221 plants Encyclopedia

• Common name : Water Hyssop/Brahmi • Scientific name : Bacopamonnieri • Family : Plantaginaceae • Native land : Wetlands of Southern India, Australia, Europe, Africa, Asia, and North and South America It is a perennial, creeping herb. The leaves of this plant are succulent, oblong and 4-6 millimetres thick. The leaves are oblanceolate and […]

• Common name : Cornflower • Scientific name : Centaureacyanus • Family : Asteraceae • Native land : Europe, North America and parts of Australia It is an annual flowering plant. The plant blooms from late spring to summer. It grows up to 3 feet tall. Most plants grow roughly 1 to 3 feet tall

• Common name : Mosquito Fern • Scientific name : Azollacaroliniana • Family : Salviniaceae • Native land : North, Central and South America It is an annual floating fern and resembles algae. Normally, azolla is grown in paddy fields or shallow water bodies. It multiplies very rapidly. The plants can be dark green, dark

• Common name : Rosebay • Scientific name : Rhododendrons azalea • Family : Ericaceae • Native land : South-Eastern Asia, North- Western Himalayas, Tibet and Western and Central China extending south and east to Malaysia and the Philippines It is the national flower of Nepal. It is an evergreen, shrub-type plant with bell-shaped flowers.

• Common name : Avocado • Scientific name : Perseaamericana • Family : Lauraceae • Native land : Mexico, Central America and South America It is a multi-stemmed tropical evergreen tree. Avocado leaves are typically glossy, elliptic to ovate and dark green. Small greenish-yellow flowers bloom in panicles, followed by green-skinned, pear-shaped to rounded fruit.

• Common name : False Rockcress • Scientific name : Aubrietadeltoidea • Family : Brassicaceae • Native land : European mountains This belongs to the cabbage family and is a perennial plant. But it is widely planted in rock gardens worldwide as an ornamental plant. It forms a low cushion of evergreen leaves, literally smothered

• Common name : Aster Zigzag • Scientific name : Symphyotrichum prenanthoide • Family : Asteraceae • Native land : Eastern North America and Eastern Canada The plant is named after the curious twist in its leaves. It is a perennial flowering plant. It is among the last flowers of autumn. This plant grows in

• Common name : Hart’s-tongue Fern • Scientific name : Aspleniumscolopendrium • Family : Aspleniaceae • Native land : Michigan and New York, Japan and Europe It is an evergreen fern. It has an unusual, almost tropical appearance, with wide, leathery-green fronds that are strap-shaped. Plants form a low clump, best suited for rock gardens

• Common name : Poplar, Quaking Aspen • Scientific name : Populustremula • Family : Salicaceae • Native land : Northern Hemisphere Poplar is a slender deciduous tree that grows up to 30 metres tall. It displays a smooth, grey-green bark, random branching, rich green leaves that turn brilliant yellow during autumn. Poplar trees are

• Common name : Garden Asparagus • Scientific name : Asparagus officinalis • Family : Asparagaceae • Native land : Eastern Mediterranean and Asia Minor areas It is a spring vegetable, a flowering perennial. It is available from early September to March. An asparagus plant can grow up to 39–59 inches tall. It has stout

• Common name : Common Milkweed, Pleurisy Root • Scientific name : Asclepiassyriaca • Family : Apocynaceae • Native land : Eastern half of the United States and Southern Great Plains It is a native perennial plant. It grows best in rich sandy or gravelly loam soils. It contains a sticky white sap that is

• Common name : Goatsbeard • Scientific name : Aruncusdioicus • Family : Rosaceae • Native land : Northern hemisphere in North America, Europe, and Asia The word ‘Aruncus’ comes from the Greek word aryngos (goat’s beard) and refers to the feathery plume of flowers. It is a herbaceous, perennial plant. It is found along

• Common name : Arugula, Salad Rocket • Scientific name : Erucasativa • Family : Brassicaceae • Native land : Mediterranean region, from Morocco and Portugal in the west to Syria, Lebanon and Turkey in the east It is an edible annual plant, commonly known as salad rocket. It is one of the nutritious green

• Common name : Artichoke • Scientific name : Cynarascolymus • Family : Asteraceae • Native land : Mediterranean region It is one of the popular winter season, edible flower buds. It is a perennial plant. The ideal growing conditions for artichoke are cool and moist summers and mild winters. It grows up to 1.5-2.0

• Common name : Thrift • Scientific name : Armeriamaritima • Family : Plumbaginaceae • Native land : Eurasia, North Africa, and the American Pacific coast It is a perennial garden flower. There are about 80 species of this plant. Armeria got the name ‘thrift’ because of its ability to grow well even in harsh