The Heath Pea is a fern-like wild plant with purple flowers. These flowers can control hunger and thirst for weeks. It is native to Europe and parts of Asia. It grows in rough grassy places, broad-leaved woodland, forest margins and banks. The Heath Pea was a vital ingredient of the Highland diet until the 18th […]
• 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
The Black Walnut is native to the United States of America and Canada. Black Walnuts are attractive but somewhat troublesome additions to the plant and home. Black Walnut is important commercially. Trees are grown for both wood and Walnuts. Leaves, roots, husks and woody parts of the tree contain a toxin called Juglone, that is
• 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
Indian Pipe, also known as the Ghost Plant or Corpse Plant, is native to Russia, Asia, North America and South America. It is white and does not contain chlorophyll. Sometimes it has black flecks and a pale pink colouration. It is parasitic. Since it is not dependent on sunlight to grow, it can grow in
• 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
Nepenthes Rajah is found in Mount Kinabalu and Mount Tambuyukon in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. It is a carnivorous plant that grows in areas of seeping ground water where the soil is permanently moist. Nepenthes Rajah is the largest pitcher and the largest carnivorous plant in the world. It is a trap filled with water and
The Gympie-Gympie is one of the four species of stinging tree in Australia. It is common in rainforest areas. It is best known for stinging hair that covers the whole plant. The hair causes an extremely painful stinging sensation that can last for long. Fruits are juicy, mulberry-like, and are bright pink to purple. Each