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Aesculus was the Latin name that is given to an oak or any tree that has seeds that are eaten by livestock, while flava (or flavum) is the Latin word for yellow, referring to the buckeye's yellow flowers. [9] The species was once called Aesculus octandra and is still sometimes sold under that name in the nursery trade. [10]
It is a rhizomatous evergreen perennial, growing in a loose clump about 60 cm (24 in) tall and wide, with large round or kidney-shaped leaves that are slightly fleshy in texture. Daisy-like yellow flowers, 2.5–5 cm (1–2 in) across, are borne in loose clusters in autumn and winter. [2]
Macaranga tanarius is a plant found in South East Asia, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, South China, Taiwan, and eastern Australia. It is commonly seen as a pioneer species in disturbed rainforest areas. Easily recognised for the round veiny leaves. In Australia it naturally occurs from the Richmond River, New South Wales to Cooktown in tropical ...
It has fleshy dark green, heart-shaped leaves and distinctive flowers with bright yellow, glossy petals. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Native to Europe and Western Asia, it is now introduced in North America, where it is known by the common name fig buttercup and considered an invasive species .
The golden-yellow spherical flowers are prolifically produced in the leaf axils. [3] Each simple inflorescence has a diameter of 3 to 4 mm (0.12 to 0.16 in) and contains 12 to 20 flowers. After flowering linear to curved to openly coiled seed pods form with a length of 6 cm (2.4 in) and a width of 2 to 3 mm (0.079 to 0.118 in) that contain ...
Passiflora lutea, commonly known as yellow passionflower, [1] is a flowering perennial vine in the family Passifloraceae, native to the central and eastern United States.The vine has three-lobed leaves and small, yellowish-green, fringed flowers that appear in the summer, followed by green fruit that turn almost black at maturity.
It has shiny green citrus-scented leaves, yellow-green flowers, and orange fruits about half a cm wide that taste like orange peel. [3] The seeds are dispersed by birds and monkeys that eat the fruits. [3] In particular, the scaly-breasted munia prefers to nest in these trees.
Leaves: ovate lanceolate, cauline, plicate, four to six on blooming plants, from 9 ⨉ 4 cm to 14 ⨉ 5 cm; covered with fine hairs on underside; a few hairs on topside. Floral bracts: ovate lanceolate bract at base of ovary, 7 ⨉ 2 cm. Flowers: bright yellow pouch with greenish to reddish sepals and petals; up to 10 cm high ⨉ 10 cm wide.