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Oxalis. Oxalis ( / ˈɒksəlɪs / (American English) [ 1] or / ɒksˈɑːlɪs / (British English)) [ 2] is a large genus of flowering plants in the wood-sorrel family Oxalidaceae, comprising over 550 species. [ 3] The genus occurs throughout most of the world, except for the polar areas; species diversity is particularly rich in tropical Brazil ...
List of endangered plants of North America; Lists of flora of the United States; List of Canadian plants by genus; List of trees of Canada; List of flora of the Lower Colorado River Valley
Chrysanthemum – Dendranthema grandiflora [ vi], Chrysanthemum morifolium. (True) cinnamon – Cinnamomum verum. Clove – Syzygium aromaticum. Clover – Trifolium spp. Coakum – Phytolacca americana. Coconut – Cocos nucifera. Coffee plant – Coffea spp. Colic weed – Corydalis flavula. Collard – Symplocarpus foetidus.
List of plant family names with etymologies. Irises, by Vincent van Gogh. The iris (from Greek for "rainbow") is in the family Iridaceae. Since the first edition of Carl Linnaeus 's Species Plantarum in 1753, plants have been assigned one epithet or name for their species and one name for their genus, a grouping of related species. [1]
Flower bulbs are generally planted in the fall in colder climates. The bulbs go dormant in the winter but they continue to absorb water and nutrients from the soil and they develop roots. [2] Most bulbs produce perennial flowers. Occasionally certain bulbs become crowded in the ground and they must be removed and separated.
Achillea millefolium, commonly known as yarrow ( / ˈjæroʊ /) or common yarrow, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Growing to 1 metre ( 31⁄2 feet) tall, it is characterized by small whitish flowers, a tall stem of fernlike leaves, and a pungent odor. The plant is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Asia ...
Paleobotany, also spelled as palaeobotany, is the branch of botany dealing with the recovery and identification of plant remains from geological contexts, and their use for the biological reconstruction of past environments ( paleogeography ), and the evolutionary history of plants, with a bearing upon the evolution of life in general.
Melaleuca ( / ˌmɛləˈljuːkə /) is a genus of nearly 300 species of plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, commonly known as paperbarks, honey-myrtles, bottlebrushes or tea-trees (although the last name is also applied to species of Leptospermum ). [ 2]: 19 They range in size from small shrubs that rarely grow to more than 16 m (52 ft ...