Image Zanlophator1a.UME.jpg right 200px thumb A lilium flower showing the tepals the inner three are petals and the outer three are sepals. Tepals are elements of the perianth , or outer part of a flower , which include the petal s or sepal s. The term tepal is more often applied specifically when all segments of the perianth are of similar shape and color, or undifferentiated, which is called perigone . When different types of organs can be distinguished, they are referred to as petals and sepals. Undifferentiated tepals are thought to be the ancestral condition in flowering plant s. Amborella , which is thought to have separated earliest in the evolution of flowering plants, ref Louis P. Ronse De Craene Are Petals Sterile Stamens or Bracts? The Origin and Evolution of Petals in the Core Eudicots Annals of Botany doi 10.1093 aob mcm076 ref has flowers with undifferentiated tepals. Distinct petals and sepals would therefore have arisen by differentiation, probably in response to animal pollination. In typical modern flowers, the outer or enclosing Whorl botany whorl of organs forms sepals, specialised for protection of the flower bud as it develops, while the inner whorl forms petals, which attract pollinator s. In some plants the flowers have no petals, and all the tepals are sepals modified to look like petals. These organs are described as petaloid , e.g. the sepals of Hellebore . Undifferentiated tepals are common in Monocotyledon s. In tulip s, for example, the first and second whorls both contain structures that look like petals. These are fused at the base to form one large, showy, six parted structure. In Lilium lilies the organs in the first whorl are separate from the second, but all look similar, thus all the showy parts are often called tepals. Usage of the term tepal is inconsistent some authors refer to sepals and petals where others use the word tepals in the same context. gallery caption Flowers with tepals Image Tulip floriade canberra02.jpg A Tulip ... more details
taxobox name Siparuna vasqueziana regnum Plant ae unranked divisio Angiosperm s unranked classis Magnoliid s ordo Laurales familia Siparunaceae genus Siparuna species S. vasqueziana binomial Siparuna vasqueziana binomial authority Susanne Renner Renner & Gerlinde Hausner Hausner 2000 Siparuna vasqueziana is an evergreen dioecious shrub which grows to 5 m in height. It is found in primary forest habitats in Amazonian Peru . It can be distinguished from all other Siparuna species by its yellow flower s with exceptionally long tepal s. References http www.umsl.edu biosrenn Novon2000.pdf New species of Siparuna Category Siparuna Category Dioecious plants Category Plants described in 2000 Laurales stub ... more details
taxobox image Erythronium purpurascens 02.jpg regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots ordo Liliales familia Liliaceae genus Erythronium species E. purpurascens binomial Erythronium purpurascens binomial authority Sereno Watson S.Wats. Erythronium purpurascens is a species of flowering plant in the Liliaceae lily family which is known by the common names purple fawn lily and Sierra Nevada fawn lily . It is Endemism endemic to California , where it grows in the high mountains of the southern Cascade Range and Sierra Nevada U.S. Sierra Nevada . Description This mountain wildflower, Erythronium purpurascens , grows from a bulb 2 to 4 centimeters long and produces two narrow green leaves up to 15 centimeters in length. The erect stalks reach a maximum of 20 centimeters tall and each bears one to six flowers. The flower has white tepal s with yellow bases which turn purple with age. Each tepal is only one or two centimeters long and curls back. The stamen s and their large anthers and the Gynoecium style are yellow. The flowers bloom as the last snow is melting, which might not be until summer. External links http ucjeps.berkeley.edu cgi bin get JM treatment.pl?8349,8546,8556 Jepson Manual Treatment Erythronium purpurascens http plants.usda.gov java profile?symbol ERPU7 USDA Plants Profile http calphotos.berkeley.edu cgi img query?query src photos index&where taxon Erythronium purpurascens Erythronium purpurascens Photo gallery Category Erythronium purpurascens Category Endemic flora of California Category Flora of the Sierra Nevada region U.S. Liliales stub de Erythronium purpurascens es Erythronium purpurascens ... more details
taxobox regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots ordo Asparagales familia Iridaceae subfamilia Iridoideae tribus Sisyrinchieae genus Sisyrinchium species S. funereum binomial Sisyrinchium funereum binomial authority E.P.Bicknell Sisyrinchium funereum is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the Iridaceae iris family known by the common name Funeral Mountain blue eyed grass . It is Endemism endemic to the Mojave Desert of the United States, where it is known only from the Funeral Mountains and Death Valley area in eastern California , and the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge Ash Meadows area just over the border in Nevada . It grows in wet, highly alkaline habitat, such as Seep hydrology seeps and mineral spring s. Description Sisyrinchium funereum is rhizome rhizomatous perennial herb takes a clumpy form, producing pale green, waxy stems up to 70 to 76 centimeters in maximum height. The flower has six tepal s measuring up to 1.5 centimeters long. They are light blue to purple blue with yellow bases. The tepal tips are often squared or notched. The fruit is a beige capsule. External links http ucjeps.berkeley.edu cgi bin get JM treatment.pl?8185,8222,8227 Jepson Manual Treatment Sisyrinchium funereum http plants.usda.gov java profile?symbol SIFU USDA Plants Profile Sisyrinchium funereum http www.efloras.org florataxon.aspx?flora id 1&taxon id 242101903 Flora of North America Sisyrinchium funereum http calphotos.berkeley.edu cgi img query?query src photos index&where taxon Sisyrinchium funereum Sisyrinchium funereum Photo gallery Category Iridaceae Sisyrinchium funereum Category Flora of the California desert regions Category Flora of Nevada Category Death Valley Iridaceae stub ... more details
taxobox regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots ordo Asparagales familia Iridaceae subfamilia Iridoideae tribus Sisyrinchieae genus Sisyrinchium species S. halophilum binomial Sisyrinchium halophilum binomial authority Edward Lee Greene Greene Sisyrinchium halophilum is a species of flowering plant in the Iridaceae iris family known by the common name Nevada blue eyed grass . It is native to the western United States in and around the Great Basin and Mojave Desert , where it grows in moist, often highly alkaline habitat, such as Seep hydrology seeps , meadows, and mineral spring s. Description Sisyrinchium halophilum is rhizome rhizomatous perennial herb takes a clumpy form, producing waxy stems up 26 to 40 centimeters in maximum height. The flat leaves are grasslike. The flower has six tepal s measuring roughly one centimeter long each. They are pale blue to purple blue with yellow bases. The tepal tips are often squared or notched or have a tiny point. The fruit is a beige capsule. External links http ucjeps.berkeley.edu cgi bin get JM treatment.pl?8185,8222,8228 Jepson Manual Treatment Sisyrinchium halophilum http plants.usda.gov java profile?symbol SIHA2 USDA Plants Profile Sisyrinchium halophilum http www.efloras.org florataxon.aspx?flora id 1&taxon id 242101906 Flora of North America http calphotos.berkeley.edu cgi img query?query src photos index&where taxon Sisyrinchium halophilum Sisyrinchium halophilum Photo gallery Category Iridaceae Sisyrinchium halophilum Category Flora of the California desert regions Category Flora of the Great Basin desert region Category Flora of Nevada Iridaceae stub ... more details
Other uses Asphodel disambiguation Unreferenced date December 2009 italic title speciesbox taxon Asphodelus ramosus image Asphodelus ramosus 002.JPG image caption Asphodelus ramosus authority Carl Ludwig Willdenow Willd. Asphodelus ramosus , also known as Branched asphodel , is a perennial herb in the Asparagales order. Similar in appearance to Asphodelus albus and particularly Asphodelus cerasiferus , it may be distinguished by its highly branched stem and smaller fruits. In addition, at least on the Catalonia Catalan coast where it is very common, in contrast to other asphodels, it shows an affinity for acidic soils, mainly schist . It is to be found close to the sea on the slopes of the Alb res massif , where it forms abundant colonies in April to May. Its very numerous flower s are white with six tepal s bearing a central brown streak. The fruits are small round capsules. DEFAULTSORT Asphodelus Ramosus Category Flowers Category Asphodeloideae ar co Asphodelus ramosus de stiger Affodill es Asphodelus ramosus fr Asphod le ramifi he pt Abr tea bot nica sc Asphodelus ramosus ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2007 italictitle taxobox image Tulipa pulchella0.jpg regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots ordo Liliales familia Liliaceae genus Tulipa species T. pulchella binomial Tulipa pulchella binomial authority Fenzl et Regel Tulipa pulchella is a dwarf tulip native to Iran and Turkey . It has a bulb 1 2 cm diameter, which produces a flowering stem up to 20 cm tall. The leaf leaves are glaucous green, 10 15 cm long. The flower s are reddish purple, with six tepal s 3 cm long and 1.5 cm broad. Cultivation It was introduced to Europe in the early 19th century, where a small number of cultivar s are grown as ornamental plant s in gardens, notably Persian Pearl . DEFAULTSORT Tulipa Pulchella Category Tulipa liliales stub az Tulipa pulchella es Tulipa pulchella fr Tulipa pulchella ... more details
Refimprove type plant auto yes date December 2009 Automatic taxobox taxon Bessera image 34 Bessera elegans.jpg image caption Bessera elegans authority Julius Hermann Schultes Schult.f. Bessera is a genus of plants in the family Asparagaceae , subfamily Brodiaeoideae . ref citation last Stevens first P.F. year 2001 onwards title Angiosperm Phylogeny Website Asparagales Brodiaeoideae url http www.mobot.org mobot research apweb orders asparagalesweb.htm Themidaceae ref A small genus of mostly herbaceous flowering plants with corm s, they are Perennial plant perennials native to Mexico. They have flowers with petals and petaloid sepals tepal s with compound pistils. The genus is named for Austria n and Russian Empire Russian botanist Wilibald Swibert Joseph Gottlieb von Besser 1784 1842 . Bessera elegans , called coral drops , is cultivated and is a half hardy Mexican herbaceous plant growing from corms with drooping terminal umbels of showy red and white colored flowers. References Reflist Category Asparagaceae genera Category Brodiaeoideae Asparagales stub es Bessera fr Bessera pt Bessera ... more details
Speciesbox taxon Maianthemum trifolium image Maianthemumtrifolium.jpg authority Carolus Linnaeus L. Daniel Sloboda Sloboda Maianthemum trifolium synonymy syn. Smilacina trifolia , Three leaf Solomon s seal, three leaf Solomon s plume, smilacine trifoli e is a species of flowering plant that is native to Canada and the northeastern United States , from Yukon and British Columbia east to Newfoundland island Newfoundland and south to Delaware . It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 25 cm tall, with alternate, oblong lanceolate leaf leaves 5 12 cm long and 2 4 cm broad. The flower s are produced on a 5 10 cm panicle, each flower with six white tepal s 2 4 mm long. External links http www.efloras.org florataxon.aspx?flora id 1&taxon id 240001468 Flora of North America Maianthemum trifolium Category Maianthemum Category Flora of Canada Asparagales stub es Maianthemum trifolium zh ... more details
Speciesbox taxon Allium peninsulare image Alliumpeninsulare.jpg image caption Allium peninsulare authority Edward Lee Greene Greene , 1888 Allium peninsulare , is a species of Allium wild onion known by the common name crinkled onion . It is Endemism endemic to California , USA, where it grows along the Central Coast of California Central Coast in the California Coast Ranges Coast Ranges . Description This onion grows from a bulb one to one and a half centimeters wide and sends up naked green stems topped with inflorescence s of many flowers, each on a short Pedicel botany pedicel . The flowers are magenta in color and have six triangular tepal s. The inner three tepals are smaller and crinkled like cloth and may curl under. Subspecies A. peninsulare var. franciscanum A. peninsulare var. peninsulare See also California montane chaparral and woodlands External links commons Allium peninsulare Wikispecies http ucjeps.berkeley.edu tjm2 review treatments alliaceae mcneal.html 12555 Jepson Manual Treatment Allium peninsulare Category Allium peninsulare Category Plants described in 1888 ... more details
Speciesbox taxon Allium nevadense image Allium nevadense 6.jpg authority Sereno Watson S.Wats. Allium nevadense is a species of Allium wild onion known by the common name Nevada onion . It is native to the western United States where it grows in sand and rocky soil. The Nevada onion grows from a brown or gray bulb one to one and a half centimeters wide which may have one or two daughter bulblets associated with it. The stem may appear short if the bulb is more than a few inches below the surface of the ground. The stem is topped with an inflorescence of up to 25 flowers. The tepal s may be white or pink streaked with darker midveins. External links commons Allium nevadense http ucjeps.berkeley.edu cgi bin get JM treatment.pl?8349,8354,8397 Jepson Manual Treatment http plants.usda.gov java profile?symbol ALNE USDA Plants Profile http calphotos.berkeley.edu cgi img query?query src photos index&where taxon Allium nevadense Photo gallery DEFAULTSORT Allium Nevadense Category Allium nevadense Asparagales stub az Allium nevadense es Allium nevadense ... more details
italictitle taxobox image Sisyrinchium platense.JPG regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots ordo Asparagales familia Iridaceae subfamilia Iridoideae tribus Sisyrinchieae genus Sisyrinchium species S. platense binomial Sisyrinchium platense binomial authority I.M.Johnst. Sisyrinchium platense is a species of flowering plant in the Iridaceae family. Native from the Pampas region of South America , they are found growing in fertile and moist soils. ref http www.plantasvasculares.uns.edu.ar herbario galeria pehuen s.html Laboratorio de Plantas Vasculares Bot generated title ref Description Sisyrinchium platense is a herbaceous perennial s with many thin leaves produced from fleshy roots, that normally grows about 20 cm high. Plants are spring blooming and the flower display is showy. Like other species in this genus they have flowers with six petal like tepal s that are bluish violet in color with darker veins, the flowers arise from the top of the stems and have green flat bracts. Fruits are capsules with many small seeds. References Reflist Category Iridaceae Sisyrinchium platense Category Flora of South America Iridaceae stub ... more details
Speciesbox taxon Allium denticulatum authority Ownbey & Aase McNeal Allium denticulatum is a species of Allium wild onion known by the common name toothed wild onion . It is Endemism endemic to California , where it grows in the western Mojave Desert and adjacent Tehachapi Mountains and the southern Sierra Nevada U.S. Sierra Nevada . This onion grows from a reddish brown spherical to oval shaped bulb just over a centimeter long. It produces a stem up to 18 centimeters tall and a single cylindrical leaf up to twice as long as the stem. The inflorescence contains up to 30 flowers with deep pink to purplish tepal s which are toothed at their tips. External links http ucjeps.berkeley.edu cgi bin get JM treatment.pl?8349,8354,8370 Jepson Manual Treatment http plants.usda.gov java profile?symbol ALDE6 USDA Plants Profile http www.efloras.org florataxon.aspx?flora id 1&taxon id 242101350 Flora of North America DEFAULTSORT Allium Denticulatum Category Allium denticulatum Category Flora of California Asparagales stub az Allium denticulatum es Allium fimbriatum var. denticulatum ... more details
Speciesbox taxon Allium parishii authority Sereno Watson S.Wats. Allium parishii is an uncommon species of Allium wild onion known by the common name Parish s onion . It is native to the Mojave Desert of California and Arizona . This onion grows from a reddish brown bulb just over a centimeter long and produces a stem up to about 25 centimeters tall. There is a single cylindrical leaf which is generally longer than the stem. The inflorescence contains up to 25 dark veined pale pink flowers with narrow tepal s between one and two centimeters long. External links http ucjeps.berkeley.edu cgi bin get JM treatment.pl?8349,8354,8402 Jepson Manual Treatment http plants.usda.gov java profile?symbol ALPA2 USDA Plants Profile http www.efloras.org florataxon.aspx?flora id 1&taxon id 242101384 Flora of North America DEFAULTSORT Allium Parishii Category Allium parishii Category Flora of California Category Flora of Arizona Asparagales stub az Allium parishii ... more details
taxobox name Mariceae image Lily flower.jpg image caption Neomarica northiana regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots ordo Asparagales familia Iridaceae subfamilia Iridoideae tribus Mariceae subdivision ranks Genera subdivision See text. Mariceae is a tribe included in the Iridaceae family, Iridoideae subfamily. It s the smallest tribe in this subfamily because It contains only three closely related genera. The species are wildly distributed only in South America South and Central America . A big part of the members are native to Brazil . They represents tropical plants which grows mainly in moist environments. The rootstock is rhizome , the leaves are traditionally sword shaped. The blooms are collected in inflorescence and contains six tepal s. Three of them are different from the others. The ovary is 3 locular. The plant s has good ornamental traits but they are not very often used in cultivation. Some of them has more specific needs but some are much easier for growing. Well, sometimes these species are difficult to find. List of genera Neomarica Pseudotrimezia Trimezia Category Iridaceae Category Plant tribes es Mariceae ... more details
italic title taxobox image Crocus banaticus.jpg name Crocus banaticus regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots ordo Asparagales familia Iridaceae subfamilia Crocoideae genus Crocus subgenus Crociris species C. banaticus Crocus banaticus is a perennial plant belonging to the Iridaceae Iris family. It grows in the Balkans , particularly in Romania , and in Ukraine . ref http www.pacificbulbsociety.org pbswiki index.php FallBloomingCrocus Crocus banaticus and other fall blooming species of Crocus ref It creates its own subgenus in the Crocoideae Crocus subfamily known as Crociris . This fall blooming species flowers usually in violet but also white. Its small inner tepal s are surrounded by three larger tepals, unlike the more symmetrical crocus species found outside of the subfamily. References references Iridaceae stub Category Flora of Romania Category Iridaceae de Siebenb rger Herbst Krokus fr Crocus banaticus uk ... more details
Speciesbox taxon Brodiaea stellaris authority Sereno Watson S.Wats. Brodiaea stellaris is a species of flowering plant in the brodiaea cluster lily genus known by the common name starflower brodiaea . It is Endemism endemic to northern California , where it grows on the serpentine soil s of the California Coast Ranges North Coast Ranges . This perennial produces a short inflorescence only a few centimeters tall which bears flowers on Pedicel botany pedicels . Each flower has six blue purple tepal s up to 1.5 centimeters long. At the center of the flower are large white sterile stamen s called staminode s which surround the distinctive forked fertile stamen s. External links http ucjeps.berkeley.edu cgi bin get JM treatment.pl?8349,8438,8457 Jepson Manual Treatment http plants.usda.gov java profile?symbol BRST USDA Plants Profile http www.efloras.org florataxon.aspx?flora id 1&taxon id 242101446 Flora of North America http calphotos.berkeley.edu cgi img query?query src photos index&where taxon Brodiaea stellaris Photo gallery Category Brodiaea Category Flora of California asparagales stub ... more details
taxobox image Moraea viscaria 5 .JPG regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots ordo Asparagales familia Iridaceae subfamilia Iridoideae tribus Irideae genus Moraea species M. viscaria binomial Moraea viscaria binomial authority Ker Gawl. Moraea viscaria is a species of the genus of Moraea in the Iridaceae that is named after the sticky secretion on the stem and branches. It is a corm ous geophyte 20 45 cm in height with white flowers. The outer tepal s are 15 23 mm long and inner tepals 14 20 mm long. The flower is sweetly scented and pollen bright red. The stem is branched and sticky, dry at flowering. It flowers from October to December. Its habitat is reported as sandy or stony flats in the Western Cape between Saldanha, Western Cape Saldanha in the west and Cape Agulhas in the east. References Goldblatt The Moraeas of Southern Africa. Annals of Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardent Vol.14 CTP Book Printers Cape 1986. ISBN 0 620 09974 7 Category Moraea viscaria Category Plants described in 1805 Iridaceae stub ... more details
DISPLAYTITLE Heliamphora sp. Akop n Tepui taxobox name Heliamphora sp. Akop n Tepui image caption regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Asterids ordo Ericales familia Sarraceniaceae genus Heliamphora species H. sp. Akop n Tepui binomial binomial authority Heliamphora sp. Akop n Tepui is an undescribed taxon of Heliamphora marsh pitcher plant known only from Akop n Tepui in Venezuela , where it grows at elevations of 1800 1900 m. ref name McPherson2011 McPherson, S., A. Wistuba, A. Fleischmann & J. Nerz 2011. Sarraceniaceae of South America . Redfern Natural History Productions Ltd., Poole. ref It resembles Heliamphora heterodoxa H. heterodoxa in many respects, but has larger and broader pitchers, narrower tepal s, and a smaller nectar spoon. ref name McPherson2011 References reflist Heliamphora Category Heliamphora Category Flora of Venezuela Category Undescribed species Ericales stub ... more details
Image Mature flower diagram.svg thumb upright 1.4 Diagram showing the parts of a mature flower here the perianth is separated into sepals and petals. The term perianth has two similar but separate meanings in botany In flowering plant s, the perianth is composed of the outer, sterile whorls of a flower . ref name Stace cite book author Clive A. Stace year 2010 title New Flora of the British Isles edition 3rd publisher Cambridge University Press location Cambridge isbn 978 0 521 70772 5 chapter Glossary pages 1077 1093 ref The perianth may either consist of the calyx botany calyx all sepal s and the corolla flower corolla all petal s , or, if sepals and petals are not differentiated, of the perigone all tepal s . In Marchantiophyta liverworts Marchantiophyta , the perianth is the sterile tubelike tissue that surrounds the female reproductive structure or developing sporophyte . References reflist External links Wiktionary inline perianth Category Plant anatomy botany stub bryophyte stub ca Periant cs Kv tn obal de Bl tenh lle es Perianto eo Perianto fa fr P rianthe gl Perianto it Perianzio hu Vir gtakar nds Bl tenh ll pl Okwiat pt Perianto tr Periyant uk vi Bao hoa zh ... more details
Speciesbox taxon Agave bracteosa image Agave bracteosa.jpg authority S. Wats. ex George Engelmann Engelm. 1882 Agave bracteosa is a species of agave sometimes known as spider agave . Small among the agaves, its green succulent leaves are long and lanceolate, 50 70 cm long and 3 5 cm at the base, where they are the widest. They have minute serrations along the margins, no teeth, no spine at the end, and have a tendency to curl somewhat, in a fashion reminiscent of the octopus agave A. vilmoriniana . The inflorescence spike is also short at 1.2 1.7 meters, and its upper third is densely covered with white or pale yellow flowers. The flowers are distinctive in that tepal s arise from a disk shaped receptacle rather than the usual tube. The stamens are quite long. It is endemic to a small region of the northern Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico , found on cliffs and rocky slopes from 900 to 1,700 meters. Gentry defines a group Choritepalae that includes A. bracteosa along with Agave ellemeetiana and Agave guiengola , and states that the discoid receptacle and unarmed leaves are different enough from other agaves to justify placing A. bracteosa and A. ellemeetiana into a separate genus, but that characteristics of A. guiengola link the group to the rest of Agave . References Howard Scott Gentry , Agaves of Continental North America University of Arizona Press, 1982 pp. 91 93 Category Agave bracteosa Category Sierra Madre Oriental de Agave bracteosa es Agave bracteosa fr Agave bracteosa ru uk Agave bracteosa ... more details
Speciesbox image Muilla coronata 1.jpg taxon Muilla coronata authority Edward Lee Greene Greene Muilla coronata is a species of flowering plant known by the common name crowned muilla . It is native to the deserts of eastern California and southern Nevada , where it is found in scrub and Joshua Tree woodland habitat, as well as the slopes of nearby mountains. It is a perennial growing from a corm and reaching no more than 15 centimeters in height. The flowering stem bears an umbel shaped array of up to 10, but usually fewer, flowers on Pedicel botany pedicels up to 3 centimeters long. Each flower has six tepal s which are white in color, often with a blue tinge inside and a greenish tinge on the outer surfaces. At the center of the flower are six stamen s with wide white petal like filaments. The filaments are partially fused into a, erect, cylindrical crown . External links http ucjeps.berkeley.edu cgi bin get JM treatment.pl?8349,8616,8618 Jepson Manual Treatment http plants.usda.gov java profile?symbol MUCO USDA Plants Profile http www.efloras.org florataxon.aspx?flora id 1&taxon id 242101780 Flora of North America http calphotos.berkeley.edu cgi img query?query src photos index&where taxon Muilla coronata Photo gallery Category Brodiaeoideae Category Flora of California Category Flora of Nevada Asparagales stub ... more details
italic title orphan date October 2009 taxobox name Amaranthus fimbriatus image Amaranthus fimbriatus 4.jpg image caption In Red Rock Canyon, Nevada regnum Plant ae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Core eudicots ordo Caryophyllales familia Amaranthaceae genus Amaranthus species A. fimbriatus binomial Amaranthus fimbriatus binomial authority Torr. George Bentham Benth. ex S.Watson Amaranthus fimbriatus is a species of glabrous flowering plant . It is also known by common names such as Fringed Amaranth or Fringed Pigweed. The plant can often grow up to 0.7 m 2 ft. in height. The flower is greenish to maroon. It is found in the Southwestern U.S. and in Mexico . It often grows on sandy, gravelly slopes or in disturbed habitats. It usually blooms after the summer rains in these arid regions. It is considered to be an invasive weed. Two varieties of A. fimbratus have been described A. fimbratus var. fimbratus and A. fimbratus var. denticulatus . The small variations are found in the tepal s. References commons Amaranthus fimbriatus http ucjeps.berkeley.edu cgi bin get JM treatment.pl?290,294,302 Jepson Manual Treatment http plants.usda.gov java profile?symbol AMFI USDA Plants Profile http www.efloras.org florataxon.aspx?flora id 1&taxon id 242415667 Taxonomic, Scientific, and Distribution Information http calphotos.berkeley.edu cgi img query?query src photos index&where taxon Amaranthus fimbriatus Photo gallery Category Amaranthus fimbriatus Amaranthaceae stub es Amaranthus fimbriatus ... more details
Image Utricularia sandersonii flower1.jpg thumb right 250px Flowers of Utricularia sandersonii , displaying large floral spurs. A spur in botany is a spike, usually part of a flower. In certain plants, part of a sepal or petal develops into an elongated hollow spike extending behind the flower , containing nectar which is sucked by long tongued animals insects, birds or bats . Plants with such structures include Delphinium , Aquilegia , Piperia , and some orchid s, such as Gymnadenia . Spurs may be useful in species identification &ndash for example Yadon s piperia cannot be easily distinguished from other Piperia save for the unusually short length of its spur. ref Morgan & Ackerman, Lindleyana 5 205 211 1990 ref In tropical pitcher plant s of the genus Nepenthes , the spur is a small appendage at the base of the pitcher lid. ref Clarke, C.M. 1997. Nepenthes of Borneo . Natural History Publications Borneo , Kota Kinabalu. ref References reflist See also Sepal Petal Tepal Calyx botany Calyx Corolla flower Corolla botany stub Category Plant anatomy Category Plant morphology ca Esper bot nica de Sporn Botanik es Espuela biolog a fr peron botanique he nl Spoor bloem pl Ostroga botanika ru sv Sporre biologi ... more details
italic title Gladiolus colvillei Sweet is a Hybrid biology hybrid Gladiolus cultivar . Common name Scarlet Gladiolus. The original Gladiolus colvillei was bred by the nurseryman James Colville of Chelsea, London from the southern Africa n species G. tristis and G. cardinalis and first described in 1823 it is still cultivated. ref Lewis, G.J. 1972 Gladiolus a revision of South African species of Gladiolus . Journal of South African Botany Suplementary Volume 10. ref It has deep pink flowers with a cream stripe on each of the lower three tepal s. In 1826 James Colville put on sale a white form with pale pink anther s known as G. colvillei alba . In 1871, a completely white mutant sport with the same parentage was described G. colvillei The Bride . This cultivar is still available commercially today under the same name. The Colvillei group of Gladiolus now includes many small to about 40 cm tall spring flowering cultivars with flowers from white to pink or orange red. Some are likely to have other southern African species such as G. carneus in their ancestry. ref Cooke, D.A. 2005 in Spencer, R.D. Horticultural Flora of South Eastern Australia vol. 5, p. 221 ISBN 0868408328 ref References reflist DEFAULTSORT Gladiolus Colvillei Category Gladiolus Iridaceae stub es Gladiolus colvillei ... more details
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