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Phyllanthus williamsii Standl. Urinaria erecta Medik. Phyllanthus niruri is a widespread tropical plant commonly found in coastal areas, known by the common names gale of the wind , stonebreaker , shatter stone , seed-under-leaf , quebra pedra and chance pierre .
Plant covered in snow after an ice storm in 2013, Ontario, Canada Rosa canina covered in frost, Swabian Jura. Plants in temperate and polar regions adapt to winter and sub zero temperatures by relocating nutrients from leaves and shoots to storage organs. [1]
Tephrosia purpurea is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae.It grows in poor soils as a common wasteland weed and has a pantropical distribution. It is a type of legume native to south-western Asia (the Levant, Arabian Peninsula, Socotra, Iran, Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka) and north-eastern Africa (Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia).
Glory of the snow (Chionodoxa luciliae) is another plant that can survive winter outside. A bulb perennial, it can often appear so early in spring that snow is still on the ground, filling the ...
Additionally, if the plant grows well but becomes overgrown, consider cutting it back. “If a plant is leggy and looking tired, cutting it back by ⅔ will encourage new growth and blooms,” he ...
Phyllanthus is the largest genus in the plant family Phyllanthaceae. Estimates of the number of species in this genus vary widely, from 750 [ 2 ] to 1200. [ 3 ] Phyllanthus has a remarkable diversity of growth forms including annual and perennial herbs , shrubs , climbers , floating aquatics , and pachycaulous succulents .
Phyllanthaceae is a family of flowering plants in the eudicot order Malpighiales.It is most closely related to the family Picrodendraceae. [3]The Phyllanthaceae are most numerous in the tropics, with many in the south temperate zone, and a few ranging as far north as the middle of the north temperate zone.
Phyllanthus niruri L. – Tropical & Subtrop. America – gale of the wind, guinine weed, seed underleaf, stone-breaker America – gale of the wind, guinine weed, seed underleaf, stone-breaker Phyllanthus niruroides Müll.Arg. – W. Tropical Africa to W. Ethiopia and Angola