221 plants Encyclopedia

• Common name : Zinnia, Youth-and-old-age • Scientific name : Zinnia elegans • Family : Asteraceae • Native land : Mexico Common zinnias are bushy, leafy annual plants. They have hairy, branching stems. The leaves of zinnia are arranged opposite to one another and they often clasp the stem. The solitary flower heads are borne

• Common name : Common Yew, European Yew • Scientific name : Taxus baccata • Family : Taxaceae • Native land : Western, Central and Southern Europe, North- West Africa, Northern Iran and South-West Asia Yew is the most popular evergreen tree. It is known as the ‘tree of death’. The tree has spreading branches

• Common name : Chinese Wisteria • Scientific name : Wisteria sinensis • Family : Fabaceae • Native land : China Chinese wisteria is a deciduous perennial climbing vine. It grows up to 25 feet. It has racemes of mildly fragrant, pea‑like, blue-violet flowers in May when the foliage is just beginning to expand. The

• Common name : Ashwagandha, Winter Cherry, Indian Ginseng • Scientific name : Withaniasomnifera • Family : Solanaceae • Native land : India, North Africa and the Middle East Winter cherry is a short herbaceous perennial plant. It is an erect, many-branched shrub with very tiny green to yellow flowers. It grows well from hardwood

• Common name : White Bryony, Wild Hop • Scientific name : Bryonia alba • Family : Cucurbitaceae • Native land : Europe and Northern Iran White bryony is a climbing perennial plant with vines. It can grow up to 50 feet tall. It has dark green, shiny leaves that resemble those of a cucumber

• Common name : Watercress • Scientific name : Nasturtium officinale • Family : Brassicaceae • Native land : Europe and Asia Watercress is an emergent perennial aquatic herb. Older leaves are compound with many wavy-edged, oval or lance-shaped leaflets growing from a central stalk. It has thin and fibrous roots at the bottom. The

• Common name : Water Shield, Dollar Bonnet, Fanwort • Scientific name : Braseniaschreberi • Family : Cabombaceae • Native land : North America, California Water shield is a small purple-flowered aquatic plant. It is found in northern ponds and still waters throughout the world, except in Europe. Each oval, floating leaf of water shield

• Common name : Water Lettuce • Scientific name : Pistiastratiotes • Family : Araceae • Native land : Lake Victoria in Africa Water lettuce is a free-floating, frost-tender aquatic perennial. It produces rosettes of wedge-shaped, overlapping, fluted, velvety, soft green leaves. The leaves are covered with waterrepellant hair. The plant resembles the small open

• Common name : Fishbone Water Fern, Forest Fern • Scientific name : Blechnumnudum • Family : Blechnaceae • Native land : Australia Fishbone water fern is a terrestrial, tufted fern of wet habitats. Blechnum species are commonly referred to as water ferns, as they are usually found in wet areas, growing in a variety

• Common name : Cook’s Cabbage, New Zealand Spinach • Scientific name : Tetragoniatetragonioides • Family : Aizoaceae • Native land : New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Chile and Argentina It is a tender annual. The stems and the leaves of this spreading herb are covered with small, glistening, liquidfilled blisters. It is a sprawling plant

• Common name : Heart’s Ease Johnny Jump Up • Scientific name : Viola tricolor • Family : Violaceae • Native land : Temperate Northern Hemisphere Most violas are small perennial plants, but a few are annual plants and some are small shrubs. The flower, variable in colour, but not red, usually grows singly on

• Common name : Boston Ivy, Grape Ivy • Scientific name : Parthenocissustricuspidata • Family : Vitaceae Native land : China, Japan Boston ivy is a rapid-growing, deciduous, woody perennial vine. It is a vigorous tendril climber that needs no support. It clings to surfaces (e.g., brick, stone or wood walls) by adhesive holdfasts (also

• Common name : Turnip • Scientific name : Brassica rapa subsp. rapa • Family : Brassicaceae • Native land : Europe It is a biennial that is grown as an annual. The plant can be harvested when mature or young. It can be cooked or eaten raw, and the young tops can be used

• Common name : Tulip ‘Barcelona’ • Scientific name : Tulipa • Family : Liliaceae • Native land : Eurasia from Austria and Italy eastward to Japan It is a bulbous herb. The plants are generally found in a hilly country with extremely cold winters and hot dry summers. The stems are sturdy, making them