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Coltsfoot - Tussilago farfaraFamily: Asteraceae Flower Colour: yellow, Bloom in: March, April, May, Type of flowering: flowers with more than 7 petal, Tussilago farfara is a plant in the groundsel tribe in the daisy family Asteraceae, native to Europe and parts of western and central Asia. The name "tussilago" is derived from the Latin tussis, meaning… | |
Lenten-rose - Helleborus orientalisFamily: Ranunculaceae Helleborus orientalis, known as the lenten rose, is a perennial flowering plant in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, native to Greece and Turkey. It was described by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck in 1789.[Wikipedia] Helleborus orientalis Helleborus orientalis Helleborus orientalis Helleborus orientalis… | |
Black Hellebore - Helleborus nigerOther names: Christmas Rose Family: Ranunculaceae Helleborus niger is an evergreen plant with dark leathery pedate leaves carried on stems 9–12 in (23–30 cm) tall. The large flat flowers, borne on short stems from midwinter to early spring, are white or occasionally pink. Heleborus niger, by Helga von Cramm, chromolithograh,… | |
Mock strawberry - Duchesnea indicaSynonyms: Fragaria indica, Potentilla indica, Other names: India Mockstrawberry, Indian Mock-strawberry, Wild Strawberry, Yellow-flowered Strawberry Family: Rosaceae Duchesnea indica (sometimes called Potentilla indica), known commonly as mock strawberry, Gurbir, Indian strawberry or false strawberry, has foliage and an… | |
Pinkfringe - Arthrostemma ciliatumCommon Names: Pinkfringe, Arthrostemma Family: Melastomataceae [(URL)] | |
Maui Wormwood - Artemisia mauiensisSynonyms: Artemisia australis var. mauiensisHawaiian Names: Ahinahina, Hinahina Family: Asteraceae [(URL)] | |
Oahu Wormwood - Artemisia australisSynonyms: Artemisia hillebrandiiOther names: Ahinahina, hinahina, hinahina kuahiwi Family: Asteraceae | |
Silversword - ArgyroxiphiumFamily: Asteraceae Argyroxiphium is a small genus of plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae. Its members are known by the common names of silversword or greensword due to their long, narrow leaves and the silvery hairs on some species. It belongs to a larger radiation of over 50 species, including the physically different… | |
Haleakala silversword - Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalumFamily: Asteraceae Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum, the east Maui silversword or Haleakala silversword, is a rare plant, part of the daisy family Asteraceae. The silversword in general is referred to as ʻāhinahina in Hawaiian (literally, "very gray"). [Wikipedia] | |
Greensword - Argyroxiphium grayanumSynonyms: Wilkesia grayanaOther names: Hana Forest Silversword Family: Asteraceae Argyroxiphium grayanum, commonly known as the greensword, is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower family, Asteraceae, and a member of the silversword alliance, a group of over 50 species which are diverse in morphology and habitat… | |
Paris daisy - Argyranthemum frutescensSynonyms: Chrysanthemum frutescensOther names: Marguerite, Marguerite daisy Family: Asteraceae Argyranthemum frutescens, known as Paris daisy, marguerite or marguerite daisy, is a perennial plant known for its flowers. It is native to the Canary Islands (part of Spain). It is also widely cultivated as an ornamental planted… | |
Arctotis - ArctotisSynonyms: VenidiumOther names: venidium Family: Asteraceae Wikipedia: Arctotis is a genus of annual and perennial plants in the family Asteraceae. Arctotis is native to dry stony slopes in southern Africa. Some of the plants are alternatively placed in the genus Venidium. The common name is "African daisy", or "Gousblom"… |