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Datura stramonium, known by the common names thornapple, jimsonweed (jimson weed), or devil's trumpet, [2] is a poisonous flowering plant in the Daturae tribe of the nightshade family Solanaceae. [3] Its likely origin was in Central America , [ 2 ] [ 4 ] and it has been introduced in many world regions.
Biscotti (/ b ɪ ˈ s k ɒ t i /, Italian: [biˈskɔtti]; lit. ' biscuits ') are Italian almond biscuits originating in the city of Prato, in Tuscany. They are twice-baked, oblong-shaped, dry, and crunchy. [1] In Italy, they are known as cantucci, biscotti di Prato or biscotti etruschi and may be dipped in a drink, traditionally Vin Santo.
Scoparia ternata Forssk. Scoparia dulcis is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family. Common names include licorice weed, [2] goatweed, [3] scoparia-weed and sweet-broom in English, tapeiçava, tapixaba, and vassourinha in Portuguese, escobillo in Spanish, and tipychä kuratu in Guarani. [4] It is native to the Neotropics but it can ...
Bassia scoparia is a large annual herb in the family Amaranthaceae (sensu lato) native to Eurasia. It has been introduced to many parts of North America, [1] where it is found in grassland, prairie, and desert shrub ecosystems. [2] Its common names include summer cypress, [2] mock-cypress, kochia, belvedere, World's Fair plant, burningbush, [1 ...
Datura species are herbaceous, leafy annuals and short-lived perennials, which can reach up to 2 m in height. The leaves are alternate, 10–20 cm long, and 5–18 cm broad, with a lobed or toothed margin. The flowers are erect or spreading (not pendulous like those of Brugmansia), trumpet-shaped, 5–20 cm long, and 4–12 cm broad at the ...
Visnaga vera Raf. Visnaga daucoides is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by many common names, including toothpick-plant, [1] toothpickweed, [2] bisnaga, khella, or sometimes bishop's weed. It is native to Europe, Asia, and North Africa, but it can be found throughout the world as an introduced species.
Phacelia (phacelia, scorpionweed, heliotrope) is a genus of about 200 species of annual or perennial herbaceous plants in the borage family, native to North and South America. California is particularly rich in species with over 90 recorded in the region. [2]
Epilobium angustifolium L. Chamerion angustifolium (L.) Holub. Chamaenerion angustifolium is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant in the willowherb family Onagraceae. It is known in North America as fireweed and in Britain and Ireland as rosebay willowherb. [1] It is also known by the synonyms Chamerion angustifolium and Epilobium angustifolium.