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* The plant was first described by the French botanist Jacques Labillardiere in his publications Relation du Voyage a la Recherche de la Perouse (1800) and Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen (1804).

* Some of the common English names for the plant and its fruit are Indian fig opuntia, Barbary fig, cactus pear, spineless cactus, and prickly pear, although this last name has also been applied to other less common Opuntia species.

* Leaves to 6"; branches brown and fuzzy; small clusters of 7-10 flowers; rounded fruit; native to northeast Asia.

* The Bird Cherry ( Prunus padus ) is a species of cherry , native to northern Europe and northern Asia , growing even north of the Arctic Circle in Norway , Sweden , Finland and Russia .

* The flowers are considered to be one of the best bee plants in Japan. * The flowers are very fragrant. * Fruits are very narrow, foot-long pods. * Bark of mature trees is fissured, prominently ridged and pale gray-brown.

It can be drunk hot or cold. It was formerly very popular either on its own or added to China tea, having a peculiar delicacy and aroma. * Perennial; small yellow flowers; source of a golden-yellow dye.

* The root is said to have a beneficial effect on the liver, stomach and spleen and may be taken to relieve indigestion and counteract liver malfunction. * The large leaves, up to 1 foot long, are interesting.

* Native to Southeast Australia. * Grows very fast with masses of tiny yellow flowers, blue leaves and delicate textures. * A shrub or tree in the legume family. * The scientific name of the species honors the botanist Frederick Manson Bailey.

It is used in the treatment of persistent cough with blood, chronic diarrhoea, spontaneous sweating, night sweats, bloody stool, urorrhoea and bloody sputum. It is used applied externally to burns, bleeding due to traumatic injuries, haemorrhoids and...

* Succeeds in ordinary garden soil, preferring a moist but not wet soil and a sunny position. * Plants seem to be immune to the predations of rabbits. * The name of this species is based on the cultivated form, the true wild form is A.

This soap is very good at removing dirt, though it does not remove oils very well. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Colorado , where it grows in several habitat types including coniferous forest , chaparral...

It is in flower from Jun to July. The plant prefers loamy acid and neutral soils, and can grow in very acid soils.It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. * White flowers in long clusters; may be a tree or shrub; egg-shaped fruit with five...

It is a useful timber tree that is native from Canada west to North Dakota, south to Virginia and Texas. The bark is gray to light brown, with narrow, well defined fissures. The roots are large, deep, and spreading.

* Not only was the dye used anciently to color food, but also to dye cloth and paint the skin (which is still done today). * It is best known as the source of the natural pigment annatto , produced from the fruit .

* Native to forests; 100-800(-1600) m. Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang [Japan (Ryukyu Islands)].

Caution is advised since this is a poisonous plant. Growing usually on the margins of woodland areas, it is native to Eastern, Southern and Central Europe . * The flowers and leaves are diaphoretic, diuretic and rubefacient.

From summer to autumn, bears violet to purple, or white to pink flowers, to 1/2in. The many inflorescences have closely spaced whorls of small flowers with brightly colored calyces.

* Native to Southeast Australia. * Grows very fast with masses of tiny yellow flowers, blue leaves and delicate textures. * A shrub or tree in the legume family. * The scientific name of the species honors the botanist Frederick Manson Bailey.

* Rosa palustris is a shrub with alternate, pinnately compound leaves , on thorny stems. The flowers are pink, borne in summer.

* The red anthocyanin constituent of the flowers is used as a litmus. * A nutritious starch is obtained from the root. * It was imported into Europe from southwestern China during, or possibly before, the 15th century.

Resents root disturbance. A good mature tree will produce commercial timber used for furniture and crates. * They are long-lived trees, commencing to bear seeds when about 30 years old and usually producing heavy crops each year.

It is in flower from Jun to July. The plant prefers loamy acid and neutral soils, and can grow in very acid soils.It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. * White flowers in long clusters; may be a tree or shrub; egg-shaped fruit with five...

* An herbaceous perennial, forming a basal rosette to 1', from which arise 3' flowering stems with purplish blue (rarely pink or white) flowers resembling scabiosa; likes moist, peaty soil in sun or part shade; native to Europe, north Africa, east to...

* The flowers of Cosmos bipinnatus attract birds and butterflies, including the Monarch butterfly. Plant grows rapidly and the flowers bloom from early summer until frost. * Succeeds in a sunny sheltered position in most soils but prefers one that is...

The plant is drought-deciduous, shedding its foliage for most of the year, leafing out after rainfall. * Parkinsonia florida, the blue palo verde (syn. * Compared to the closely related Parkinsonia microphylla (foothill paloverde), it appears more decumbent...

* This species is easy to grow from the seed. Alata is native to Mexico, and can be found in diverse habitats. * Senna alata is an important medicinal tree, as well as an ornamental flowering plant in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.

* The fruit is small with very little flesh, but it is easily harvested and when soaked for 10 - 30 minutes in hot or cold water makes a very refreshing lemonade-like drink (without any fizz of course).