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The genus name is derived from the Greek γέρανος ("géranos"), meaning crane, with reference to the fruit capsule resembling the bird's bill.The specific Latin name sanguineum means 'blood-red'; Linnaeus cites Gaspard Bauhin's 1623 book Pinax theatri botanici as his source for the name, which in turn refers ("sanguinaria radix") to a blood-red root.
A pattern garden: the essential elements of garden making. Portland: Timber Press. (ISBN 0-88192-780-5) Ely, Helena Rutherfurd (1903). A Woman's Hardy Garden. Ely, Helena Rutherfurd (1905). Another Hardy Garden Book. Ely, Helena Rutherfurd (1911). The Practical Flower Garden. Williams, B. (1998). On garden style. New York: Simon & Schuster ...
Phyllanthus fluitans, also known as the red root floater, floating spurge, [3] [4] or apple duckweed is a species of free floating aquatic plant and herbaceous perennial [5] in the family Phyllanthaceae. [6] This species is one of the only three non-terrestrial species in the genus Phyllanthus, with the other species being P. leonardianus [7 ...
"By vegetable roots, food such as turnips, radish, carrots and sweet potatoes is meant", says Vos. [3] English translations of the Caigentan title range from literal to figurative: "Musings of a Chinese Vegetarian" [4] "Discourses on Vegetable Roots" [5] "The Roots of Wisdom" [6] "Discourses on a Simple Life" [7] "Tending the Roots of Wisdom" [8]
The roots of the Mangiones. ... Even fire hydrants are painted green, white and red. ... Life-long Little Italy resident, 83-year-old Mary Ann Campanella, called him an "excellent man". ...
Ceanothus americanus is a shrub that lives up to fifteen years and growing between 18 and 42 in (0.5 and 1 m) high, having many thin branches.Its root system is thick with fibrous root hairs close to the surface, but with stout, burlish, woody roots that reach deep into the earth—root systems may grow very large in the wild, to compensate after repeated exposures to wildfires.
The roots of Hormuzakia aggregata contain anchusin or alkannin (alkanet red), a red-brown resinoid pigment. [3] [6] Alkannin is an antioxidant and has an antimicrobial effect against Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis. It is also known to have wound healing, antitumor, and antithrombotic properties. [7]
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