Showing posts with label Banewort. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Banewort. Show all posts

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Nicotiana glauca

Nicotiana glauca
Biggest Plant Dictionary | Nicotiana glauca | Tree tobacco is native to South America but it is now widespread as an introduced species on other continents.

Euphorbia milii

Euphorbia milii
Biggest Plant Dictionary | Euphorbia milii | Euphorbia milii (Crown-of-thorns or Christ Plant) is a woody, succulent species of Euphorbia  native to Madagascar. The species name commemorates Baron Milius, once governor of RĂ©union, who introduced the species to France in 1821.

Friday, August 26, 2011

Catharanthus roseus

Catharanthus roseus
Biggest Plant Dictionary | Catharanthus roseus | It is an evergreen subshrub or herbaceous plant growing to 1 m tall. The leaves are oval to oblong, 2.5–9 cm long and 1–3.5 cm broad, glossy green, hairless, with a pale midrib and a short petiole 1–1.8 cm long; they are arranged in opposite pairs.

Nicotiana tabacum

Nicotiana tabacum
Biggest Plant Dictionary | Nicotiana tabacum  | Nicotiana tabacum or tobacco, a native of Tropical America is the plant that is cultivated as the principal source of tobacco.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Pistia stratiotes

Pistia stratiotes 

Biggest Plant Dictionary | Pistia stratiotes | Rivers (2002) notes that for P. stratiotes to survive, it requires a wet, temperate habitat. It is usually found in lakes and rivers, however, it can survive in mud.