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The cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) is a brightly coloured arctiid moth found as a native species in Europe and western and central Asia then east across the Palearctic to Siberia to China. It has been introduced into New Zealand , Australia and North America to control ragwort , on which its larvae feed.
It is a straggling evergreen shrub [1] that grows to 1–3 m (3.3–9.8 ft) in height, with leathery leaves that are broadly elliptic, oblong-elliptic to oblong-lanceolate or ovate, 3–6 by 1.5–2.5 cm in size. The flowers are yellow to cinnabar red, sometimes ranging to plum colors.
The dragon blood tree has an upturned, densely packed crown. This evergreen species is named after its dark red resin, which is known as "dragon's blood". Unlike most monocot plants, Dracaena displays secondary growth, D. cinnabari even has growth zones resembling tree rings found in dicot tree species.
Detail of an individual flower showing the white fruit that the genus is named after. Photo: Tony Rebelo. Leucospermum differs from genera such as Protea, Leucadendron, Mimetes, Diastella, Paranomus, Serruria, and Orothamnus by having the flower heads in the axils of the leaves (although often very near the tip of the branch), small and inconspicuous bracts subtending the head, brightly ...
Leucospermum cordifolium is an upright, evergreen shrub of up to 1½ m (5 ft) high from the Proteaceae.The flower heads are globe-shape with a flattened top, 10–12 cm (3.9–4.7 in) in diameter, and are carried individually or with two or three together mostly at a right angle to its branch.
Passiflora cinnabarina is a glabrous climber or scrambler with slender stems up to 4 m (13 ft) long and with simple tendrils in the leaf axils. The leaves are up to 10 cm (3.9 in) long and wide with three lobes, on a petiole 20–50 mm (0.79–1.97 in) long with narrow lance-shaped stipules 3–10 mm (0.12–0.39 in) long at the base.
This plant has no true leaves. A cutting should consist of three to five segments of stem stuck down into a very porous rooting medium that you can keep moist but not wet. Choose a loose, highly ...
The leaves are glossy green, petioled, alternate, and circular to heart-shaped. They are generally 5–13 cm long. Common greenbrier climbs other plants using green tendrils growing out of the petioles. [5] The stems are rounded and green and are armed with sharp thorns. The flowers are greenish white, and are produced from April to August.