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25 November 2009
Wilcoxia
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Wikstroemia canescens
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Wikstroemia canescens, Meissn. (W. pauciflora, Franch. & Sav.). Small shrub, 1-3 ft. h…'
Wikstroemia
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Wikstroemia (named after J. E. Wikstroem, professor of botany at Stockholm, 1789-1856)…'
Wigandia urens
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Wigandia urens, Choisy, not HBK. (W. peruviana, W. Mill. Hydrolea urens, Ruiz & Pav.).…'
Wigandia urens var. urens
Created page with '{{Inc| Wigandia kunthii, Choisy (W. urens, HBK., not Choisy). Very hispid subshrub, not golden pubescent, about 6-15 ft. high: lvs. doubly sharp-serrate, not white-tomentose: inf…'
Wigandia urens var. caracasana
Created page with '{{Inc| Wigandia caracasana, HBK. Fig. 3999. Erect robust sub-shrub, up to 9 ft. high, softly golden or silky-pubescent: lvs. rather long-petioled, ovate, obtuse, base subcordate,…'
Wigandia
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Wigandia (named after Johannes Wigand, Pomeranian bishop; wrote on plants; 1523-1587).…'
Whitfieldia
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Whitfieldia (named after Thomas Whitfield, intrepid naturalist who made several explor…'
Whipplea utahensis
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Whipplea utahensis, Wats. (Fendlera utahensis, Greene. Fendlerella utahensis, Heller).…'
Whipplea modesta
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Whipplea modesta, Torr. Sarmentose; the long shoots with numerous short upright flower…'
Whipplea
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Westringia rosmariniformis
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Westringia rosmariniformis, Smith. Victorian Rosemary. A bushy shrub with the branches…'
Westringia
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Westringia (J. P. Westring, Swedish physician and author; died 1833). Labiatae. Shrubs…'
Welwitschia mirabilis
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Welwitschia mirabilis
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Welfia
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Welfia (named in honor of the English royal family). Palmaceae. Unarmed palm, with a t…'
Weldenia
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Weldenia (for Ludwig von Welden, an Austrian army officer, wrote on natural history; 1…'
Weeds.
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Weeds. A weed is a plant that is not wanted. There are, therefore, no species of weeds…'
22 November 2009
Wedelia oblonga
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Wedelia oblonga, Hutchins. Glandular-hairy herb, up to nearly 3 ft. high: lvs. oblong …'
Wedelia
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Wedelia (Georg Wolfgang Wedel, professor at Jena, Germany, 1645-1721). Compositae. Sca…'
Watsonia borbonica subsp. borbonica
Created page with '{{Inc| Watsonia rosea, Ker. Robust rose-colored species, growing 4-6 ft. high and the fls., though fewer than those of W. densiflora, are perhaps capable of greater size: spikes …'
Watsonia humilis
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Watsonia humilis, Mill. This species has rose-red fls. apparently the same size and co…'
Watsonia coccinea
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Watsonia coccinea, Herb. This showy scarlet-fld. species differs from W. Meriana in it…'
Watsonia densiflora
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Watsonia densiflora, Baker. This very distinct and handsome rose-colored species more …'
Watsonia
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Watsonia meriana
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Watsonia meriana, Mill. This seems to be the dominant species of the genus and hence t…'
Watsonia angusta
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Watsonia angusta, Ker-Gawl. (W. iridifolia var. fulgens, Ker-Gawl). Scarlet-fld. speci…'
Watsonia aletroides
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Watsonia aletroides, Ker-Gawl. Bright scarlet or pale pink-fld. species, 1-2 ft. high,…'
Watsonia
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Watsonia (named for Sir Wm. Watson, M.D., 1715-1787, electrician and professor of bota…'
Watering
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Watering. The watering of plants usually exhibits the skill, or the lack of it, of the…'
Washingtonia robusta
Created page with '{{Inc| Washingtonia sonorae, Wats. (Neowashingtonia Sonorae, Rose). Top of petiole obtuse where it joins the blade, the latter abundantly supplied with filaments: st. 25 ft. high…'
Washingtonia gracilis
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Washingtonia gracilis, Parish (W. robusta, Hort., not Wendl.). A slender-trunked palm,…'
Washingtonia filifera
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Washingtonia filifera, Wendl. (Brahea filamentosa, Hort. B. filifera, Hort. Pritchardi…'
Washingtonia
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Washingtonia (named for George Washington). Palmaceae, tribe Corypheae. Tall North Ame…'
Warscewiczella wendlandii
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Warscewiczella wendlandii, Hort. (Zygopetalum Wendlandii, Reichb. f.). Lvs. tufted, la…'
Warscewiczella discolor
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Warscewiczella discolor, Reichb. f. (Warrea discolor, Lindl. Zygopetalum discolor, Rei…'
Warscewiczella
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Warscewiczella (from J. von Warscewicz, a Pole, collected in S. Amer. for Van Houtte; …'
Warrea bidentata
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Warrea bidentata, Lindl. (W. Lindeniana, Henfr.). Labellum regular, slit at the end; r…'
Warrea
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Warrea (named for Frederick Warre, who discovered the first species in Brazil). Orchid…'
Warpuria clandestina
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Warpuria clandestina, Stapf. Plant about 4-5 in. high, pilose: st. short, prostrate or…'
Warpuria
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Warpuria (named after G. Warpur, who collected the genus). Acanthaceae. Low perennial …'
Wardian Case
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Wardian Case. A nearly air-tight case with glass sides and top, used for transporting …'
Walnut
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19 November 2009
Wallichia caryotoides
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Wallichia caryotoides, Roxbg. (Harina caryotoides, Buch.-Ham. Didymosperma caryotoides…'
Wallichia disticha
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Wallichia disticha, T. Anders. Fig. 3988. Caudex 10-15 ft. high, about 5-6 in. diam.: …'
Wallichia
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Wallichia (Nathaniel Wallich, 1786-1854, Danish botanist; wrote on plants of India). P…'
Wallflower
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Wallflower. The vernacular name of Cheiranthus Cheiri, which see. A favorite spring bl…'
Walks, Paths, and Driveways
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Walks, Paths, and Driveways. That gardens and grounds may be reached at all times in a…'
Waldsteinia lobata
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Waldsteinia lobata, Torr. & Gray. Foliage slightly hairy; lvs. cordate, 3-lobed, the l…'
Waldsteinia sibirica
Created page with '{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |image=Upload.png |image_width=240 }} {{Inc| Waldsteinia sibirica, Tratt. (W. trifolia, Rochel. W. trifoliata, Steud.). Sts. creepi…'