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She is also the Publisher of Vine Leaves Press, [11] Co-Founder of Elite Boox, [12] and a voice-over actor. In October 2016, she became the lead singer of the dream-pop group, Keep Shelly in Athens. She also records and performs as a solo artist under the name BRUNO, [13] and is the singer and co-songwriter of Mongoa. [14]
The leaves are dark green to almost purple and produced as opposite pairs with terminal tendrils. The vine often climbs very high, with leaves only remaining on the uppermost portion of the plant. Crossvine can spread aggressively through stolons and may need to be managed in garden or domestic settings.
Grape leaves, the leaves of the grapevine plant, are used in the cuisines of a number of cultures. They may be obtained fresh, or preserved in jars or cans. [1] [2] The leaves are commonly rolled or stuffed with mixtures of meat and rice to produce dolma (often, sarma), found widely in the Mediterranean, Caucasus, Balkans, and Middle East. [3]
As the vine dies, the stem turns from green to a dark brown color. Along the stem there are often black-tipped thorns that are about 1/3-inch-long. Some stems of Common green brier do not have thorns. The upper surfaces of the leaves are darker than the undersides. The rounded alternate leaves are about 2 to 5 inches long. [8]
A vine can root in the soil but have most of its leaves in the brighter, exposed area, getting the best of both environments. The evolution of a climbing habit has been implicated as a key innovation associated with the evolutionary success and diversification of a number of taxonomic groups of plants. [ 7 ]
A flower press is a similar device of no standard size that is used to make flat dried flowers for pressed flower craft. Specimens prepared in a plant press are later glued to archival-quality card stock with their labels, and are filed in a herbarium. Labels are made with archival ink (or pencil) and paper, and attached with archival-quality glue.
Ampelopsis glandulosa by Abraham Jacobus Wendel, 1868 Fruit and leaves Inflorescence. Ampelopsis glandulosa is a deciduous, woody, perennial climbing vine with flowers and tendrils opposite the palmately lobed leaves, which have three to five more or less deep lobes and coarsely toothed margins (with a small apicle).
Antinous holding the thyrsus while posed as Dionysus (Museo Pio-Clementino). In Ancient Greece a thyrsus (/ ˈ θ ɜː r s ə s /) or thyrsos (/ ˈ θ ɜːr s ɒ s /; Ancient Greek: θύρσος) was a wand or staff of giant fennel (Ferula communis) covered with ivy vines and leaves, sometimes wound with taeniae and topped with a pine cone, artichoke, fennel, or by a bunch of vine-leaves and ...