221 plants Encyclopedia

• Common name : Woods Sorrel • Scientific name : Oxalis arenaria • Family : Oxalidaceae • Native land : South America It is a perennial herb. Wood sorrel has adapted to grow in forest shade. It is a fragile rhizome with creeping characteristics. Its leaves have long stalks with three leaflets and flowers have […]

• Common name : Norfolk Island Pine • Scientific name : Araucaria heterophylla • Family : Araucariaceae • Native land : Norfolk Island, 1,000 km off the east coast of Australia It is an evergreen, coniferous tree. It looks like a pine with horizontal needle-like branches, but it is not part of the pine genus.

• Common name : Georgia Rockcress • Scientific name : Arabisgeorgiana Harper • Family : Brassicaceae • Native land : The US, Georgia Georgia rockcress is a perennial herb with unbranched stems up to 3 feet tall. It generally grows on steep river bluffs with shallow soil on rock or with exposed rock outcroppings. The

• Common name : Colorado Blue Columbine • Scientific name : Aquilegia caerulea • Family : Ranunculaceae • Native land : Rocky Mountains from Montana south to New Mexico and west to Idaho and Arizona It is a native perennial. It is the state flower of Colorado. The flower was first discovered in 1820 by

• Common name : Apricot • Scientific name : Prunusarmeniaca • Family : Rosaceae • Native land : China, Armenia or Siberia Apricot is a hardy, medium-sized deciduous tree. The fruits are often categorised as ‘stone fruits’ because of the stony seeds. The leaves are broad and roundish, with a pointed apex. The fruit ripens

• Common name : Spreading Dogbane • Scientific name : Apocynumandrosaemifolium • Family : Apocynaceae • Native land : North America It is a perennial herb. The bloom season starts from June and ends by August. The flowers are bell-shaped, pink to white with pink stripes on the inside. Each flower has five flaring lobes

• Common name : Anise, Star Anise • Scientific name : Illicuimverum • Family : Schisandraceae • Native land : North-East Vietnam and South-West China It is a medium-sized native evergreen tree. Star Anise is so named from the stellate form of its fruit. The star-shaped fruits are picked just before ripening and dried before

• Common name : Wood Anemone • Scientific name : Anemone nemorosa • Family : Ranunculaceae • Native land : Europe It is one of the first spring flowers appearing in March and April. It is a perennial and spread by means of underground roots. The deeply-cut leaves and star-like flowers rise directly from it

• Common name : Willow Blue Star • Scientific name : Amsoniatabernaemontana • Family : Apocynaceae • Native land : North America, East Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean It is a perennial plant, first discovered in 1788. It is found in wooded areas and on riverbanks. It blooms in May and June. Each flower has

• Common name : American Lotus, Yellow Lotus • Scientific name : Nelumbolutea • Family : Nelumbonaceae • Native land : Eastern North America It is an herbaceous flowered aquatic perennial with large circular leaves. It is commonly found in lakes and swamps, as well as areas subject to flooding. Flowering begins in late spring

• Common name : Saskatoon, Juneberry • Scientific name : Amelanchieralnifolia • Family : Rosaceae • Native land : North Western and North Central & North America The city, Saskatoon (in Saskatchewan, Canada) is named after the berry. It is a perennial deciduous shrub. The ripe juneberry fruit is dark purple, with several tiny soft

• Common name : Western Ragweed • Scientific name : Ambrosia psilostachya • Family : Asteraceae • Native land : North America, nearly all of the continental United States, and the Northern half of Mexico It is a perennial herb. It grows like a slender, branching, straw-coloured stem to a maximum height near two metres,

• Common name : Tampala • Scientific name : Amaranthustricolor • Family : Amaranthaceae • Native land : South Central Mexico It is an annual or short-lived perennial plant. Amaranth now has worldwide distribution. The amaranth plant is a grain and greens crop plant. The plant develops long flowers, which can be upright or trailing

• Common name : Garlic Mustard • Scientific name : Alliariapetiolata • Family : Brassicaceae • Native land : Europe, including Britain, South to North Africa and East to West Asia and the Himalayas It is a biennial flowering plant in the mustard family. The plant has delicate green leaves and snow-white flowers. The leaves

• Common name : Alfalfa • Scientific name : Medicagosativa • Family : Papilionaceae • Native land : Asia Minor and the Caucasus Mountains (warmer temperate climates) It is a perennial flowering plant. The plant shows numerous small clover-like spikes of blue or violet flowers of upright growth. The plant grows to a height of