Lurgrotte [6] near Peggau in Styria. Fungi and roots growing into caves, as well as plants growing in naturally illuminated areas, are not lampenflora.
Leucojum aestivum is a perennial bulbous plant, generally 35–60 cm (14–24 in) tall, but some forms reach 90 cm (35 in). Its leaves, which are well developed at the time of flowering, are strap-shaped, 5–20 mm (0.2–0.8 in) wide, reaching to about the same height as the flowers.
Thelesperma filifolium, commonly known as stiff greenthread, [2] or plains greenthread, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the aster family, Asteraceae. It is often found growing in shallow soils.
The leaves and stems are brewed for herbal tea: According to many Nunavummiut, the tea is best later in the season once the flowers have died. [6] Saxifraga oppositifolia serves as the territorial flower of Nunavut in Canada, [6] a symbolic flower of Nordland county in Norway, and the county flower of County Londonderry in Northern Ireland.
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Cosmos are herbaceous perennial plants or annual plants growing 0.3–2 m (1 ft 0 in – 6 ft 7 in) tall. The leaves are simple, pinnate , or bipinnate, and arranged in opposite pairs. The flowers are produced in a capitulum with a ring of broad ray florets and a center of disc florets; flower color varies noticeably between the different species.