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  • ...297. H.U. 3:100.—A handsome and interesting plant, rarely seen in American gardens. ...for a species (rather than genus), or perhaps Varieties if there is a mix of cultivars, species, hybrids, etc -->
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  • | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...l and Egypt. B.M. 1775, 2039.— Widely variable. Little planted in American gardens.
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  • |origin=Portugal to Netherlands to Caucasus ...all country gardens and running wild in cemeteries and shady places. Some of the horticultural varieties are: Var. alba, Hort., which has single white f
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  • ...of the [[Moraceae]] family that is a native of most of the eastern coast of [[Australia]], from the [[Atherton Tableland]] (17° S) in the north to the ...is a [[strangler fig]]; seed germination usually takes place in the canopy of a [[host (biology)|host]] tree and the seedling lives as an [[epiphyte]] un
    6 KB (933 words) - 17:30, 26 July 2010
  • | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...angled or nearly terete, usually villous.—About 60 species, from Spain and Portugal to India and Abyssinia.
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  • ...w about a Botanic Garden? Make sure it's on our list! Just find the name of the garden below and add information and photos about it so others can enjo ...nical gardens in the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]] - [[List of botanical gardens in the United States|United States]]
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  • ...me="gelderen">van Gelderen, C.J. & van Gelderen, D.M. (1999). ''Maples for Gardens: A Color Encyclopedia''.</ref> ...[deciduous]] [[tree]] or densely-branched [[shrub]] that grows to a height of 10-15 m (rarely to 20 m)<ref>{{fr icon}}[http://erick.dronnet.free.fr/belle
    5 KB (738 words) - 19:56, 17 September 2010
  • | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...s, Bieb., D. collinus, Waldst. & Kit., representing the European extension of the species.
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  • ...wer is 2.5-5 cm diameter. The long bloom period from spring to fall is one of the reasons for its popularity, with the extreme drought tolerance being an ...shrub]] or small [[tree]] in the dogbane family [[Apocynaceae]] and is one of the most [[poison]]ous plants known. It is the only species currently class
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  • ...own in this country than caraway. The plant is sometimes grown in American gardens with sweet herbs and other things. ...the centre of the umbel longer (5-6 mm) than those pointing to the middle of the umbel (only 1-3 mm long). The [[fruit]] is a globular dry [[schizocarp]
    12 KB (1,903 words) - 14:20, 5 August 2009
  • ...ct. ''[[Brasiliopuntia]]'' and ''[[Miqueliopuntia]]'' are closer relatives of ''Opuntia''. ...es is the [[Indian Fig Opuntia]] (''O. ficus-indica''). Most culinary uses of the term 'prickly pear' refer to this species. Prickly pears are also known
    32 KB (4,983 words) - 22:17, 23 February 2010
  • ...picturesque deciduous tree, to 50 ft tall, but more typically to a height of 10 - 30 ft. Their branches are muscular and twisting, spreading wider than ...o the flowers through an opening at the apex of the synconium. In the case of the common fig the flowers are all female and need no pollination. There ar
    49 KB (8,197 words) - 18:28, 14 April 2011
  • ...k color and dwarf foliage. Oncocyclus.—I. pancrea, probably pancrace, var. of I. variegata. Buff and purple.—I. robinsoniana, F. Muell.=Moraea robinson ...ike those of I. sindjarensis but lacking the conspicuous patch at the apex of the outer segms.
    74 KB (11,688 words) - 04:02, 29 March 2010
  • ...ed species of ''Prunus'', spread throughout the northern temperate regions of the globe. ...e singly, or in [[umbel]]s of two to six or more on [[raceme]]s. The fruit of all ''Prunus'' species is a [[drupe]] with a relatively large &quot;stone&q
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  • ...[[centimetre|cm]] long. The orange [[fruit]] is a [[hesperidium]], a type of [[berry]]. ...tinguish it from ''Citrus aurantium'', the [[bitter orange]]. In a number of languages, it is known as a "Chinese apple" (e.g. [[Dutch language|Dutch]]
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