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It is an herbaceous perennial growing to 1.2 m (4 ft) tall and wide, with mounds of branching stems covered in clouds of tiny white flowers in summer (hence the common name "baby's breath"). [1] Another possible source of this name is its scent, which has been described as sour milk, like a baby's “spit-up”.
The baby's-breath most commonly used in flower arrangements such as bouquets is the common gypsophila, G. paniculata. [9] G. elegans is also used as a cut flower. [10] The genus is a source of saponins that can be used for many purposes, including the production of photographic film and hemolytic laboratory reagents.
Xerochrysum bracteatum, commonly known as the golden everlasting or strawflower, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to Australia. Described by Étienne Pierre Ventenat in 1803, it was known as Helichrysum bracteatum for many years before being transferred to a new genus Xerochrysum in 1990.
Hyacinthoides non-scripta / ˌ h aɪ ə s ɪ n ˈ θ ɔɪ d iː z n ɒ n ˈ s k r ɪ p t ə / (formerly Endymion non-scriptus or Scilla non-scripta) is a bulbous perennial plant found in Atlantic areas from the north-western part of the Iberian Peninsula to the British Isles, and also frequently used as a garden plant.
After vernalization, plants have acquired the ability to flower, but they may require additional seasonal cues or weeks of growth before they will actually do so. The term is sometimes used to refer to the need of herbal (non-woody) plants for a period of cold dormancy in order to produce new shoots and leaves, [1] but this usage is discouraged ...
The flowers are collected together into single rounded heads at the ends of long peduncles. The inflorescences have crateriform to hemispheric shaped involucres which are 12–40 mm (0.47–1.57 in) wide. The phyllaries, or bracts below the flower head, are persistent and number 15–50. The phyllaries are produced in a 2–4 series.
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It is known by various common names, including walking flower mantis, orchid-blossom mantis and (pink) orchid mantis. It is one of several species known as flower mantis , a reference to their unique physical form and behaviour, which often involves moving with a “swaying” motion, as if being “blown” in the breeze.