221 plants Encyclopedia

• Common name : Cupid’s Dart • Scientific name : Catananchecaerulea • Family : Asteraceae • Native land : Mediterranean region It is a short-lived perennial. The bright blue, cornflower-like blooms of catananche appear continuously from early to late summer and are at their peak in midsummer. They grow in full sun. The plant is […]

• Common name : Castor Oil Plant • Scientific name : Ricinuscommunis • Family : Euphorbiaceae • Native land : Tropics (Africa) Castor bean is a herbaceous annual which can grow up to nearly 15 feet tall when grown in open spaces and warm climates. The leaves are glossy and often red or bronze tinted

• Common name : Carrot • Scientific name : Daucuscarota • Family : Apiaceae • Native land : Europe and South-Western Asia The carrot is a herbaceous variable biennial plant. It grows up to 2 feet tall. It has delicate white flower heads. It has a thin, wiry taproot that is fleshy, bright orange root

• Common name : Cardoon • Scientific name : Cynaracardunculus • Family : Asteraceae • Native land : Western and Central Mediterranean region It is a perennial plant. It can reach up to 5 feet tall and spread up to 4 feet wide. Cardoon requires a long, cool growing season, but is a frost-sensitive plant.

• Common name : Cardamom/ChotiElaichi • Scientific name : Elettariacardamomum • Family : Zingiberaceae • Native land : India Cardamom is a herbaceous perennial plant. It is a bushy herb that grows to a height of 6 to10 feet with erect shoots. It has a large, fleshy rhizome. The leaves are long, alternate and lance-shaped.

• Common name : Siberian Pea Tree • Scientific name : Caraganaarborescens • Family : Fabaceae • Native land : Eastern Russia, Northern China It is a perennial shrub. Siberian pea tree is a large, rounded, multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub with upright branching that grows up to 15-20 feet tall and to 12-15 feet wide. The

• Common name : Serbian Bellflower • Scientific name : Campanula poscharskyana • Family : Campanulaceae • Native land : Mountains of Bosnia, Croatia It is a semi evergreen, trailing perennial flower. The name campanula refers to the shape of the flowers. Campanula blooms at a height of 0.25 to 0.75 feet with blue, indigo

• Common name : White Calla Lily, Arum Lily • Scientific name : Zantedeschiaaethiopica • Family : Araceae • Native land : Southern Africa in Lesotho, South Africa, and Swaziland It is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant, evergreen in wet and warm regions and deciduous where there is a dry season. Calla lilies are not

• Common name : Calendula, Pot Marigold, Field Marigold • Scientific name : Calendula arvensis • Family : Asteraceae • Native land : Central and Southern Europe Calendula is an annual and perennial herbaceous plant. It grows among the long grass of fields and displays its golden flowers from spring to autumn and again in

• Common name : Winter Gem Boxwood, Korean Boxwood • Scientific name : Buxussinica var. insularis • Family : Buxaceae • Native land : Southern and Eastern Asia, British Isles Buxus is an evergreen broadleaf shrub. It is very compact, grows wider than tall, and the annual growth rate is about 25 mm. This plant

• Common name : California Buttercup • Scientific name : Ranunculuscalifornicus • Family : Ranunculaceae • Native land : California California buttercup is a flowering perennial. It grows up to 3 feet tall. The numerous stems sprawl to erect 15 to 50 cm long. The stems generally have several shiny, lemon-yellow flowers in an open

• Common name : Burdock, Common Weed • Scientific name : Burdock arctium • Family : Asteraceae • Native land : Europe and Northern Asia Burdock is a biennial herbaceous plant. This plant grows relatively tall; therefore, it has deep roots which are brownish green, or nearly black on the outside. Its leaves are large,

• Common name : Buckwheat • Scientific name : Fagopyrumesculentum • Family : Polygonaceae • Native land : China Buckwheat is a herbaceous annual plant. Buckwheat is not a cereal grain, but is actually a fruit seed. It is native to China, but now commonly cultivated in Bhutan, Korea, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Russia and Sikkim;

• Common name : Brussels sprout • Scientific name : Brassica oleracea(Gemmifera Group) • Family : Brassicaceae • Native land : Belgium Brassica oleracea is a herbaceous annual plant. Brussels sprout is a slow growing, long-season vegetable crop. It reportedly won its name after becoming popular in Brussels, Belgium, in the 1200s. It is a

• Common name : Brazil Raintree, Morning-noon-and-night, Yesterday-today-and-tomorrow • Scientific name : Brunfelsiapauciflora • Family : Solanaceae • Native land : Woodland areas of Brazil Brunfelsia is a deciduous or evergreen woody perennial. It grows up to 8 feet tall with several stems. The leaves are leathery and semi-evergreen, dark green above and pale beneath.