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Sarcodes is the monotypic genus of a north-west American flowering springtime plant in the heath family , containing the single species Sarcodes sanguinea, commonly called the snow plant or snow flower. It is a parasitic plant that derives sustenance and nutrients from mycorrhizal fungi that attach to tree roots.
Snowberry plants also tend to use a reproductive method called layering in which the plant's vertical stems will wilt and droop until they touch surrounding soil. [9] Upon making contact with soil, roots will begin to form. Snowberry plants are resilient and studies have proved they are able to tolerate dormant seasonal fires.
Euphorbia bicolor, commonly known as snow on the prairie, [1] is a species of flowering plant in the genus Euphorbia, native to the southern United States. [2] It grows 1-4 feet tall, has green and white alternate leaves, and is monoecious with unisexual flowers. [1] It grows in hard clay soils of prairies, rangelands, and edges of forests.
Galanthus nivalis, the snowdrop or common snowdrop, is the best-known and most widespread of the 20 species in its genus, Galanthus.Snowdrops are among the first bulbs to bloom in spring and can form impressive carpets of white in areas where they are native or have been naturalised.
Other common names include herb gerard, bishop's weed, goutweed, gout wort, snow-in-the-mountain, English masterwort [2] and wild masterwort. [2] It is the type species of the genus Aegopodium . It is native to Europe and Asia, but has been introduced around the world as an ornamental plant, where it occasionally poses an ecological threat as ...
Chimonanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Calycanthaceae, native to China, [4] but is also cultivated elsewhere in Asia, including Iran. [5] The genus includes three to six species depending on taxonomic interpretation; six are accepted by the Flora of China. The name means winter flower in Greek.
Leucojum species are much larger and flower in spring (or early summer, depending on the species), with all six tepals in the flower being the same size, although some "poculiform" (goblet- or cup-shaped) Galanthus species may have inner segments similar in shape and length to the outer ones. Galantheae are likely to have arisen in the Caucusus.
The flowers have five petal-like sepals surrounding a ring of small, cup-like nectaries which are actually petals modified to hold nectar. The sepals do not fall as petals would, but remain on the plant, sometimes for many months. The persistence of the sepals may contribute to the development of the seeds. [8]