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Dracaena trifasciata is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to tropical West Africa from Nigeria east to the Congo. It is most commonly known as the snake plant, Saint George's sword, mother-in-law's tongue, and viper's bowstring hemp, among other names. [2] Until 2017, it was known under the synonym Sansevieria ...
Ageratina altissima, also known as white snakeroot, [3] richweed, [3] or white sanicle, [4] is a poisonous perennial herb in the family Asteraceae, native to eastern and central North America. An older binomial name for this species is Eupatorium rugosum, but the genus Eupatorium has undergone taxonomic revision by botanists, and some species ...
These plants grow mainly in the warmer regions of the Americas and West Indies. Over 150 species are native to Mexico. [5] Some flourish in the cooler areas of the eastern United States. Two Mexican species have become a pest in parts of Australia and Taiwan. [4] Ageratina used to belong to the genus Eupatorium, but it has been reclassified.
L. tridentata in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Larrea tridentata is a prominent species in the Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan Deserts of western North America, and its range includes those and other regions in portions of southeastern California, Arizona, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah, New Mexico, and Texas in the United States, and Chihuahua, Sonora, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Zacatecas ...
Good news: “Snake plants are fairly resistant to pests,” Margareta tells us, however they can occasionally fall victim to common household plant invaders like spider mites, gnats, and mealybugs.
Sansevieria Thunb." is a conserved name in the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants, notwithstanding arguments that the author should be given as Petagna. [ 11 ] [ 13 ] The spellings " Sanseveria " and " Sanseviera " are commonly seen as well, the confusion deriving from alternate spellings of the Italian place name.
A snake plant in colder temperatures requires less water than in warmer temperatures, says Hancock. This is because in cooler temperatures, the plant leaves keep the stomata closed.
Snakeroot may refer to different plant taxa that have been used as a folk remedy against snakebites: Ageratina – a genus with species native to the warm and temperate Americas; Certain plants in the temperate Northern Hemisphere genus Eupatorium; Aristolochia serpentaria – Virginia snakeroot; Asarum canadense – Canadian snakeroot