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30 October 2009
29 October 2009
Chrysopogon
Created page with '{{Inc| Vetiveria (Vetiver, the Tamil vernacular name). Gramineae. Aromatic perennials with long panicles of numerous slender racemes: spikelets awnless, in pairs, one sessile and…'
Hebe cupressoides
Created page with '{{Inc| Veronica cupressoides, Hook. f. Quite distinct from any other of the whipcord species: a shrub of globose form, 4-6 ft. high: branches numerous, very slender, 1/30 in. dia…'
Hebe hulkeana
Created page with '{{Inc| Veronica hulkeana, F. v. M. Extremely showy, moderately hardy, lilac-fld. species readily distinguished by its shining, coarsely serrate, ovate lvs., 1-2 in. long, and ter…'
Hebe pinguifolia
Created page with '{{Inc| Veronica pinguifolia, Hook. f. (V. carnosula, Hort., not Hook. f.). Branches stout, more or less decumbent, ringed with lf .-scars: lvs. imbricating to erect-patent, sessi…'
Hebe glaucophylla
Created page with '{{Inc| Veronica glaucophylla, Cockayne (V. Colensoi var. glauca, Hort.). Closely related to V. Traversii but at once distinguished by the small, narrow, not keeled, glaucous lvs.…'
Hebe odora
Created page with '{{Inc| Veronica buxifolia, Benth. Under this name are included many most distinct plants, but all possess green, glossy, acute, thick, petiolate lvs., truncate at the base and ke…'
Hebe traversii
Created page with '{{Inc| Veronica traversii, Hook. f. Fig. 3916. Shrub of dense habit forming a globose mass of leafy, slender sts. 3-4 ft. diam.: lvs. 1/2 - 1 in. long, elliptic-oblong to linear-…'
Hebe balfouriana
Created page with '{{Inc| Veronica balfouriana, Hook. f. Erect, glabrous shrub, 3 ft. high: lvs. subsessile, 1/3 – 3/4 in. long, elliptic-ovate, subacute or obtuse, margins red-brown: racemes 2-3…'
Hebe elliptica
Created page with '{{Inc| Veronica elliptica, Forst. f. (V. decussata, Ait.). Half-hardy, much-branched shrub, or even small tree, 5-20 ft. high. There are several distinct varieties; the most comm…'
Hebe diosmifolia
Created page with '{{Inc| Veronica diosmifolia, R. Cunn. Shrub, usually 2-5 ft. high, but reaching a height of 15 ft.; branches glabrous or puberulous: lvs. short-petioled, 1/2 - 1 in. long, linear…'
Hebe x amabilis
Created page with '{{Inc| Veronica amabilis, Cheesem. Tall shrub related to V. macrocarpa but differing in its broader, shorter lvs., laxer racemes and acute calyx-segms. Summer. Near seashore mixe…'
Hebe salicifolia
Created page with '{{Inc| Veronica salicifolia, Forst. f. A collective species containing many distinct varieties. The most common form is a moderately hardy much-branched shrub attaining at times …'
Hebe stricta var. macroura
Created page with '{{Inc| Veronica macroura, Hook. f. Shrub, 1-5 ft. high, much branched, glabrous: lvs. sessile or nearly so, 1-3 in., usually more than 2 in. long, obovate-oblong to obovate-lance…'
Hebe speciosa
Created page with '{{Inc| Veronica speciosa, R. Cunn. Stout half-hardy shrub, 2-5 ft. high, with stout, spreading leafy branches and crimson-purple fls.: lvs. 2-4 in. long, obovate or obovate-oblon…'
Parahebe x bidwillii
Created page with '{{Inc| Veronica bidwillii, Hook. Perennial, about 3 in. high: sts. slender, prostrate and rooting, much branched, woody at base, 3-12 in. long; branches creeping, often matted, g…'
Parahebe lyallii
Created page with '{{Inc| Veronica lyallii, Hook. f. Perennial: sts. slender, prostrate and rooting, 3-18 in. long, diffusely branched; branches terete, usually pubescent: lvs. short-petioled, 1/4 …'
Hebe subalpina
Created page with '{{Inc| Veronica montana, Linn. Mountain Speedwell. Slender, trailing, hairy plant, 12-18 in. long, rooting from the st.: lvs. ovate, petioled, coarsely crenate, hairy, sparse: ra…'
Veronica anagallis-aquatica subsp. michauxii
Created page with '{{Inc| Veronica michauxii, Lam. Perennial, 4-5 ft. tall, everywhere pubescent: sts. erect, or ascending from rooting bases: lvs. ovate, crenate-dentate, lower and those of the st…'
Veronica persica
Created page with '{{Inc| Veronica tournefortii, C. C. Gmel. (V. Buxbaumii, Tenore). Prostrate annual, with elongated slender pubescent sts., the lower branching and often rooting: lvs. ovate, sub-…'
Veronicastrum virginicum
Created page with '{{Inc| Veronica virginica, Linn. (Leptandra virginica, Nutt. V. verticillata, Hort.). Culver's Root. Erect, simple, somewhat pubescent herb 2-6 ft. tall: lvs. in whorls of 4-6, l…'
Vernonia gigantea
Created page with '{{Inc| Vernonia altissima, Nutt. (V. maxima, Small). St. 5-10 ft. high: lvs. veiny, lanceolate or lanceolate-oblong, 4-12 in. long, usually long-acuminate and finely serrate: inf…'
Vernonia arkansana
Created page with '{{Inc| Vernonia crinita, Raf. (V. arkansana, DC.). St. 8-10 ft. high: lvs. linear-lanceolate, 4-12 in. long, alternate-acuminate, glabrous or somewhat pubescent: peduncles not br…'
Glandularia canadensis
Created page with '{{Inc| Verbena canadensis, Brit. (Buchnera canadensis, Linn. V. Aubletia, Jacq. V. Aubletia var. Drummondii, Lindl. V . Drummondii, Hort. V. Lambertii, Sims. V. montana, Hort., i…'
Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida
Created page with '{{Inc| Verbena bipinnatifida, Nutt. (V. pulchella of some seedsmen. V. montana, Hort., in part). Perennial, prostrate and rooting at base; sts. stout, upright, branched, 6-18 in.…'
Glandularia laciniata
Created page with '{{Inc| Verbena erinoides, Lam. (V. multifida, Ruiz & Pav. V. pulchella, Hort., in part). Moss Verbena. Annual or perennial: st. strigose hairy or somewhat hirsute, branching, dec…'
Glandularia tenera
Created page with '{{Inc| Verbena tenera, Spreng. (V. pulchella, Sw., not Hort). Herbaceous perennial: sts. cespitose, decumbent, rooting: branches slender, 4-angled, ascending, sparsely hairy: lvs…'
Verbena rigida var. rigida
Created page with '{{Inc| Verbena venosa, Gill. & Hook. Differs from all other cult. kinds by panicled infl. and tuberous roots: herbaceous perennial, 1 ft. high: sts. simple, rhizomatic, creeping …'
Glandularia incisa
Created page with '{{Inc| Verbena incisa, Hook. Fig. 3910. Rosy or purple-fld. species with lvs. more deeply cut than in the two preceding: whole plant hairy-pubescent; sts. ascending; branches ere…'
Glandularia phlogiflora
Created page with '{{Inc| Verbena phlogiflora, Cham. (V. Tweedieana, Niven). Fig. 3910. Characterized by rosy or purple fls. in oblong or oval clusters; resembles No. 1, but has more upright habit,…'
Verbascum densiflorum
Created page with '{{Inc| Verbascum thapsiforme, Schrad. (V. densiflorum, Bertol.). Biennial, about 2-5 ft. high, densely yellowish tomentose: radical lvs. oblong-elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, c…'
Veltheimia capensis
Created page with '{{Inc| Veltheimia glauca, Jacq. Lvs. oblanceolate-lorate, acute, glaucous: scape less stout: fls. "yellow or bright red," according to Baker. B.M. 1091 (fls. white, dotted red to…'
Veltheimia bracteata
Created page with '{{Inc| Veltheimia viridifolia, Jacq. Lvs. oblong-lorate, wavy-margined, finally 1 ft. long: scape mottled with purple: raceme very dense, 3-6 in. long, 25-30-fld.: fls. 1 1/4 –…'
Papilionanthe hookeriana
Created page with '{{Inc| Vanda hookeriana, Reichb. f. St. and lvs. terete, as in V. teres, but the latter only 2-3 in. long, and slender: fls. 3-5 in. across; dorsal sepal and petals white, dotted…'
Papilionanthe teres
Created page with '{{Inc| Vanda teres, Lindl. Fig. 3903. St. long, climbing: lvs. terete, 6-8 in. long: peduncle 6-12 in. long, bearing a 3-6-fld. raceme: fls. 4 in. across; sepals nearly orbicular…'
Vanda tessellata
Created page with '{{Inc| Vanda roxburghii, R. Br. (V. tessellata, Hook.). St. 1-2 ft., climbing: lvs. narrow, complicate, 6-8 in. long, 2-3-toothed at the apex: racemes erect, 6-8-fld.: fls. green…'
Cyrtanthus elatus
Created page with '{{Inc| Vallota purpurea, Herb. Scarborough Lily. Fig. 3899. Bulb large: lvs. appearing with the fls., strap-shaped, 1 1/2 – 2 ft. long, dying down in autumn: peduncle hollow, s…'
Vallaris solanacea
Created page with '{{Inc| Vallaris heynei, Spreng. (V. dichotoma, Wall.). Tall climbing shrub; bark pale: lvs. elliptic, oblong or linear-oblong, 1 1/2 - 4 x 3/4 – 1 1/2 in., glabrous or pubescen…'
Visnea mocanera
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Visnea mocanera, Linn. f. Tender evergreen shrub, 6-9 ft. high, of compact habit and w…'
Visnea
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Visnea (after a Lisbon merchant). Ternstroemiaceae. Evergreen tree with the habit and …'
Viscum
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Viscum (the old Latin name used by Virgil and Pliny). Loranthaceae. Mistletoe. Parasit…'
Virgilia
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Virgilia (named for the poet Virgil). Leguminosae. Tree sometimes grown in the greenho…'
Violet
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Violet. One of the choicest of fragrant garden flowers. See Viola. Comparatively few …'
Viola trinervata
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Viola trinervata, Howell. Plant glabrous: ultimate segms. of the lf. lanceolate or ova…'
Viola hallii
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Viola hallii, Gray. Plant glabrous; rootstock deep: lvs. 3-divided, the divisions 3-5-…'
Viola beckwithii
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Viola beckwithii, Torr. & Gray. Fig. 3946 (adapted from Pacific R. R. Report). Plant p…'
Viola sheltonii
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Viola sheltonii, Torr. Fig. 3945 (adapted from Pacific R. R. Report). Nearly or quite …'
Viola lobata
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Viola lobata, Benth. St. long and mostly naked at the base, the plant either glabrous …'
Viola glabella
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Viola glabella, Nutt. Sts. erect but usually weak, leafy only above: rootstock horizon…'
Viola pedunculata
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Viola pedunculata, Torr. & Gray. Sts. ascending, often 2 ft. long, bearing normally in…'