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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]
Descurainia sophia is a member of the family Brassicaceae. [1] Common names include flixweed, herb-Sophia and tansy mustard. [2] It reproduces by seeds.It is a dominant weed in dark brown prairie and black prairie soils of southern Alberta. [3]
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 ]
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew more conservatively estimated in 2016 that 17,810 plant species have a medicinal use, out of some 30,000 plants for which a use of any kind is documented. [ 50 ] In modern medicine, around a quarter [ a ] of the drugs prescribed to patients are derived from medicinal plants, and they are rigorously tested.
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 grows on the Cerbera odollam plant, known as the "suicide tree" or "pong pong." The plant is listed under the FDA's poisonous plant database and its seeds contain a poison that causes ...
Pinellia ternata (Chinese: 半夏, Japanese: カラスビシャク, 烏柄杓, 鴉柄杓 karasu bishaku, crow scoop, crow ladle), crow-dipper, is a plant that is native to China, Japan, and Korea. However, it also grows as an invasive weed in parts of Europe ( Austria , Germany ) and in North America ( California , Ontario , the northeastern ...