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Honeysuckle Facts Perhaps surprisingly to some, the term Honeysuckle actually names an entire Family of stunningly beautiful plants placed in the Caprifoliaceae family. Due to this, each of these remarkable species develops as either arching shrubs or twining vines. A remarkable total of roughly 180 recognized species of the plant further exist at this time. […]Read More
Chinese Lantern Facts First of all, the term Chinese Lantern serves as the common name for an incredibly beautiful variety of perennial plant. However, it also goes by the scientific name of the Physalis alkekengi. It holds a surprise for many people who admire its beauty, though. That’s because this species actually remains a relative […]Read More
Naked Man Orchid Facts Firstly, the Naked Man Orchid forms a rather unusual species of orchid, to say the least. Most notably, this image does not include photoshopping and shows exactly why the remarkable plant bears its common name. Further, this astonishing flower also remains one of the fortunate ones, compared to many related species. […]Read More
Nightshade Facts Most notably, the word Nightshade serves as the common name for an extremely large Family of remarkable flowering plants. In point of fact, this incredible group actually holds a huge number of separate but related species. That holds true because of the fact that, currently, more than 2,700 known species exist within this […]
Source: https://bit.ly/2J9AeJc Photographer: Jean CC License: https://bit.ly/1ryPA8o Black Bat Flower Facts First of all, the Black Bat Flower, also known as the Tacca chantrieri, represents a truly unique species of flowering plant. Believe it or not, it also forms a member of the yam family. However, though not considered toxic, it is not considered edible, […]
Begonia Facts Firstly, the simple term of Begonia actually serves as the common name for any of the plant species within a certain genus. Secondly, and quite amazingly, this fascinating genus has a truly enormous number of separate species contained within it. That’s because the group presently includes more than 1,400 known varieties. Even more […]
Texas Bluebonnet Facts Clearly, the highly distinctive name of the Texas Bluebonnet serves as one of the common names of a seemingly delicately beautiful plant. This wonderful marvel of Nature also goes by the similar alternate common name of the Texas lupine. The wonder of Nature and evolution also possesses the slightly complex scientific name […]
Hillebrandia Facts Perhaps most notably, the term Hillebrandia serves as the common name for a particularly beautiful variety of rare perennial flowering plant. But, the stunning plant also has several other common names in the local native language. These alternate names include the aka ʻaka ʻawa and the puʻa maka nui. However, the gorgeous species […]
Abronia macrocarpa Facts First of all, the Abronia macrocarpa remains a very rare and endangered type of flowering plant. Unfortunately, however, this species also has an extremely small natural territory remaining. Furthermore, experts did not identify the plant until 1972. The primary reason for this was the simple fact of its scarcity and distribution. Amazingly, […]
Hydnora africana Facts Firstly, the somewhat unusual term of Hydnora africana serves as the scientific name of a legitimately amazing variety of achlorophyllous plant. However, this marvel of Nature also goes by a few equally difficult to pronounce common names. These include the jakkalskos and jackal food. By either of these names, though, the truly remarkable […]
Indian Pipes Facts Firstly, the unusual term of Indian Pipes serves as the common name for an extremely unusual species of plant. However, the distinctive plant also possesses several other common names. These include ghost plant and the corpse plant, among others. But, researchers know it by the scientific name of Monotropa uniflora. Furthermore, this […]
Sundew Facts Firstly, the simple term of Sundew serves as the collective common name for any member of a relatively large genus of plants. Secondly, and perhaps more uniquely, every one of them evolved as carnivorous in nature. Thirdly, science currently recognizes a total of 194 species in this remarkable grouping. However, this number could […]
Schweinitz Sunflower Facts Most notably, the dazzling plant with the hard to pronounce name, the Schweinitz’s Sunflower remains an extremely rare variety of sunflower. Truly regrettably, this magnificent species also possesses an extremely limited habitat range. Quite understandably, the United States Forest Service places the species on its list of species to watch. In fact, […]
