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The inner petals are thick and fleshy with an involute margin that causes them to resemble a human ear. When fresh, the pungent flowers are greenish - yellow with the inner surface of the inner petals tending towards orange , at length turning brownish - purple or maroon , breaking with a bright orange fracture.
The plant is used by both primates and indigenous peoples in Africa to treat intestinal ailments such as dysentery. [172] [173] Veronica officinalis: Veronica The plant is used for sinus and ear infections. [174] Viburnum tinus: Laurustinus V. tinus has medicinal properties.
Common names include toothache plant, Szechuan buttons, [2] paracress, jambu, [3] buzz buttons, [4] tingflowers and electric daisy. [5] Its native distribution is unclear, but it is likely derived from a Brazilian Acmella species. [6] A small, erect plant, it grows quickly and bears gold and red inflorescences. It is frost-sensitive but ...
Calochortus tolmiei is a North American species of flowering plant in the lily family known by the common names Tolmie's star-tulip and pussy ears. [2] [3] It was discovered by and named for Dr. William Fraser Tolmie. It is native to the west coast of the United States: Washington, Oregon, and northern California as far south as Santa Cruz ...
Calochortus flowers have six tepals.Unlike most other Liliaceae, Calochortus tepals are in two series that differ in size and color. [7] The outer three are generally narrower and more sepal-like, while the inner three are larger, usually with bright marks at the base, [8] and are often described as petals. [9]
Duranta erecta is a species of flowering shrub in the verbena family Verbenaceae, native from Mexico to South America and the Caribbean.It is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant in tropical and subtropical gardens throughout the world, and has become naturalized in many places.
Stachys byzantina (syn. S. lanata), the lamb's-ear [2] (lamb's ear) [3] or woolly hedgenettle, [4] is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae, native to Armenia, Iran, and Turkey. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It is cultivated throughout much of the temperate world as an ornamental plant , and is naturalised in some locations as an escapee from ...
Cerastium arvense is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common names field mouse-ear [1] and field chickweed. [2] It is a widespread species, occurring throughout Europe and North America, as well as parts of South America. It is a variable species.