Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis, the Hercules' club, Hercules-club, pepperwood, or southern prickly ash, is a spiny tree or shrub native to the southeastern United States.It grows to 10–17 m tall and has distinctive spined thick, corky lumps 2–3 cm long on the bark.
The flowers are white, yellow or red, 2–6 cm (1–2 in) diameter with 6–9 petals, and mature into a green, yellow or red fleshy fruit 2–5 cm (1–2 in) long. [8] All the parts of the plant are poisonous, including the green fruit, but once the fruit has turned yellow, it can be safely eaten. [9] The ripe fruit does not produce toxicity. [10]
The opening to the flower is hairy. A highly variable plant, taking many forms, E. guttata is a species complex in that there is room to treat some of its forms as different species by some definitions. [9] The plant ranges from 10 to 80 centimetres (4 to 31 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) tall with disproportionately large, 2 to 4 cm long, tubular flowers. The ...
All parts of Syngonium podophyllum are poisonous and cause severe mouth pain if eaten. [21] It is not unusual to find these growing in Sub-tropical Florida landscapes, where homeowners and Gardeners need to be aware of the severe skin burning sensations caused by the plants sap containing oxalic acid and the eye damage potential from raphides .
The plant has pinnately compound leaves with 5–11 membranous leaflets. It has axillary flower and fruit clusters. [3] The buds are hairy. The dark green leaves are bitter-aromatic, with crenate margins. [3] [6] The stalked follicles are green and then turn red [6] through deep blue through black. [3] [7] Flowers are dioecious, with yellow ...
Melilotus officinalis can be an annual or biennial plant, and is 120–180 centimetres (4–6 ft) high at maturity. [3] Leaves alternate on the stem and possess three leaflets. Yellow flowers bloom in spring and summer and produce fruit in pods typically containing one seed. Seeds can be viable for up to 30 years.
Cypripedium parviflorum, commonly known as yellow lady's slipper [4] or moccasin flower, [5] is a lady's slipper orchid native to North America. [3] It is widespread, ranging from Alaska south to Arizona and Georgia. [6] It grows in fens, wetlands, shorelines, and damp woodlands. [7]
The opposite leaves form a small cup around the stem, hence the name leafcup. Each head has 7 to 13 yellow, 1–2 cm (3 ⁄ 8 – 3 ⁄ 4 in) long ray flowers to the outside, and 40-80 or so yellow tube-like disc flowers to the inside. A single large plant may produce one hundred or so heads. The entire plant has a resinous odor. [1]