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Each flower is 14–20 mm (0.55–0.79 in) long, with two bracts at the base, and the six tepals are strongly recurved at their tips. [8] The tepals are violet–blue. [12] The three stamens in the outer whorl are fused to the perianth for more than 75% of their length, and bear cream-coloured pollen. [8] The flowers are strongly and sweetly ...
These are lists of flowers. Lists of flowering plants belong in Category:Lists of plants. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. O.
Abies ← [a] Abronia ← Acacia ← Acanthus ← Actinidia ← Actinotus ← Aerangis ← Aeranthes ← Aerides ← Aeschynanthus ← Agalmyla ← Agastache ← Agrostemma ← Aichryson ← Alloplectus ← Alopecurus ← Alphitonia ← Ammocharis ← Ammophila ← Androstephium ← Anemone ← Angophora ← Antirrhinum ← Aphyllanthes ← Archontophoenix ← Arctostaphylos ← Ardisia ← ...
The blue nasturtium (Tropaeolum azureum) is a tender species from Chile which has violet-blue flowers with white eyes that can be as much as 4 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) across. [ 19 ] Tropaeolum brachyceras has 2.5 cm (1 in) yellow flowers with purplish markings on wiry, climbing stems.
It is also known as the jacaranda, blue jacaranda, black poui, Nupur or fern tree. Older sources call it J. acutifolia , but it is nowadays more usually classified as J. mimosifolia . In scientific usage, the name "jacaranda" refers to the genus Jacaranda , which has many other members, but in horticultural and everyday usage, it nearly always ...
Dipterostemon is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae.Its only species is Dipterostemon capitatus, synonym Dichelostemma capitatum, [2] known by the common names blue dicks, wild hyacinth, [3] purplehead and brodiaea (alternately spelled brodiea and brodeia [4]), native to the Western United States (particularly Arizona, California, Oregon, Utah, and New Mexico) and ...
Flower bulbs are generally planted in the fall in colder climates. The bulbs go dormant in the winter but they continue to absorb water and nutrients from the soil and they develop roots. [2] Most bulbs produce perennial flowers. Occasionally certain bulbs become crowded in the ground and they must be removed and separated.
The word is derived from the Latin word caeruleus (Latin: [kae̯ˈru.le.us]), "dark blue, blue, or blue-green", which in turn probably derives from caerulum, diminutive of caelum, "heaven, sky". [2] "Cerulean blue" is the name of a blue-green pigment consisting of cobalt stannate (Co 2 SnO 4). The pigment was first synthesized in the late ...