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Gerbera (/ ˈ dʒ ɜːr b ər ə / JUR-bər-ə or / ˈ ɡ ɜːr b ər ə / GUR-bər-ə) L. is a genus of plants in the Asteraceae (Compositae) family. The first scientific description of a Gerbera was made by J. D. Hooker in Curtis's Botanical Magazine in 1889 when he described Gerbera jamesonii, a South African species also known as Transvaal daisy or Barberton daisy.
Gerbera jamesonii is a species of flowering plant in the genus Gerbera belonging to the basal Mutisieae tribe within the large Asteraceae (or Compositae) family. [1] It is indigenous to South Eastern Africa and commonly known as the Barberton daisy, [2] the Transvaal daisy, and as Barbertonse madeliefie or Rooigousblom in Afrikaans.
The Hilton daisy is a relative of the common Barberton daisy. While the typical colour of the Hilton daisies is red, the flowers range from yellow through orange to bright red and deep scarlet. The Hilton daisy is an endangered species and only 15 viable populations of the species are known to exist. [2]
The family is commonly known as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family. Most species of Asteraceae are herbaceous plants, and may be annual, biennial, or perennial, but there are also shrubs, vines, and trees. The family has a widespread distribution, from subpolar to tropical regions, in a wide variety of habitats.
Daisy Outdoor Products, known primarily as Daisy, an American air gun manufacturer Daisy Systems (disambiguation) , several companies The Daisy, a Rodeo Drive nightclub in Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Bouquet garni of thyme, bay leaves, and sage, tied with a string A bouquet garni in cranberry sauce. The bouquet garni (French for "garnished bouquet"; pronounced [bukɛ ɡaʁni] [1] [2]) is a bundle of herbs usually tied with string and mainly used to prepare soup, stock, casseroles and various stews.
The subject of the painting is a young girl who was working as a flower seller, but also probably as a teenage child prostitute.She is depicted naked, save for pink ribbons in her dark hair and a necklace, and she is holding a basket of red flowers, all painted with simplified lines and flattened blocks of colour.
Allium hollandicum, the Persian onion [1] [2] or Dutch garlic, [3] is a species of flowering plant native to Iran and Kyrgyzstan [4] but widely cultivated as an ornamental because of its umbels of attractive purple flowers. [5] [6] [7] It is reportedly naturalized in Saint Louis County, Minnesota. [8] [9] [10]