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Smilax sprengelii Kunth. Smilax rotundifolia, also known as roundleaf greenbrier[2] or common greenbrier, is a woody vine native to the southeastern and eastern United States and eastern Canada. [1][3][4] It is a common and conspicuous part of the natural forest ecosystems in much of its native range. The leaves are glossy green, petioled ...
In fiction. Audrey Jr.: a human-eating plant in the 1960 film The Little Shop of Horrors. Audrey II: a singing, fast-talking alien plant with a taste for human blood in the stage show Little Shop of Horrors and the 1986 film of the same name. Bat-thorn: a plant, similar to wolfsbane, offering protection against vampires in Mark of the Vampire. [1]
Tendril. A curling tendril. In botany, a tendril is a specialized stem, leaf or petiole with a threadlike shape used by climbing plants for support and attachment, as well as cellular invasion by parasitic plants such as Cuscuta. [1] There are many plants that have tendrils; including sweet peas, passionflower, grapes and the Chilean glory ...
Anthriscus sylvestris, known as cow parsley, [2] wild chervil, [2] wild beaked parsley, Queen Anne's lace or keck, [2][3] is a herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial plant in the family Apiaceae (Umbelliferae), [4]. It is also sometimes called mother-die (especially in the UK), a name that is also applied to the common hawthorn.
Antigonon is a genus of flowering plants in the buckwheat family, Polygonaceae. It contains three species [2] native to the Americas. [3] Antigonon are vines producing branching stems with tendrils from a tuberous root system. Their leaves are alternately arranged, with flowers borne in raceme -like clusters, often toward the ends of the stems.
Aerial stem modifications are modifications to the aerial stems, [1] vegetative buds and floral buds of plants growing in different conditions and which perform functions such as climbing, protection, support, synthesis of food, or vegetative propagation. [2][3] Aerial stem structures that undergo modifications to perform these special ...
Species: B. callistegioides. Binomial name. Bignonia callistegioides. Cham., 1832. Synonyms [1] Clytostoma callistegioides (Cham.) Bureau ex Griseb. Bignonia callistegioides, also known as violet trumpet vine and lavender trumpet vine, is a vine native to southern Brazil and Argentina.
Grass vetchling is an annual plant, with an erect stem branching from the base, and growing to a height of up to 90 cm. It is entirely without true leaves , leaflets or tendrils . The leaf stalk, however, is flattened out until it closely resembles a blade of grass up to 15 cm long and ending in a fine point, and the stipules at its base ...