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Flower from India Seedling with two cotyledons and some leaflets. The stem is erect in young plants but becomes creeping or trailing with age. It can hang very low and become floppy. The stem is slender, branching, and sparsely to densely prickly, growing to a length of 1.5 m (5 ft). The erect height of M. pudica usually reaches around ~30 cm ...
Echium plantagineum, commonly known as purple viper's-bugloss [1], Paterson's curse or Salvation Jane, is a species of the genus Echium native to western and southern Europe (from southern England south to Iberia and east to the Crimea), northern Africa, and southwestern Asia (east to Georgia).
It has been used since at least ancient Greece and Rome for sleep disorders and anxiety. [169] Verbascum thapsus: Common mullein It contains glycyrrhizin compounds with bactericide and potential anti-tumoral action. These compounds are concentrated in the flowers. [170] Verbena officinalis: Verbena: It is used for sore throats and respiratory ...
Origanum dictamnus, the dittany of Crete, Cretan dittany or hop marjoram, is a tender perennial plant that grows 20–30 cm high. It is known in Greek as δίκταμο (díktamo, cf. "dittany") or in the Cretan dialect as έρωντας (erontas, "love").
Echinacea purpurea, the eastern purple coneflower, [4] purple coneflower, hedgehog coneflower, or Echinacea, is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. [5] It is native to parts of eastern North America and present to some extent in the wild in much of the eastern, southeastern and midwestern United States, as well ...
The lower three petals are hairy and the stem of the flower droops slightly. [7] These flowers can be found in the woods, thickets, and near stream beds. [5] V. sororia can live and reproduce for more than 10 years. [9] Blooming in the spring and summer (April–August), Viola sororia can be found in colors of white, blue, or purple. [5]
Youthful beauty and winning grace, [6] rejected love (in Switzerland), "glory of spring," heartsickness and the death of young maidens; [11] rusticity, healing, pensiveness [5] [4] Creeping Willow Love forsaken
The inflorescence forms a dense terminal spike and is composed of dense whorls of purple flowers with white markings. The calyx has five lobes and the corolla forms a two-lipped flower about 12 to 18 mm (0.47 to 0.71 in) long with a fused tube.