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Leucophyta brownii is a small, rounded shrub with tangled tomentose branchlets that give it a silvery appearance. [7] Although it can grow up to a metre high, it is more usually 0.2 to 0.7 metres high. [8] It produces flowers during summer (December to February in Australia), which are white-yellow globular heads and about 1 cm in diameter. [9]
Leucophyllum frutescens is an evergreen shrub in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae, native to the U.S. state of Texas, where it is the official "State Native Shrub of Texas", [2] and to the states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas in northern Mexico.
Its range stretches from southern Texas in the United States south through Mexico and Central America to Venezuela. It can also be found on the island of Curaçao in the Netherlands Antilles. [2] Brush holly is a spiny [4] evergreen [3] shrub, usually reaching a height of 1–2 m (3.3–6.6 ft) [4] but able to attain 6–8 m (20–26 ft) in ...
The compact growth form of cushion plants reduces air flow over the surface of the epidermis, reducing the rate of water loss. Additionally, many cushion plants have small and fleshy leaves which reduce the surface area of the plant, which reduces transpiration and conserves water. In alpine environments well above the tree line, cold is a ...
Scleranthus annuus L. – German-knotweed, knawel or annual knawel, native to Africa, Europe, Asia and naturalised elsewhere. Scleranthus biflorus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f. – knawel, cushion-bush or two-flowered knawel, native to Australia and New Zealand; Scleranthus brockiei P.A.Will. – native to Australia and New Zealand ...
Tasmanian cushion plants are low growing, highly compact, woody, spreading mats that can grow up to 3 m in diameter, located mainly on the island of Tasmania. These mats are made up of tightly packed stems that grow at the same rate so that no apical rosettes protrude above the rest.
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Hakea laurina is an upright shrub or small tree with smooth grey bark, 2.5–6.0 m (8 ft 2 in – 19 ft 8 in) high, 3–5 m (9.8–16.4 ft) wide and does not form a lignotuber. The inflorescence consists of 120-190 conspicuous white, deep pink or red pin cushion shaped flowers in the leaf axils.