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Leaf painting is the process of painting with dyed leaves. Deriving from Japan , China or India , it became popular in Vietnam . Its two main forms are: Cutting and pasting dry leaf to make leaf paintings or using paint to draw onto the surface of dry leaf to make leaf paintings.
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Leaves of most plants include a flat structure called the blade or lamina supported by a network of veins, a petiole and a leaf base; [1] but not all leaves are flat, some are cylindrical. [ citation needed ] Leaves may be simple, with a single leaf blade, or compound, with several leaflets .
Sisyrinchium angustifolium, commonly known as narrow-leaf blue-eyed-grass, [3] is a herbaceous perennial growing from rhizomes, native to moist meadow and open woodland. It is the most common blue-eyed grass of the eastern United States , and is also cultivated as an ornamental.
This large, coarse grass has erect, hairless stems, usually from 2 to 6 feet (0.61 to 1.83 m) tall. The ligule is prominent and membranous, 1 ⁄ 4 inch (0.64 cm) long and rounded at the apex. The gradually tapering leaf blades are 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 to 10 inches (8.9 to 25.4 cm) long, 1 ⁄ 4 to 3 ⁄ 4 inch (0.64 to 1.91 cm) wide, flat, and often ...
[8]: 11 The leaf blades of many grasses are hardened with silica phytoliths, which discourage grazing animals; some, such as sword grass, are sharp enough to cut human skin. A membranous appendage or fringe of hairs called the ligule lies at the junction between sheath and blade, preventing water or insects from penetrating into the sheath.
Xanthorrhoea (/ z æ n θ oʊ ˈ r iː ə / [2]) is a genus of about 30 species of succulent flowering plants in the family Asphodelaceae.They are endemic to Australia. Common names for the plants include grasstree, grass gum-tree (for resin-yielding species), kangaroo tail, balga (Western Australia), yakka (South Australia), yamina (), and black boy (or "blackboy").