Family: Gesneriaceae Saintpaulia ionantha Saintpaulia ionantha Saintpaulia ionantha Saintpaulia ionantha Saintpaulia ionantha Saintpaulia ionantha Saintpaulia ionantha Saintpaulia ionantha Saintpaulia ionantha Saintpaulia ionantha Saintpaulia ionantha Saintpaulia ionantha Saintpaulia ionantha Saintpaulia ionantha

Synonyms: Iris stylosaOther names: Winter-flowering Iris Family: Iridaceae Iris unguicularis (also commonly known as the Algerian iris) is a rhizomatous flowering plant in the genus Iris, native to Greece, Turkey, Western Syria, and Tunisia. It grows to 30 centimetres (12 in), with grassy evergreen leaves, producing pale lilac or purple flowers with a central band of yellow on the falls. The flowers…

Family: Asparagaceae Yucca aloifolia is the type species for the genus Yucca. Common names include aloe yucca, dagger plant, and Spanish bayonet. It grows in sandy soils, especially on sand dunes along the coast. Yucca aloifolia is native to the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States from southern Virginia south to Florida and west to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, to Mexico along the Yucatán…

Other names: Alternate-leaf Golden Saxifrage Family: Saxifragaceae Flower Colour: yellow, green, Bloom in: April, May, Type of flowering: number of petals 4, Alternate-leaved golden-saxifrage is a perennial, mat-forming plant with trailing stems growing to a height of 5 to 15 cm (2 to 6 in). The fragile three-sided stems are hairy on the lower parts of the plant but smooth above. The alternately arranged…

Liquidambar styraciflua, commonly called American sweetgum, sweetgum, sweet gum, sweet-gum (sweet gum in the UK), hazel pine, American-storax, bilsted, red-gum, satin-walnut, star-leaved gum, or alligator-wood is a deciduous tree in the genus Liquidambar native to warm temperate areas of eastern North America and tropical montane regions of Mexico and Central America. Sweet gum is one of the main valuable…

Synonyms: Acanthostachys ananassoides, Ananas ananassoides, Ananas comosus var. ananassoides, Ananas comosus var. microstachys, Ananas guaraniticus, Ananas microstachys, Ananas microstachys var. nanus, Ananas nanus, Ananas sativus var. microstachysFamily: Bromeliaceae Ananas ananassoides is a species in the genus Ananas. This species is native to a region of Latin America stretching from Costa Rica…

Family: Brassicaceae - crucifers Lunaria annua, called honesty or annual honesty in English, is a species of flowering plant native to the Balkans and south west Asia, and naturalized throughout the temperate world. It is an annual or biennial growing to 90 cm (35 in) tall by 30 cm (12 in) broad, with large, coarse, pointed oval leaves with marked serrations. In spring and summer it bears terminal…

Synonyms: Ambrosia absynthifolia, Ambrosia artemisiifolia subsp. diversifolia, Ambrosia artemisiifolia var. elatior f. villosa, Ambrosia artemisiifolia var. jamaicensis, Ambrosia artemisiifolia var. octocornis, Ambrosia artemisiifolia var. quadricornis, Ambrosia diversifolia, Ambrosia elata, Ambrosia elatior, Ambrosia elatior var. heterophylla, Ambrosia glandulosa, Ambrosia heterophylla, Ambrosia longistylus,…

Other names: Apple Family: Rosaceae Malus domestica Malus domestica Malus domestica Malus domestica Malus domestica Malus domestica Malus domestica Malus domestica Malus domestica Malus domestica Malus domestica Malus domestica

Family: Rosaceae Synonyms: Armeniaca vulgaris, Prunus armeniaca var. vulgaris Prunus armeniaca Prunus armeniaca Prunus armeniaca Prunus armeniaca Prunus armeniaca Prunus armeniaca Prunus armeniaca Prunus armeniaca

Synonyms: VenidiumOther names: venidium Family: Asteraceae Wikipedia: Arctotis is a genus of annual and perennial plants in the family Asteraceae. Arctotis is native to dry stony slopes in southern Africa. Some of the plants are alternatively placed in the genus Venidium. The common name is "African daisy", or "Gousblom" in Afrikaans. These plants have daisy-like composite flowers which tend to close…

Family: Arecaceae

Family: Arecaceae

Family: Apocynaceae Other names: Balloon Cotton Bush, Balloonplant, Cotton Bush, Narrow-leaved Cotton Bush Gomphocarpus physocarpus, commonly known as balloonplant, balloon cotton-bush, bishop's balls, nailhead, or swan plant, is a species of milkweed. The plant is native to southeast Africa, but it has been widely naturalized. It is often used as an ornamental plant. The name "balloonplant" is an…

Synonyms: Bletia graminifolia, Arundina bambusifolia, Arundina speciosaFamily: Orchidaceae - orchids Location: Maui Arundina graminifolia is a terrestrial, perennial orchid with reedy stems, forming into large clumps growing to a height between 70 cm and 2 m. The plaited linear leaves are oblong lanceolate, with a length of 9 to 19 cm and a width of 0.8 to 1.5 cm. The apex is acuminate. There are amplexicaul…

Synonyms: Areca cathecu, Areca macrocarpaOther names: Betel Nut Palm, Areca palm Family: Arecaceae Areca catechu is a species of palm which grows in much of the tropical Pacific, Asia, and parts of east Africa. The palm is believed to have originated in the Philippines, but is widespread in cultivation and is considered naturalized in southern China (Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan), Taiwan, India, Bangladesh,…

Dear Friend I hereby introduce you to the family of flora with the most beautiful flowers on the planet earth. The family of Bignoniaceae! With moderate resistance to low temperatures and ideal for moderate temperature climates, the five species that are found in Southern Africa, Fernandoa magnifica, Stereospermum kunthianum, Markhamia obtusifolia, Spathodea campanulata and Kigelia africana exhibit…

Family: Rosaceae Synonyms: Padus avium, Padus racemosa, Prunus padum Prunus padus Prunus padus Prunus padus Prunus padus Prunus padus Prunus padus Prunus padus Prunus padus Prunus padus Prunus padus Prunus padus Prunus padus

Other names: Christmas Rose Family: Ranunculaceae Helleborus niger is an evergreen plant with dark leathery pedate leaves carried on stems 9–12 in (23–30 cm) tall. The large flat flowers, borne on short stems from midwinter to early spring, are white or occasionally pink. Heleborus niger, by Helga von Cramm, chromolithograh, with a prayer by Y.E.T., c. 1880. There are two subspecies: Helleborus…

Synonyms: Robinia pseudacacia, Robinia acacia, Robinia communis, Pseudoacacia pseudoacacia, Acacia Robini Other names: False Acacia Family: Fabaceae Flower Colour: white, Bloom in: May, June, Type of flowering: other flowers, Robinia pseudoacacia - black Locust Black locust reaches a typical height of 12–30 metres (40–100 feet) with a diameter of 0.61–1.22 m (2–4 ft). Exceptionally, it may…

Family: Fagaceae Synonyms: Quercus velutina var. missouriensis Quercus velutina, the eastern black oak or more commonly known as simply black oak, is a species in the red oak ( Quercus sect. Lobatae) group of oaks. It is widespread in eastern and central North America, found in all the coastal states from Maine to Texas, inland as far as Ontario, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and eastern Texas.…