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[2] [3] It has many common names, including rose moss, [4] eleven o'clock, [3] Mexican rose, [3] moss rose, [3] sun rose, [5] table rose, [citation needed] rock rose, [5] and moss-rose purslane. Despite these names and the superficial resemblance of some cultivars' flowers to roses , it is not a true rose, nor even a part of the rose family or ...
Silene acaulis, known as moss campion [2] or cushion pink, is a small wildflower that is common all over the high arctic and tundra and in high mountains of Eurasia and North America (Alps, Carpathians, southern Siberia, Pyrenees, British Isles, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Rocky Mountains).
Close-up of Spanish moss. Spanish moss consists of one or more slender stems, bearing alternate thin, curved or curly, and heavily scaled leaves 2–6 cm (0.8–2.4 inches) long and 1 mm (0.04 inches) broad, that grow vegetatively in a chain-like fashion (pendant), forming hanging structures of up to 6 m (20 feet). [7]
Sagina subulata (syn. Sagina pilifera), the heath pearlwort, [2] Irish-moss, [3] awl-leaf pearlwort [4] or Scottish moss, is a species of flowering plant in the pink and carnation family Caryophyllaceae.
The largest individual flower borne upon a leaf is that of Erythrochiton hypophyllanthus (Rutaceae) of South America, which bears a solitary flower up to 2.7 inches (seven cm) wide in the middle of a leaf up to 19.5 inches (fifty centimeters) in length by 5.25 inches (13.3 cm) wide. [40] Largest enclosed (self insulated) inflorescence.
Plants growing in the alpine or subalpine regions face the challenge of obtaining and retaining water. One solution for obtaining water is the growth of an extensive root system. A small alpine forget-me-not may stand only inches above the ground, but its taproot can extend for a couple of feet below the soil surface. The long taproot is ...
Fire moss is a short moss that forms dense tufts or sometimes cushions. [5] [6] The stems are erect, usually about 0.5 inch (1.3 cm) long. The upper 0.19 inch (0.5 cm) is current year's growth; [5] often slightly branched by forking at the tip of the old growth. [7] The stems sometimes become 2.4 to 3.1 inches (7–8 cm) long in shaded places. [8]
Erica species are grown as landscape or garden plants for their floral effect. They associate well with conifers and are frequently seen in planting schemes as massed groundcover beneath varieties of dwarf conifers. They are capable of producing flower colour throughout the year.