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But two of the three drawings of dahlias by Dominguez, made in Mexico between 1570 and 1577, showed definite characteristics of doubling. In the early days of the dahlia in Europe, the word "double" simply designated flowers with more than one row of petals. The greatest effort was now directed to developing improved types of double dahlias.
Ratibida columnifera, commonly known as upright prairie coneflower, [2] Mexican hat, [3] and longhead prairie coneflower, [4] is a perennial species of flowering plant in the genus Ratibida in the family Asteraceae.
Sebastiania pavoniana is a species of tree in the spurge family [4] [5] native to Mexico [1] [6] [4] [7] and northwest Costa Rica. [3] It is the 'bean' part of the Mexican jumping bean, despite not being a legume like true beans. [5] The 'jumping' is provided by the larva of the jumping bean moth (Cydia saltitans). [8] [6]
Its flowers are purple or white and are produced in numerous clusters in a spike at the end of each stem. [4] Chia is hardy from USDA Zones 9–12. Many plants cultivated as S. hispanica are in fact S. officinalis subsp. lavandulifolia (syn. S. lavandulifolia). [5] Chia leaves. Typically, the seeds are small ovals with a diameter around 1 mm (1 ...
Tithonia diversifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae that is commonly known as the tree marigold, [2] Mexican tournesol, Mexican sunflower, Japanese sunflower or Nitobe chrysanthemum. It is native to Mexico and Central America but has a nearly pantropical distribution as an introduced species. [1]
The stem is topped by a long plume of straw-colored small flowers about 2.5 cm long with six tepals. The color of the flower helps determine the gender of the plant, being mostly white for males and purple-pink for females. The fruit is an oval dry capsule 5–8 millimetres (1 ⁄ 4 – 3 ⁄ 8 in) long, containing a single seed.
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Choisya ternata is an evergreen shrub, growing up to 3 m (10 ft) in height. Its leaves have three leaflets (hence ternata) and are aromatic, releasing a smell reminiscent of basil when crushed. [2]