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Plants
(Kingdom Plantae)
Plants are living organisms
belonging to the kingdom Plantae. They include familiar organisms
such as trees, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green
algae. About 350,000 species of plants, defined as seed plants,
bryophytes, ferns and fern allies, are estimated to exist currently. As
of 2004, some 287,655 species had been identified, of which 258,650 are
flowering and...
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Buttercups (Family Ranunculaceae)
Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa)
Anemone nemorosa is an early-spring flowering plant in the genus Anemone in the family Ranunculaceae. It is a perennial herbaceous plant growing in early spring.
The plants start blooming soon after the foliage emerges from the ground. The leaves...
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Blue Anemone (Anemone apennina)
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Lesser
Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) |
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Mints (Family Lamiaceae)
Woodland Sage (Salvia nemorosa)
Woodland sage is a hardy herbaceous perennial plant native to a wide area of central Europe and western Asia.
It is an attractive plant that is easy to grow and propagate, with the result that it has been passed around by...
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Sunflowers (Family Asteraceae)
Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
As
a nearly cosmopolitan weed, the Dandelion is best known for its
yellow flower heads, that turn into round balls of silver tufted
fruits, that blow away on the wind.
Taraxacum officinale grows from generally unbranched...
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Harebells (Family Campanulaceae)
Sheeps Bit (Jasione montana) |
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Willows (Family
Salicaceae)
White Willow (Salix alba)
White Willow
is a species of willow native to Europe and western and central
Asia. The name derives from the white tone to the undersides of
the leaves. It is a medium-sized to large deciduous tree growing
up to 10–30 m tall, with a trunk up to...
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Balsams (Family
Balsaminaceae)
Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens
glandulifera)
The plant
has a soft green or red-tinged stem, and lanceolate leaves 5 to 23 cm
long. The crushed foliage has a strong musty smell. The flowers are
pink, with a hooded shape, 3 to 4 cm tall and 2 cm broad. After
flowering the plant forms...
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Nightshades (Family
Solanaceae)
Shoo-fly Plant (Nicandra
physaloides)
It is
native to Peru, and it is known elsewhere as an introduced species and
sometimes a weed. It is also kept as an ornamental plant.
The plants are vigorous with spreading branches and ovate,
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