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time which produces the darkest of the teas. Several varieties of C. sinensis are used for tea production: The most volume comes from the Assam variety (sometimes...

carpel (the flower is then called apocarpous). The sticky tip of the pistil, the Stigma, is the receptor of pollen. The supportive stalk, the style becomes...

shrubs and herbs, the two former being woody, the latter notCH. "Perennials," as commonly used by gardeners, is a convenient shortening of the phrase "hardy...

processes located to either side of the base of the petiole). The point at which the petiole attaches to the stem is called the leaf axil. Not every species produces...

purposes, though the boundaries between stages vary among foresters: Seed Seedling: the above-ground part of the embryo that sprouts from the seed Sapling:...

The ripened pericarp or pericarps with the adnate parts; the seed-bearing organ.CH There are three basic types of fruits: Simple fruit Aggregate fruit...

From the outside, the smaller, and undeveloped twin leaves a formation at the bottom of the fruit that looks similar to the human navel. Because the mutation...

Orchidaceae is the orchid family. It has 5 subfamilies, more than 800 genera, and hundreds of thousands of species and cultivars. The taxonomy of this...

growing in the cool part of the year and carrying over winter under the snow, as the common creeping chickweed and other crucifers. In the arid regions...

Adiantum (pronounced /ˌædiˈæntəm/), the maidenhair ferns, is a genus of about 200 species of ferns in the family Pteridaceae, though some researchers place...

called "granadilla". The fruit is something like a combination of the two P. edulis types. Maypop (P. incarnata), is common in the SE United States. It...

male and female flowers occurring separately on the same plant, the male containing numerous stamens, the female having a large inferior ovary and two to...

often planted on the borders of streams so that their interlacing roots may protect the bank against the action of the water. Frequently the roots are much...

Americas. However, the genus was then divided into five, with the name Acacia retained for the Australian species, and most of the species outside Australia...

Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963 w:Bromeliad. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license. Bromeliad QR Code (Size...

about 20,000 species of plants classified in the phylum or division Pteridophyta, also known as Filicophyta. The group is also referred to as Polypodiophyta...

have simple leaves which are oval to lance-shaped. The tips of the leaves are frequently pointed, and the edges sometimes have serration. Vaccinium like moist...

Family dinners on the terrace Children playing in the yard Reading and relaxing in the hammock Maintaining the flowerbeds Pottering in the shed Basking in...

exactly alike, but the yellow color is near the midrib rather than at the margins. The genus is close to Thyrsacanthus, but in Thyrsacanthus the fls. are not...

older name for Aloe vera. Aloe wildii The APG II system (2003) placed the genus in the family Asphodelaceae. In the past it has also been assigned to families...