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Guaiacum angustifolium is a species of flowering plant in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae. Common names include Texas guaiacum , Texas lignum-vitae , soapbush and huayacán . It is native to southern and western Texas [ 4 ] in the United States and northern Mexico . [ 3 ]
Scleranthus annuus L. – German-knotweed, knawel or annual knawel, native to Africa, Europe, Asia and naturalised elsewhere. Scleranthus biflorus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f. – knawel, cushion-bush or two-flowered knawel, native to Australia and New Zealand; Scleranthus brockiei P.A.Will. – native to Australia and New Zealand ...
Its range stretches from southern Texas in the United States south through Mexico and Central America to Venezuela. It can also be found on the island of Curaçao in the Netherlands Antilles. [2] Brush holly is a spiny [4] evergreen [3] shrub, usually reaching a height of 1–2 m (3.3–6.6 ft) [4] but able to attain 6–8 m (20–26 ft) in ...
Scleranthus biflorus is a cushion-bush found in Australia and New Zealand. Other common names include the knawel and two-flowered knawel or twin-flower knawel. [1] A common plant in grassland, particularly at higher altitudes. It may be in the form of a mat. Or a multi branched, spreading perennial herb.
The compact growth form of cushion plants reduces air flow over the surface of the epidermis, reducing the rate of water loss. Additionally, many cushion plants have small and fleshy leaves which reduce the surface area of the plant, which reduces transpiration and conserves water. In alpine environments well above the tree line, cold is a ...
Leucophyta brownii is a small, rounded shrub with tangled tomentose branchlets that give it a silvery appearance. [7] Although it can grow up to a metre high, it is more usually 0.2 to 0.7 metres high. [8] It produces flowers during summer (December to February in Australia), which are white-yellow globular heads and about 1 cm in diameter. [9]
Pittosporum angustifolium (formerly Pittosporum phillyreoides) is a shrub or small tree growing throughout inland Australia. Common names include weeping pittosporum, butterbush, cattle bush, native apricot, apricot tree, gumbi gumbi (or gumby gumby), cumby cumby, meemeei, poison berry bush, and berrigan.
Hakea laurina is an upright shrub or small tree with smooth grey bark, 2.5–6.0 m (8 ft 2 in – 19 ft 8 in) high, 3–5 m (9.8–16.4 ft) wide and does not form a lignotuber. The inflorescence consists of 120-190 conspicuous white, deep pink or red pin cushion shaped flowers in the leaf axils.