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Impatiens noli-tangere (touch-me-not balsam; Latin impatiēns 'impatient' or 'not allowing', and nōlī tangere 'do not touch': literally 'be unwilling to touch') is an annual herbaceous plant in the family Balsaminaceae found in damp places in Europe, Asia and North America.
Ingesting large quantities of either may produce symptoms including burning of the mouth and throat, swelling of the lips and tongue, vomiting, headaches, and dizziness; merely handling the fresh leaves can burn the skin. [201] Taxus baccata: English yew, common yew, graveyard tree Taxaceae
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 ...
Extracts of the plant are used to ease the symptoms of malaria. The boiled juice or a tea made from the leaves or the whole plant is taken to relieve fever and other symptoms. It is also used for dysentery, pain, and liver disorders. [143] A tea of the leaves is taken to help control diabetes in Peru and other areas. [144]
Close-up of flower. Common sneezeweed is a perennial herb up to 130 cm (51 + 1 ⁄ 3 in; 4 + 1 ⁄ 3 ft) tall. In late summer and fall, one plant can produce as many as 100 yellow flower heads in a branching array. Each head has yellow 11–21 ray florets surrounding sometimes as many as 800 yellow disc florets.
Allamanda cathartica, commonly called golden trumpet, [2] common trumpetvine, [2] and yellow allamanda, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to Brazil . This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius .
Aconitum anthora, variously known as anthora, yellow monkshood, or healing wolfsbane, is a yellow flowering plant species of the genus Aconitum in the family Ranunculaceae. Its native range is widespread, but mainly in European mountains, such as the Alps and the Carpathians , and the northern parts of Asia.
It blooms from August to October [6] and produces pungent-smelling, golden-yellow flowers. The flower heads are 6–13 millimetres (1 ⁄ 4 – 1 ⁄ 2 in) long [4] and made up of 5 small, yellow, tubular disk flowers, and occur in umbrella-shaped terminal clusters. [7] [5] The shrub reproduces from seeds and root sprouts. [5]