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Lotus corniculatus is a common flowering plant native to grassland temperate Eurasia and North Africa. The common name is Bird's-foot Trefoil (or similar...

central Asia, from southern Russia and Kazakhstan to Turkey and Iran. It is now also widely established in North America as an introduced species. Elaeagnus...

Oenothera biennis (Common evening primrose or Evening star), is a biennial flowering plant growing to 1.2 m (3 to 4 ft), with easy germination. It is also...

Europe through to Asia, it is now found throughout the world. The medicinal parts of the plant are the ripe seeds. Common names for this species include...

Acacia mearnsii is a fast-growing leguminous tree native to Australia. Common names for it include Black Wattle, Acácia-negra (Portuguese), Australian...

tree of Easter Island belonged to this genus too, but it is distinct and now placed in its own genus, Paschalococos. It is a palm reaching heights of 25...

region and W. India. Cult. from the earliest times, and the grape of history; now greatly varied. The hothouse grapes, as Black Hamburg, Barbarossa, are of...

used for furniture, panelling, etc. Due to past over-exploitation, little is now cut. Template:IUCN2006 South Africa State Symbols...

It has been widely introduced worldwide as a pasture crop, and is now also common in most grassy areas of North America and New Zealand. It is a herbaceous...

Greenland (61°N). The tree was by far the most common elm in the north and west of the British Isles, , and is now acknowledged as the only truly native species...

more or less involute on the margins. Kashmir, 3,000- 9,000 ft., Persia, and now widely distributed. B.M. 31. R.H. 1878, p. 428.—Long cult. The glossy foliage...

flowers exports. It belongs to the family Caryophyllaceae, which includes the common carnation. Its natural habitat is on the steppes in dry, sandy and stony...

referred to as a Kurrajong. This tree is tolerant of temperate climates and is now cultivated world-over for its beauty. However, the maximum height of 40 m...

places, and although difficult to eradicate it does not spread very rapidly. Now and then it appears as an ornamental plant. It is more interesting to the...

Caracas in Venezuela. That this perennial vine has fragrant flowers is a common misconception (though there may be hybrid varieties as such) - said to be...

yew, though with other related trees becoming known, it may be now known as the common yew, or European yew. It is a small- to medium-sized evergreen tree...

and as a psychotropic drug. Probably indigenous to India, Acorus calamus is now found across Europe, much of Asia, Australia, and southern Canada/Northern...

species. A few have common names : Pleurothallis angustifolia : Wilson's Bonnet Orchid Pleurothallis appendiculata : Hand Bonnet Orchid (now a synonym of Antilla...

(Brachychiton rupestris) originally classified in the family Sterculiaceae, which is now within Malvaceae, is native of Queensland, Australia. Its grossly swollen...

or lilac, but now of nearly every color except blue and green; disk originally yellow or orange, but nearly or quite absent in the common double forms:...