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Euphorbia tithymaloides has a large number of household names used by gardeners and the public. Among them are redbird flower, [7] devil's-backbone, [8] redbird cactus, Jewbush, buck-thorn, cimora misha, Christmas candle, fiddle flower, ipecacuahana, Jacob's ladder, Japanese poinsettia, Jew's slipper, milk-hedge, myrtle-leaved spurge, Padus-leaved clipper plant, red slipper spurge, slipper ...
The seed is a dark three-sided nut, about 2–2.5 millimetres (0.079–0.098 in) long, dull not glossy (which distinguishes it from the scrub pÅhuehue or torararo, M. complexa). [5] The seed is surrounded by the remnants of the tepals , which swell into a white fruit in just 10–15 days. [ 1 ]
Acacia macradenia is also known as the zig-zag wattle, which derives from its zig-zag stem growth pattern. Another name used to identify A. macradenia is the 'bed of rivers'. Distinguishing features include alternating phyllodes, yellow globular clusters growing at the forks of the branches and a 'zig-zag' stem.
Charixena iridoxa, also known as the Astelia zig-zag moth, is a moth classified sometimes in the family Glyphipterigidae and sometimes in Plutellidae. [3] [1] It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the North, South and Stewart Islands. The life cycle of this moth is at ...
Agonis flexuosa var. flexuosa [13] is a tree up to 10 m (33 ft) high or a wind-pruned shrub, the branches sometimes zig-zagged, with leaves very narrowly elliptic, narrowly elliptic or narrowly egg-shaped, 80–135 mm (3.1–5.3 in) long and more or less flat and not twisted or wavy, and only the mid-vein prominent, the petals 3–6 mm (0.12 ...
Uvaria leichhardtii, commonly known as zig-zag vine, is a species of vine in the family Annonaceae. It is native to parts of Malesia , New Guinea , and the eastern Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales .
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Schoenus brevifolius, known as zig-zag bog-rush, is a species of sedge native to Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, and the Ogasawara Islands. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was first described by Robert Brown in 1810.