taxobox name Smearwort image Aristolochia rotunda.jpg regnum Plant ae unranked divisio Angiosperm s unranked classis Magnoliid s ordo Piperales familia Aristolochiaceae genus Aristolochia species A. rotunda binomial Aristolochia rotunda binomial authority Smearwort Aristolochia rotunda , also known as Round leaved Birthwort, English Mercury, Mercury Goosefoot, Allgood, Tola Bona or ambiguously Fat Hen , is a herbaceous perennial plant perennial plant native to Southern Europe . Etymology The genus name aristolochia derives from the Greek words aristos meaning the best and loch ia meaning childbirth , for the old use in promoting uterine contractions. The Latin name of the species rotunda refers to the rounded shape of the leaves. Botanical description File Aristolochiaceae Aristolochia rotunda.JPG thumb 240px left Close up on a flower of Aristolochia rotunda Smearwort is a dark green succulent plant that grows to about convert 60 70 cm high, rising from stout, fleshy, branching root stock. The root reaches convert 5 25 cm in length and sometimes seems out of proportion to the slenderness of the plant. The unbranched stem has alternate, large, smooth edged, heart shaped and stalkless leaves that clasp the stem with enlarged, basal lobes. The solitary flowers have an unpleasant odor and they are tubular, about convert 2.5 5 cm long, yellowish green with a prominent, dark brown or dark purple flap, both arising from the axils of the leaves. The fruit is bladder like of about convert 2 cm in diameter and contains a single seed. The flowering period extends from April through June. Reproduction The flowers of Aristolochia rotunda are hermaphrodite are pollinated by midges ... level. Uses Unreferenced section date February 2012 The name Smearwort is derived from its traditional ... 2012 And, the seeds have found employment in the making of shagreen . Smearwort leaves can be gathered ...?menuentry soorten&id 1590 Smearwort on Interactive Flora of NW Europe with picture http www.biolib.cz ... more details
Fat hen or fat hen may refer to Hen and chicks , common name for a group of small succulent flowering plants native to Europe and northern Africa Fat Hen, common name for Aristolochia rotunda Smearwort , a perennial herb native to Southern Europe Fat hen, common name in Britain for Chenopodium album White Goosefoot , a fast growing weedy annual plant that is extensively cultivated and consumed in Northern India as a food crop, where it is referred to in Hindi as Bathua . Fette Henne, or fat hen , nickname for the portly eagle of the Coat of arms of Germany that used to decorate the chamber of the Bundestag in Bonn, Germany. Also shows on certain German Euro coins dab Category Plant common names de Fette Henne ... more details
Allgood redirects here. This is also a common name of Smearwort Aristolochia rotunda . Infobox settlement official name Allgood, Alabama settlement type Town image skyline imagesize image caption image seal image map Blount County Alabama Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Allgood Highlighted.svg mapsize 250px map caption Location in Blount County, Alabama Blount County and the state of Alabama image map1 mapsize1 map caption1 coordinates region US AL subdivision type List of countries Country subdivision type1 US state State subdivision type2 List of counties in Alabama County subdivision name United States subdivision name1 Alabama subdivision name2 Blount County, Alabama Blount government type leader title leader name established date area magnitude area total km2 2.7 area total sq mi 1 area land km2 2.7 area land sq mi 1 area water km2 0 area water sq mi 0 elevation ft 787 elevation m 240 population as of 2007 population footnotes ref name 2007popest cite web url http www.census.gov popest cities tables SUB EST2007 04 01.csv title Annual Estimates of the Population for Incorporated Places in Alabama publisher United States Census Bureau date 2008 07 10 accessdate 2008 07 14 ref population total 712 population metro population density km2 233 population density sq mi 629 timezone Central Time Zone North America Central CST utc offset 6 latd 33 latm 54 lats 15 latNS N longd 86 longm 30 longs 59 longEW W timezone DST CDT utc offset DST 5 postal code type ZIP code postal code 35013 area code Area code 205 205 blank name Federal Information Processing Standard FIPS code blank info 01 01396 blank1 name Geographic Names Information System GNIS feature ID blank1 info 0113021 footnotes website Allgood is a town in Blount County, Alabama Blount County , Alabama , United States . At the 2000 census the population was 629. According to the 2005 U.S. Census estimates, the town had a population of 693. http www.census.gov popest cities files SUB EST2005 all.csv The mayor of Allgood ... more details
unreferenced article date May 2009 Goosefoot redirects here. The unrelated smearwort Aristolochia rotunda is sometimes called Mercury goosefoot . italic title taxobox name Chenopodium image Chenopodium polyspermum leaves and flowers 1 AB.jpg image caption Many seeded Goosefoot br Chenopodium polyspermum regnum Plant ae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Core eudicots ordo Caryophyllales familia Amaranthaceae subfamilia Chenopodioideae genus Chenopodium subdivision ranks Species subdivision Many, see Selected species text Chenopodium is a genus of about 150 Verify source date January 2009 including Dysphania species of perennial or annual plant annual herbaceous flowering plant s known as the goosefoots , which occur almost anywhere in the world. It is placed in the family biology family Amaranthaceae in the APG II system older classifications separate it and its relatives as Chenopodiaceae , but this leaves the rest of the Amaranthaceae polyphyletic . However, among the Amaranthaceae, the genus Chenopodium is the namesake member of the subfamily Chenopodioideae . The genus Dysphania plant Dysphania is closely related, and contains several species formerly placed in Chenopodium , such as Dysphania ambrosioides epazote D. ambrosioides . In Australia , the larger Chenopodium species are among the plants called bluebushes . Chualar, California Chualar in California is named after a Native Americans in the United States Native American term for a goosefoot abundant in the region, probably the California Goosefoot California goosefoot C. californicum . Uses and ecology File Chenopodium capitatum Strawberry Blite 2048px.jpg thumb left Strawberry blite C. capitatum leaves are edible, as are the red inflorescence s &ndash though they look like fruit, they actually taste like spinach . File Quinoa cuit.JPG thumb left Cooked quinoa C. quinoa seeds The genus Chenopodium contains several plants of minor to moderate importance as food crops as leaf ... more details
Italic title taxobox image Melganzenvoet bloeiwijze Chenopodium album.jpg regnum Plant ae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Core eudicots ordo Caryophyllales familia Amaranthaceae genus Chenopodium species C. album binomial Chenopodium album binomial authority Carolus Linnaeus L. Chenopodium album is a fast growing weed y annual plant in the genus Chenopodium . Though cultivated in some regions, the plant is elsewhere considered a weed. Common names include lamb s quarters , goosefoot and fat hen , though the latter two are also applied to other species of the genus Chenopodium , for which reason it is often distinguished as white goosefoot ref name bsbi BSBI http www.bsbi.org.uk BSBI2007.xls Database of names xls file ref ref name fnwe Flora of NW Europe http ip30.eti.uva.nl BIS flora.php?selected beschrijving&menuentry soorten&id 1815 Chenopodium album ref ref name pier ref name fna . It is sometimes also called pigweed , ref name fna although that name is often also used for Amaranthus albus . Ambiguously, the name fat hen or fat hen is also used for smearwort Aristolochia rotunda . Chenopodium album is extensively cultivated and consumed in Northern India as a food crop, ref name Niir Board p. 146 Handbook of Herbs Cultivation and Processing , By Niir Board, p. 146 ref and in English texts it may be called by its Hindi language Hindi name bathua or bathuwa . ref http www.flowersofindia.net catalog slides Bathua.html ref Marathi language Marathi Distribution Its native range is obscure due to extensive cultivation, ref name grin Germplasm Resources Information Network http www.ars grin.gov cgi bin npgs html taxon.pl?10178 Chenopodium album ref but includes most of Europe , ref name fe Flora Europaea http rbg web2.rbge.org.uk cgi bin nph readbtree.pl feout?FAMILY XREF &GENUS XREF Chenopodium&SPECIES XREF album&TAXON NAME XREF &RANK Chenopodium album ref from where Carolus Linnaeus Linnaeus described the species in 1753 ... more details
This page covers a group of dicotyledon families Lauraceae to Salicaceae . For the background to this list see parent article List of the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland Go to List of the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland 2 page 2 conifers Pinopsida List of the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland 4 page 4 another group of dicotyledon families Brassicaceae to Saxifragaceae Family Lauraceae class wikitable English name Scientific name Status Bay Laurel Laurus nobilis Family Aristolochiaceae class wikitable English name Scientific name Status Asarabacca Asarum europaeum Birthwort Aristolochia clematitis Smearwort Aristolochia rotunda Family Nymphaeaceae class wikitable English name Scientific name Status White Water lily Nymphaea alba Yellow Water lily Nuphar lutea Least Water lily Nuphar pumila Spatter dock Nuphar advena Family Ceratophyllaceae class wikitable English name Scientific name Status Rigid Hornwort Ceratophyllum demersum Soft Hornwort Ceratophyllum submersum Family Ranunculaceae class wikitable English name Scientific name Status Marsh marigold Caltha palustris Globeflower Trollius europaeus Stinking Hellebore Helleborus foetidus Green Hellebore Helleborus viridis Lenten rose Helleborus orientalis Winter Aconite Eranthis hyemalis Love in a mist Nigella damascena Monk s hood Aconitum napellus Aconitum Wolf s bane Aconitum lycoctonum Larkspur Consolida ajacis Baneberry Actaea spicata Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa Blue Anemone Anemone apennina Yellow Anemone Anemone ranunculoides Liverleaf Anemone hepatica Pasqueflower Pulsatilla vulgaris Traveller s joy Clematis vitalba Virgin s bower Clematis flammula Orange peel Clematis Clematis tangutica Himalayan Clematis Clematis montana Purple Clematis Clematis viticella Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens Bulbous buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus Hairy Buttercup Ranunculus sardous St Martin s Buttercup Ranunculus marginatus Rough fruited Buttercup Ranunculus muricatus Sma ... more details
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