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2. Pholisma arenarium - Wikipedia

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   Pholisma arenarium is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by several common names, including desert Christmas tree, scaly-stemmed sand plant, and purple sand food. As the name implies, the loaf-like part of the root is edible.

3. Pholisma sonorae - Wikipedia

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   Pholisma sonorae is a perennial herb which grows in sand dunes, its fleshy stem extending down to two meters (six feet) below the surface and emerging above as a small rounded or ovate form. It may be somewhat mushroom-shaped if enough sand blows away to reveal the top of the stem.

4. Flower preservation - Wikipedia

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   Flower preservation has existed since early history, although deliberate flower preservation is a more recent phenomenon. In the Middle East , the bones of pre-historic man were discovered with delicate wild flowers probably as a tribute to a passing loved one.

5. Abronia latifolia - Wikipedia

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   The perennial flower Abronia latifolia or Abronia arenaria [3] is a species of sand-verbena known commonly as the coastal sand-verbena, or yellow sand-verbena. It is native to the west coast of North America, from southern California to southern British Columbia. [4] [5] [6] In Canada, it is at risk of becoming extirpated, threatened, or ...

6. Pancratium maritimum - Wikipedia

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   Pancratium maritimum grows on beaches and coastal sand dunes, often with much of the leaves and scapes buried in the sand. Other vernacular names are sea lily, sand daffodil, sand lily and lily of St. Nicholas, [5] (although it is not a true lily). The specific epithet maritimum means "of the sea". [6]

7. Cenchrus tribuloides - Wikipedia

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   Cenchrus tribuloides, the dune sandbur, is a grass common along the east coast of the mainland United States as well as Hawaii.It is also known as the sanddune sandbur, [1] long-spine sandbur or sand-dune sandspur and is common in sandy, marshy, or loosely forested areas.