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Growing to 10 cm (3.9 in) tall by 50 cm (20 in) broad, it is a leafless succulent perennial with cactus-like toothed stems, and highly variable, star-shaped, off-white or yellow flowers strongly speckled with maroon, up to 8 cm (3.1 in) in diameter. The flowers may show regular (banded) markings, or irregular ones.
The flower is attractive, and it is often overlooked within the lush shiny foliage, but has a fish-like odor. [5] If the flower is ripe, the seed explodes out of the star-shaped fruit. This plant has a variety that can be produced in cultivation through selective breeding. Depending on the breeding, white flowers can be observed. [citation needed]
Closeup of flower. Solanum citrullifolium is a species of flowering plant in the Solanaceae family. [2] It is a nightshade referred to by the common name watermelon nightshade, [3] as its leaves somewhat resemble those of a watermelon plant. It is a white-stemmed shrub with purple star-shaped flowers.
Umbels are relatively small and spherical, up to 10 cm (3.9 in) in diameter, composed of many purple to reddish-purple star-shaped flowers appearing in late spring and early summer. [11] [12] [13] The popular cultivar 'Purple Sensation' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [3] It prefers moist, fertile soil in ...
You’d see it in older landscapes, and gardeners would share starts with friends, but until the past 25 or 30 years, it was quite difficult, almost impossible, to find this glorious fall star for ...
The leaves are linear to narrowly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, mostly 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long and 0.8–1.2 mm (0.031–0.047 in) wide on a petiole 0.4–1 mm (0.016–0.039 in) long with thread-like stipules at the base. The flowers are star-shaped and arranged in clusters of 5 to 25 on the ends of branches that ...
The stem grows up to 20 cm (8 in) tall and bears a solitary showy flower in spring (hence the Latin name uniflorum - "single flower"). Each honey-scented, star-shaped flower has six pointed lobes up to 3 centimeters long in shades of very pale to deep purple-blue.
Echinacea purpurea, the eastern purple coneflower, [4] purple coneflower, hedgehog coneflower, or Echinacea, is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. [5] It is native to parts of eastern North America and present to some extent in the wild in much of the eastern , southeastern and midwestern United States , as ...