• Common name : Chinese Wisteria • Scientific name : Wisteria sinensis • Family : Fabaceae • Native land : China Chinese wisteria is a deciduous perennial climbing vine. It grows up to 25 feet. It has racemes of mildly fragrant, pea‑like, blue-violet flowers in May when the foliage is just beginning to expand. The […]
Frogs can live in water and on land. The eggs of a frog require moisture or they will dry up and die. Frogs lay their eggs coated in a jelly-like glycoprotein. The jelly helps keep the eggs from drying out. All frogs return to the water to lay their eggs. Frog’s eggs are soft and
• Common name : Ashwagandha, Winter Cherry, Indian Ginseng • Scientific name : Withaniasomnifera • Family : Solanaceae • Native land : India, North Africa and the Middle East Winter cherry is a short herbaceous perennial plant. It is an erect, many-branched shrub with very tiny green to yellow flowers. It grows well from hardwood
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