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Alstonia scholaris, commonly called blackboard tree or Saptaparni or devil's tree. It's an evergreen ornamental tropical tree from Apocynaceae family. Though it is a toxic plant, it has medicinal use
Acacia baileyana, also called Cootamundra waffle, is a large evergreen shrub or small tree, adorned with a wide-spreading canopy and weeping branches, clothed in feathery, finely cut, blue-gray leaves. The foliage remains appealing all year round. In late winter to early spring, clouds of bright golden-yellow, small, rounded flowers held in axillary racemes cover the branches and create a striking floral display. As some photos show, it is a great plant for slopes and banks.\nThese photos were taken on a very windy day in spring.
Shrubs and small trees are among some of the larger competitors which comprise our critically endangered Chaparral plant community in the Santa Monica Mountains.
This is Russian vine (Fallopia baldschuanica), originating from eastern Asia but here growing in Wandsworth, London. This fast-growing vine is related to Japanese knotweed and has similar invasive qualities, needing no invitation to scramble over trees, bushes and walls. Other names for the Russian vine are mile-a-minute vine; China fleece vine; fleece flower and silver lace vine. Earlier scientific names for the same plant are (Fallopia aubertii), (Polygonum baldschuanicum) and (Polygonum aubertii). Some other ecology-related photographs: .
London pride (saxifraga x urbium) flowers in bloom
Salt marsh dodder or goldthread,
The plant sheds it's leaves much earlier than other deciduous trees in the Diablo Range
Close-up of paper mulberry or Broussonetia papyrifera flower in full bloom.\nHybrid mulberry tree used to make Japanese paper (Broussonetia kazinoki x papyrifera)
A detailed close-up of buds emerging on a plant in early spring. The image focuses on the intricate textures and forms of the buds, highlighting the beauty of new growth against a softly blurred background. The branches, captured with sharpness, draw attention to the budding flowers, promising the onset of spring. This photograph emphasizes the delicate and hopeful nature of new beginnings in the plant world.
Flowers in the Oak Woodland in the Case Mountain Recreation Management Area near Salt Creek, Three Rivers, and Lake Kaweah California on the road to Mineral King
Because the city of 29 Palms has only been partially developed, many Pre Contact species of the Southern Mojave Desert continue to survive in the margins. One such contender is a small shrub with flowers in shades of white and pink known botanically as Eriogonum Fasciculatum. Also known by the common names East Mojave Buckwheat, or California Buck Wheat, they will remain in the locale as long as our efforts towards preservation of native ecology.
Leucophyllum frutescens tree green plant in garden
an exterior Pacific Southwest forest with a flowering Ceanothus shrub
Acacia baileyana, also called Cootamundra waffle, is a large evergreen shrub or small tree, adorned with a wide-spreading canopy and weeping branches, clothed in feathery, finely cut, blue-gray leaves. The foliage remains appealing all year round. In late winter to early spring, clouds of bright golden-yellow, small, rounded flowers held in axillary racemes cover the branches and create a striking floral display. As some photos show, it is a great plant for slopes and banks.\nThese photos were taken on a very windy day in spring.
Flowers and plants in greenhouses or in a tropical house in Botanical Garden St. Gallen, St. Gallen - Switzerland
Lavender Croton (Croton gratissimus) at Etosha National Park in Kunene Region, Namibia
High meadow button 'Sanguisorba tenuifolia'
Larrea divaricata is a plant found in desert landscape in South America. Here it can be seen the fruit of the plant, it's white and furry. When it blooms, the yellow flowers give a nice contrast with the red terrain in the San Juan Province, in Argentina.
Prickly thrift, or Acantholimon albanicum flowers in a rock garden
Bright orange tips of succulent called sticks of fire cactus against blue sky
Close-up view of white cheesewood flower blooming on tree branch
New Zealand Flax in Flower with a classic clear New Zealand spring sky. It is also known by it's Maori name Harakeke.
This manzanita tree grows out of the rocky landscape in Sierra National Forest.
Viburnum plicatum, or Japanese snowball, produces 2 to 3 inch wide showy, snowball-type clusters of white flowers in spring. (The flowers in those photos are still greenish, but they are about to turn white.) It is a dense, upright, multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub with somewhat horizontal branching that grows 3 to 4 meters high.
Searsia glauca is an evergreen, densely branched, wind resistant shrub with trifoliate leaves clustered on reddish brown branchlets. With greenish, minuscule flowers, which turn into trays of yellow berries, who then ripened further into reddish brown in late summer. Searsia glauca belongs to the family Anacardiacea and is mostly found along the coastline of southern Africa and it attracts pollinators and birds. I took this picture at Table Mountain National park
Vertical closeup photo of a Fraxinus Ornus or Manna Ash or Flowering Ash tree with clusters of cream coloured flowers and light green leaves in Spring. Uralla near Armidale, New England high country, NSW.
The caatinga landscape in Northeast Brazil
Close up of Jade plant flowers
HuAll plants are beautiful in their own way, however some are incredibly striking and have a presence beyond their morphology. Erigonum Plumatella, commonly known by Flat Top Buckwheat or Yucca Buckwheat, is gorgeous to behold. Shades of red, purple, and white extend upwards on slender stalks, making a colorful and elegant statement in its native range, which includes the Pioneertown area.
Lead Wood Tree at Etosha National Park in Kunene Region, Namibia
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