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* Eremurus robustus is a plant native to the Tien Shan and Pamir Mountains in central Asia that is often used as an ornamental plant. Robustus has a stem six to ten feet high, with leaves as long as 48 inches, and 4 inches in width, the widest in its...

In particular, P. * The Iceland Poppy ( Papaver nudicaule syn. * The seed is very agreeable to the taste. Nudicaule has been shown to contain the benzophenanthidine alkaloid, chelidonine .

The flowers are red and scented with numerous yellow stamens in the centre. It is native to the Caucasus Mountains of Ukraine , as well as areas north of the Black Sea and westward into Romania .

The leaves are spirally arranged, 3-7 cm long with a 1.5-6 cm long petiole. The flowers are trumpet-shaped, 4-9 cm diameter, most commonly blue with a white to golden yellow centre.

* It was believed by some native North American Indian tribes that if the finely ground roots were secretly added to the food of an arguing couple then this would avert a divorce and they would love each other again.

* Papaver orientale ( Oriental poppy ) is a perennial flowering plant native to the Caucasus, northeastern Turkey, and northern Iran. * The young seed heads are used as a condiment, they are hot and acrid.

Small dark pink flowers in dense panicles appear within or above the foliage on stout stalks to 16" tall in April. * Also commonly called pig squeak because of the noise produced by rubbing a leaf between thumb and finger.

The ooze from the roots has been used as drops to treat earaches. It is an upright annual (sometimes biennial or perennial ) native to most of North America , and is one of a number of plants with the common name Black-eyed Susan with flowers having dark...

The Latin botanical name means, loosely, the "sleep-bringing poppy", referring to the sedative properties of some of these opiates. It is also a good source of lecithin. * Highly nutritious, the seed contains about 22.7% protein, 48% fat, 9.8% carbohydrate,...

* A fine yellow dye is obtained from the juice of the plant, it is very durable. It is a native of Europe. * A perennial with tubular reddish-purple flowers in small terminal clusters; native to Europe, North Africa, and Siberia.

Its range extends from southern Alabama , through Florida and Georgia , to the coastal plains of southern Virginia and South Carolina . They can be grown successfully in a plastic basin or in a pot that is standing in a deep saucer of water.

Umbelliferous plants are so named because of the umbrella-like arrangement of flowers they produce. The plant is little used in modern herbalism but has been employed in the treatment of laryngitis and bronchitis.

The plant is seldom used medicinally, but is sometimes included in propriety medicines for chronic prostate and bladder disorders. The bark is pale greenish-grey and smooth on young trees with dark grey diamond-shaped lenticels , becoming dark grey and...

* Paspalum floridanum is a species of grass known by the common name Florida paspalum. The leaf blades are up to 52 centimeters long and may be hairless to hairy, with a dense coating of hairs behind the ligules.

* Flat or bell-shaped 1 1/2" flowers in clusters of 5-7, rose, in spring before leaves; of upright habit; deciduous, with red fall color; native to North Carolina, where it grows in moist acid soil.

* A very ornamental plant, it is hardy to about -20°c. All seedlings may not have yellow flowers. It is native to woodlands of the southeastern United States , but is a popular garden perennial plant across much of the country.

* The large solitary flower head grows at the top of the stem and sometimes on branches. * Its common names include China aster and annual aster. * This is an annual or biennial herb with one erect, mostly unbranched stem growing 20 to 100 centimeters...

* Eremurus robustus is a plant native to the Tien Shan and Pamir Mountains in central Asia that is often used as an ornamental plant. Robustus has a stem six to ten feet high, with leaves as long as 48 inches, and 4 inches in width, the widest in its...

* Echinacea is considered to be the most effective detoxicant in Western herbal medicine for the circulatory, lymphatic and respiratory systems. * It is also grown as an ornamental plant , and numerous cultivars have been developed for flower quality...

* It is used extensively as a decorative plant in parks and other public areas. * The seedcoat contains an extremely lethal poison that was once used by the KGB to dispose of their enemies.

* It is also grown for the cut Christmas tree industry. * This species has a deeply penetrating root system that firmly anchors the tree against winds. * The specific epithet pungens means "sharply pointed", referring to the leaves.

* Upright stems topped by 1/2-1" flowers in a branched flower head, white, green, or yellowish; grows in wet, grassy subalpine meadows and open woods; flowers in June or July; attractive pleated leaves, to 1' long, 6" wide; native from northern Europe...

Consider placing it near bodies of water or in native plant gardens. * Swamp leather flower (also known as curly clematis or blue jasmine) is a semi-woody twining vine that is native to floodplain forests, marshes and swamps from Virginia to southern...

* Mimulus ringens is a species of monkeyflower known by the common names Allegheny monkeyflower and square-stemmed monkeyflower. * Grow in moist to wet soils in full sun to part shade.

* A perennial grass, to 3', with erect stems and leaves, very narrow; flowers and seedheads lax; native to Eurasia. * Stipa capillata is a perennial grass species in the family Poaceae , native to Europe and Asia .

* Something like a 6" wide daisy, with this difference: it is stemless, growing prostrate on the ground; blooms in May or June; coarse, deeply lobed leaves; likes a scree soil; a rock garden plant or curiosity native to the Mediterranean.

* This sedge is less prone to summer dieback and remains attractive during warm weather. Its grass-like leaves grow up to 3' tall from short stout rhizomes. * The seedheads resemble small sweetgum balls but do not grow above the foliage.