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In botany, blossoms are the flowers of stone fruit trees (genus Prunus) and of some other plants with a similar appearance that flower profusely for a period of time in spring. Colloquially, flowers of orange are referred to as such as well. Peach blossoms (including nectarine), most cherry blossoms, and some almond blossoms are usually pink.
Flower is from the Middle English flour, which referred to both the ground grain and the reproductive structure in plants, before splitting off in the 17th century. It comes originally from the Latin name of the Italian goddess of flowers, Flora. The early word for flower in English was blossom, [8] though it now refers to flowers only of fruit ...
Apple blossom: Malus: 1901 [6] California: California poppy: Eschscholzia californica: 1903 [7] Colorado: Colorado blue columbine: Aquilegia coerulea: 1899 [8] Connecticut: Mountain laurel (state flower) Kalmia latifolia: 1907 [9] Michaela Petit's Four-O’Clocks (children's state flower) Mirabilis jalapa: 2015 [10] Delaware: Peach blossom ...
In general, flower heliotropism could increase reproductive success by increasing pollination, fertilization success, and/or seed development, [9] especially in the spring flowers. Some solar tracking plants are not purely heliotropic: in those plants the change of orientation is an innate circadian motion triggered by light, which continues ...
In 2020, traditional cherry blossom season events were canceled and tourists did not come to Japan due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [21] The 2021 peak bloom day in Kyoto, March 26, was the earliest since record-tracking began in 812. Peak blooms have been trending earlier since 1800, an example of season creep caused by climate change. [22] [23 ...
Cherry tree in bloom in Yachounomori Garden, Tatebayashi, Gunma, Japan, April 2009 The cherry blossom, or sakura, is the flower of trees in Prunus subgenus Cerasus. Sakura usually refers to flowers of ornamental cherry trees, such as cultivars of Prunus serrulata, not trees grown for their fruit [1]: 14–18 [2] (although these also have blossoms).
Flower heads facing east, away from the late afternoon sun. A common misconception is that flowering sunflower heads track the Sun across the sky. Although immature flower buds exhibit this behaviour, the mature flowering heads point in a fixed (and typically easterly) direction throughout the day.
The national flower of the Republic of China was officially designated as the plum blossom by the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China on 21 July 1964. [1] The plum blossom, known as the meihua ( Chinese : 梅花 ; pinyin : méihuā ), is a symbol for resilience and perseverance in the face of adversity, because plum blossoms often bloom ...