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Chorizanthe howellii, a flowering plant in the buckwheat family found only near Fort Bragg. Cuscuta pacifica var. papillata, a parasitic plant found only in the salt marshes of Mendocino county. Eriogonum kelloggii, a species of buckwheat found only on Red Mountain near Leggett. Harmonia guggolziorum, a flowering aster found in two locations ...
Vegetative reproduction. Production of new individuals along a leaf margin of the air plant, Kalanchoe pinnata. The small plant in front is about 1 cm tall. The concept of "individual" is stretched by this process. Kalanchoe daigremontiana produces plantlets along the margins of its leaves. When they are mature enough, they drop off and root in ...
Hypericum calycinum is a prostrate or low-growing shrub species of the genus Hypericum ( Hypericaceae ), indigenous to southeast Europe and southwest Asia. It is a low, creeping, woody shrub to about 1 m tall and 1–2 m wide. The solitary flowers are 3–5 cm in diameter, a rich yellow, with five petals and numerous yellow stamens.
The plant is poisonous, containing cardiostimulant compounds such as adonidin and aconitic acid. [38] Aesculus hippocastanum: horse-chestnut, buckeye, conker tree Sapindaceae: All parts of the raw plant are poisonous due to saponins and glycosides such as aesculin, causing nausea, muscle twitches, and sometimes paralysis. [39] Agave spp.
Plant–animal interaction. Plant-animal interactions are important pathways for the transfer of energy within ecosystems, where both advantageous and unfavorable interactions support ecosystem health. [ 1][ 2] Plant-animal interactions can take on important ecological functions and manifest in a variety of combinations of favorable and ...
Botany is a natural science concerned with the study of plants.The main branches of botany (also referred to as "plant science") are commonly divided into three groups: core topics, concerned with the study of the fundamental natural phenomena and processes of plant life, the classification and description of plant diversity; applied topics which study the ways in which plants may be used for ...
Outer Wilds is a 2019 action-adventure video game developed by Mobius Digital and published by Annapurna Interactive. The game follows the player character as they explore a planetary system stuck in a 22-minute time loop that resets after the sun goes supernova and destroys the system. Through repeated attempts they investigate alien ruins to ...
Contents. List of plant genus names with etymologies (A–C) Since the first printing 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 ] Many of these plants are listed in Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners.