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The cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) is a brightly coloured arctiid moth found as a native species in Europe and western and central Asia then east across the Palearctic to Siberia to China. It has been introduced into New Zealand , Australia and North America to control ragwort , on which its larvae feed.
Osmanthus / ɒ z ˈ m æ n θ ə s / [3] is a genus of about 30 species of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae.Most of the species are native to eastern Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, etc.) with a few species from the Caucasus, New Caledonia, and Sumatra.
Detail of an individual flower showing the white fruit that the genus is named after. Photo: Tony Rebelo. Leucospermum differs from genera such as Protea, Leucadendron, Mimetes, Diastella, Paranomus, Serruria, and Orothamnus by having the flower heads in the axils of the leaves (although often very near the tip of the branch), small and inconspicuous bracts subtending the head, brightly ...
The dragon blood tree has an upturned, densely packed crown. This evergreen species is named after its dark red resin, which is known as "dragon's blood". Unlike most monocot plants, Dracaena displays secondary growth, D. cinnabari even has growth zones resembling tree rings found in dicot tree species.
Senecio vulgaris, often known by the common names groundsel [3]: 764 and old-man-in-the-spring, [4] is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is an annual herb , native to the Palaearctic and widely naturalised as a ruderal species in suitable disturbed habitats worldwide.
Ceanothus leaves may be arranged opposite to each other on the stem, or alternate. Alternate leaves may have either one or three main veins rising from the base of the leaf. [16] The leaves have a shiny upper surface that feels "gummy" when pinched between the thumb and forefinger, and the roots of most species have red inner root bark. [17]
This plant has no true leaves. A cutting should consist of three to five segments of stem stuck down into a very porous rooting medium that you can keep moist but not wet. Choose a loose, highly ...
The leaves are simple, entire to lobed, and from 1–30 cm long and 0.5–10 cm broad; most of the leaves are produced in a dense basal rosette, with the flowering stems bearing only small brown scale-leaves . The flowers are produced on a branched panicle or corymb, the individual flowers are small (4–10 mm long) with a five-lobed calyx and ...