Plant FlowersPart I
Anagallis Arvensis• Anagallis Arvensis is also knows as Scarlet pimpernel, red
pimpernel, red chickweed, poorman's barometer, poor man's weather-glass, shepherd's weather glass, or shepherd's clock.
• Anagallis Arvensis is a low-growing annual plant found in Europe, Asia and North America.
• Scarlet pimpernel flowers are open only when the sun shines.• This common European plant is generally considered a weed
and is an indicator of light soils.• Kingdom: Plantae, Order: Ericales, Family: Myrsinaceae,
Genus: Anagallis, Species: A. arvensis
Borago Officinalis• Borago officinalis is also known as a starflower. • Borago officinalis is an annual herb originating in Syria, but
naturalized throughout the Mediterranean region, as well as Asia Minor, Europe, North Africa, and South America.
• Borago officinalis is most often blue in color, but can also be pink and white.
• In milder climates, Borago officinalis will bloom continuously for most of the year.
• Kingdom: Plantae, Family: Boraginaceae, Genus: Borago, Species: B. officinalis
Clivia Miniata• Clivia miniata (commonly known as Bush lily) is a species of
clivia, from South Africa.• Clivia miniata grows to a height of about 45cm in the shade
of trees and shrubs.• Clivia miniata flowers are red, orange or yellow, with a faint,
but very sweet perfume. • Clivia miniata is sometimes known in cultivation as "Kaffir
Lily".• Kingdom: Plantae, Order: Asparagales, Family:
Amaryllidaceae, Tribe: Haemantheae, Subtribe: Cliviinae, Genus: Clivia, Species: C. miniata
Erinacea Anthyllis
• Erinacea anthyllis is also known as Erinaceae pungens - Blue broom, Hedgehog broom
• Genus: Erinacea• Family: Leguminosae
Fuchsia
• Fuchsia is a genus of flowering plants that consists mostly of shrubs or small trees.
• The first, Fuchsia triphylla, was discovered on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (present day Dominican Republic and Haiti) in 1703 by the French Minim monk and botanist, Charles Plumier.
• Kingdom: Plantae, Division: Magnoliophyta, Class: Magnoliopsida, Order: Myrtales, Family: Onagraceae, Genus: Fuchsia
Lithospermum
• Lithospermum is a genus of plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae.
• Lithospermum species are known generally as gromwells or stoneseeds.
• Kingdom: Plantae, Family: Boraginaceae, Subfamily: Boraginoideae, Genus: Lithospermum
Pallenis Spinosa• Pallenis is a small genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family (
Asteraceae). • The type species is Pallenis spinosa.• The name is derived from palea (chaff), referring to the chaffy receptacle.• This is a typical Mediterranean genus, occurring in desert and coastal
habitats of Southern Europe, North Africa, the Canary Islands and the Middle East.
• Pallenis consists of, annual or biennial, herbaceous plant.• Pallenis grow on uncultivated or disturbed land and roadsides. • Pallenis are hardy, even surviving in dry to very dry environments or cold
spells.• Kingdom: Plantae, Order: Asterales, Family: Asteraceae, Subfamily:
Asteroideae, Tribe: Inuleae, Subtribe: Inulinae, Genus: Pallenis
Ruscus Aculeatus• Ruscus aculeatus is a low evergreen Eurasian shrub, with flat
shoots known as cladodes that give the appearance of stiff, spine-tipped leaves.
• Small greenish flowers appear in spring, and are borne singly in the centre of the cladodes.
• The female flowers are followed by a red berry, and the seeds are bird-distributed, but the plant also spreads vegetatively by means of rhizomes.
• Common names: Butcher's Broom, Knee Holly, Jew's Myrtle, Sweet Broom, Pettigree
• Kingdom: Plantae, Order: Asparagales, Family: Ruscaceae, Genus: Ruscus, Species: R. aculeatus
Solanum Lycopersicum
• Solanum lycopersicum is the plant that bears tomatoes.
• Kingdom: Plantae, Order: Solanales, Family: Solanaceae, Genus: Solanum, Species: S. lycopersicum
Teucrium
• Teucrium is a genus of perennial plants, of the family Lamiaceae.
• Common names for this genus include germanders. These species are herbs, shrubs or subshrubs.
• They are most common in Mediterranean climates.• Teucrium species are rich in essential oils. • They are valued as ornamental plants and pollen source,
and some species have culinary and/or medical value.• Kingdom: Plantae, Order: Lamiales, Family: Lamiaceae,
Genus: Teucrium