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The plant is propagated by birds dispersing the seeds by eating the berries. [9] As a seedling the plant has small light green leaves that are not glossy like the mature leaves. At about 5 months its leaves grow larger and glossier. At one year old all of the leaves become glossy and die back. The next year the plant flowers during summer.
Exophoria. Exophoria is a form of heterophoria in which there is a tendency of the eyes to deviate outward. [1] During examination, when the eyes are dissociated, the visual axes will appear to diverge away from one another. [2] The axis deviation in exophoria is usually mild compared with that of exotropia.
Arisaema triphyllum, the Jack-in-the-pulpit, is a species of flowering plant in the arum family Araceae. It is a member of the Arisaema triphyllum complex, a group of four or five closely related taxa in eastern North America. The specific name triphyllum means "three-leaved", [3] a characteristic feature of the species, which is also referred ...
The plant has yellow flowers 1.5–2.5 cm in diameter with five petals and numerous stamens. [1] Uniquely among Hypericum, its berries turn from red to black and remain soft and fleshy even after ripening. [2] The plant's stems are cylindrical in shape when the plant is mature. [2] The bark on the stems has longitudinal grooves or scale-like ...
Hypericum / ˌhaɪˈpiːrɪkəm / is a genus of flowering plants in the family Hypericaceae (formerly considered a subfamily of Clusiaceae). [3][4] The genus has a nearly worldwide distribution, missing only from tropical lowlands, deserts and polar regions. [5] Many Hypericum species are regarded as invasive species and noxious weeds.
Symphoricarpos leaves are 1.5–5 cm (0.59–1.97 in) long, rounded, entire or with one or two lobes at the base. The flowers are small, greenish-white to pink, in small clusters of 5–15 together in most species, solitary or in pairs in some (e.g. S. microphyllus ).
G. procumbens is a small, low-growing shrub, typically reaching 10–15 cm (4–6 in) tall. The leaves are evergreen, elliptic to ovate, 2–5 cm (3⁄4 –2 in) long and 1–2 cm (1⁄2 – 3⁄4 in) broad, with a distinct oil of wintergreen scent. The flowers are pendulous, with a white, sometimes pink-tinged, [ 3 ] bell-shaped corolla with ...
Rowan is used as a food plant by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species; see Lepidoptera that feed on Sorbus. Mature European rowan tree The best-known species is the European rowan Sorbus aucuparia , a small tree typically 4–12 metres (13–39 ft) tall growing in a variety of habitats throughout northern Europe and in mountains in southern ...