221 plants Encyclopedia

• Common name : Tickseed, Thread Leaf Coreopsis • Scientific name : Coreopsis verticillata • Family : Asteraceae • Native land : Eastern United States Coreopsis is a herbaceous perennial wildflower that typically grows in dense, bushy clumps. It grows up to 3 feet tall. The flowers appear singly in loose clusters in a profuse […]

• Common name : Russian Comfrey • Scientific name : Symphytumuplandicum • Family : Boraginaceae • Native land : Europe Comfrey is a cultivated perennial herb. The plant grows up to 1 metre tall. Its leaves add relatively high amounts of nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus to the compost pile. It has lance-shaped, hairy leaves, hairy

• Common name : Collards • Scientific name : Brassica oleracea var. acephala • Family : Brassicaceae • Native land : Coastal Southern and Western Europe Collards is a biennial where winter frost occurs, and perennial in even colder regions. The plant (also known as tree-cabbage or non-heading cabbage) is a cool-season vegetable green that

• Common name : White Clover • Scientific name : Trifoliumrepens • Family : Fabaceae • Native land : Temperate and sub-tropical regions (except South-East Asia and Australia) White clover is an evergreen perennial plant. It grows up to 6 feet tall. White clover grows among turf grass, crops, and in a large number of

• Common name : Clove Currant • Scientific name : Ribesodoratum • Family : Grossulariaceae • Native land : Central United States The clove currant is a loosely-branched, irregularlyshaped, perennial deciduous shrub. This plant grows upto 6-8 feet tall. This plant grows in many types of habitats, including rocky bluffs and slopes, and also along

• Common name : Clematis • Scientific name : Clematis triternatarubromarginata • Family : Ranunculaceae • Native land : Eastern North America, including Missouri Clematis is an evergreen herbaceous perennial vine. The almondscented, star-shaped flowers are violet-pink or wine-coloured on the tips, fading to white at the base. A tuft of creamy yellow anthers with

• Common name : Cleavers • Scientific name : Galiumaparine • Family : Rubiaceae • Native land : Europe and Western Asia (i.e. Eurasia), Australia Cleavers is an annual, sprawling herb. It has small hooks along the stems, at the tip and along the edges of the leaves and on the fruit. These hooks will

• Common name : Cilantro • Scientific name : CoriandrumSativum • Family : Apiaceae • Native land : Southern Europe and the Western Mediterranean It is a warm weather annual herb. It is commonly grown in herb gardens for its lacy, strong-scented foliage (cilantro) and its aromatic seeds (coriander). It has slender stems with leaves

• Common name : Chives • Scientific name : Allium schoenoprasum • Family : Amaryllidaceae (onion) • Native land : Europe, Asia and North America Allium schoenoprasum is a bulbous perennial, forming a clump of erect, narrowly cylindrical, onion-scented leaves, with rounded umbels of light purple bell-shaped flowers. They grow from 6 to 10 inches

• Common name : Hawaiian hibiscus or rose of China • Scientific name : Hibiscus rosa-sinensis • Family : Malvaceae • Native land : Asia and tropical Africa It is an annual herbaceous shrub. The plant is about 3.5 metres tall and has a deep penetrating tap root. The dark green, toothed leaves are arranged

• Common name : Chervil • Scientific name : Anthriscuscerefolium • Family : Apiaceae or Umbelliferae • Native land : South-Eastern Europe, Britain It is an upright annual with aniseed-flavoured, 2- to 3-pinnate leaves with ovate leaflets, and umbels of small white flowers in summer. They grow up to 0.1-0.5 metre. The finely-cut, bright green

• Common name : Swiss Chard • Scientific name : Beta vulgaris (Cicla Group) • Family : Amaranthaceae • Native land : Europe, North Africa and Western Asia Swiss chard is an annual leafy garden vegetable that is closely related to beets. It is largely distinguished from the beets by its lack of enlarged fleshy

• Common name : Chamomile • Scientific name : Matricariachamomilla • Family : Asteraceae • Native land : Europe, including Britain, East to west and Asia and the Himalayas The root is perennial, jointed and fibrous. The stems, hairy and freely branching, are covered with leaves that are divided into thread-like segments. It blooms from

• Common name : Red Valerian, Jupiter’s Beard, Keys of Heaven, Fox’s Bush • Scientific name : Centranthusruber • Family : Valerianaceae • Native land : South of England The rootstock is perennial and very freely branching, enabling it to take a firm hold in the crevices in which it has once gained possession. The

• Common name : Romanesco Broccoli, Cauliflower • Scientific name : Brassica oleracea(Botrytis Group) • Family : Brassicaceae • Native land : Western Europe A cauliflower is an annual vegetable that is reproduced by seeds. It is a cool weather vegetable. The edible portion of a cauliflower is a curd‑like mass composed of a close