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  2. List of companion plants - Wikipedia

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    Same companion traits as all alliums (onions, garlic, shallots, leeks, etc.)said to prevent apple scab after 3 years planting at base of apple trees Cilantro / Coriander: Coriandrum sativum: Anise cabbage, [38] spinach, lettuce, [65] tomato [41] [76] Beans, peas: Tachinid fly, hoverflies [38] [65] Aphids, [6] spider mites, white flies and ...

  3. List of Northern American nectar sources for honey bees

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    A honey bee collecting nectar from an apricot flower.. The nectar resource in a given area depends on the kinds of flowering plants present and their blooming periods. Which kinds grow in an area depends on soil texture, soil pH, soil drainage, daily maximum and minimum temperatures, precipitation, extreme minimum winter temperature, and growing degre

  4. Ocimum tenuiflorum - Wikipedia

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    Ocimum tenuiflorum, commonly known as holy basil, tulasi or tulsi (from Sanskrit), is an aromatic perennial plant in the family Lamiaceae. [2] [3] It is widely cultivated throughout the Southeast Asian tropics. [1] [4] [5] It is native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Australia and the western Pacific. [1] This plant has escaped ...

  5. List of California native plants - Wikipedia

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    Of California's total plant population, 2,153 species, subspecies, and varieties are endemic and native to California alone, according to the 1993 Jepson Manual study. [4] This botanical diversity stems not only from the size of the state, but also its diverse topographies , climates, and soils (e.g. serpentine outcrops ).

  6. List of species endemic to Mendocino County, California

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    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 near Hopland; Limnanthes bakeri, a meadowfarm plant known in only 20 locations near Willits

  7. Basil - Wikipedia

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    Timelapse of growing basil Desiccated basil showing seed dispersal. Basil is an annual, or sometimes perennial, herb.Depending on the variety, plants can reach heights of between 30 and 150 centimetres (1 and 5 feet). [6]

  8. Flora of the Sierra Nevada alpine zone - Wikipedia

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    Alpine plants often have gray appearance from hairs covering the leaves, which reflect the intense sunlight, and protect from winds that cause high rates of water loss through transpiration. [4]: 224 Many Sierra Nevada alpine plants have reddish or whitish leaves to protect them from damage from intense ultraviolet radiation in the alpine zone.

  9. Ocimum americanum - Wikipedia

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    Ocimum americanum, known as American basil, lime basil, [2] or hoary basil, [3] is a species of annual herb in the family Lamiaceae. Despite the misleading name, it is native to Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, China, and Southeast Asia. The species is naturalized in Queensland, Christmas Island, and parts of tropical America.