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The plant has a trailing, branching, and spreading habit; it is generally an epiphyte in nature and a hanging-basket plant in cultivation. The flower has fused petals. In some species, the flower has a "pouch" at the bottom. The fancied resemblance of such flowers to a goldfish gives these plants the common name goldfish plant or guppy plant.
Plant buds classification Terminal, vegetative bud of Ficus carica. Buds are often useful in the identification of plants, especially for woody plants in winter when leaves have fallen. [4] Buds may be classified and described according to different criteria: location, status, morphology, and function. [citation needed]
The winter buds are light red, covered with pale scurfy down, protected by a pair of opposing scales. Flower-bearing buds are 2 cm (3 ⁄ 4 in) long, obovate, long pointed; other terminal buds are acute, 8.5 to 12.7 mm (1 ⁄ 3 to 1 ⁄ 2 in) long, while lateral buds are much smaller. The bud scales enlarge with the growing shoot and often ...
Acmella oleracea is a species of flowering herb in the family Asteraceae. Common names include toothache plant, Szechuan buttons, [2] paracress, jambu, [3] buzz buttons, [4] tingflowers and electric daisy. [5] Its native distribution is unclear, but it is likely derived from a Brazilian Acmella species. [6]
Prior to opening, the flower buds are enveloped and protected in a thin, dry, papery or membranous spathe. The spathe consists of a singular bract that is ribbed, and which remains wrapped around the base of the open flower. As the bud grows, the spathe splits longitudinally. [13] [14] Bracteoles are small or absent. [7] [13] [12] [15] Flowers
The flowers bloom all throughout the year and are produced in clusters of 3 to 12 together at the ends of branches. [12] They are strongly scented, with a white corolla 2 to 3 cm (0.79 to 1.18 in) in diameter with 5 to 9 lobes. The flowers open at night (usually around 6 to 8 in the evening), and close in the morning, a span of 12 to 20 hours. [6]
Sown outdoors after frost, a plant will flower and produce seed in the third year. It is difficult to transplant once established, as it has a deep, woody taproot. [10] [11] A. tuberosa is a larval food plant of the queen and monarch butterflies, as well as the dogbane tiger moth, milkweed tussock moth, and the unexpected cycnia.
The flower buds are arranged in leaf axils in groups of three on an unbanched peduncle, the individual buds sessile or an pedicels up to 4 mm (0.16 in) long. Mature buds are oval to spindle-shaped, 5–9 mm (0.20–0.35 in) long and 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) wide with a conical to rounded operculum. Flowering mainly occurs from December to ...