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Brasenia is a perennial aquatic plant with floating, peltate leaves and rhizomatous stems. It is identified by its bright green leaves, small purple flowers that bloom from June through September, and a thick mucilage that covers all of the underwater organs, including the underside of the leaves, stems, and developing buds.
The Cabombaceae are a family of aquatic, herbaceous flowering plants. A common name for its species is water shield. [6] The family is recognised as distinct in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group IV system (2016). The family consists of two genera of aquatic plants, Brasenia and Cabomba, totalling six species. [7]
Strobilanthes dyeriana, the Persian shield or royal purple plant, [1] is a species of flowering plant in the acanthus family Acanthaceae, native to Myanmar (formerly Burma). Name [ edit ]
Polyscias scutellaria, the shield aralia, [2] or plum aralia, is a tropical shrub or small tree reaching 2–6 meters in height. A native of eastern Malesia and southwest Pacific islands, it is commonly grown in gardens. [1] [3] The leaves and root can be used as an antiseptic and deodorant. [citation needed]
It is a small to medium-sized tree growing to 7–25 m tall. The leaves are narrow obovate, 20–40 cm in length and 10–20 cm in width. Fruit produced as mentioned earlier, is otherwise aptly known as the Box Fruit, due to distinct square like diagonals jutting out from the cross section of the fruit, given its semi spherical shape form from stem altering to a subpyramidal shape at its base.
Amaranthus hypochondriacus is an ornamental plant commonly known as Prince-of-Wales feather [3] or prince's-feather. [4] [5] Originally endemic to Mexico, it is called quelite, bledo [6] and quintonil in Spanish. [7] [8] In Africa and El Salvador, like many other species in the family Amaranthaceae, it is valued as source of food. [9]
The seeds are dispersed by wind and water and are transported when the whole plant detaches and rolls on the wind as a tumbleweed. [2] The seed does not persist in the soil seed bank, dying within about a year if it fails to germinate. [2] The species is a C 4 plant, specifically of the NADP-ME type.
The seeds are burs, and are very sticky. The plant is native but a well-known nuisance in deciduous forests of the eastern U.S. because the seeds can be difficult to remove from clothing and especially pet fur. [8] [9] The seeding part of the plant—the upper stem—dies earlier than most other plants, and becomes very brittle. Often the ...