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Scientific name - Banksia ericifolia Synonyms - Popular names - Lantern Banksia, Heath banksias, wadanggari. Distribution and Habitat - originally from Australia, Blue Mountains. Description - shrub or small tree, 6 feet tall. Gray-brown bark, branches smooth with lenticels. Leaves alternate, linear, 10 x 1 mm, truncated tip, margins revolute, entire, more or less sessile. Inflorescence 10-20 cm long. Perianth 16-28 mm long, yellow-brown. Blooms from July to October. Fruit follicles, 15-20 mm long. Growth Rate - slowly. Tolerances - tolerate frosts of short duration, humidity and drought. Requirements - prefer acid soils, well drained, sunny in the exhibition. Propagation - by seed, after pretreatment with hot water, treated with fungicides. Germinateza in 3-12 weeks from sowing. Curiosity - Banksia ericifolia Proteaceae family native to Australia belongs. The species was collected by Joseph Banks in 1770, was called by his son Carl Linnaeus in 1782. In 1992, Banksia ericifolia was chosen as the official emblem of Sydney.
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Monoecious tree, 15-25 m high, trunk 40-120 cm diameter, wide crown, pyramid, iregulata. Bark gray-brown, streaked andanc with solxi long iregulati. Branches ascending, stalk yearly thin, brown-purple, glauca, rugosa, become black after several years. African Sparmannia
African Sparmannia - shrub or small tree, native of southern Africa, as a species grown across the globe or outdoor ornamental pot. Cassia angustifolia
Cassia angustifolia - ornamental shrub, belongs to the family Fabaceae, native of northern Africa. Aglaia odorata
Aglaia odorata is a tree native to Southeast Asia and grown as an ornamental tree throughout the Pacific Rim. In the Philippines, a decoction of roots is used as a drink to reduce fever. Betula alba
Betula alba - species, ornamental, decorative crown shape and color of bark, in parks and gardens. The bark is rich in tannins, is used in cosmetics. Magnoliopsida
Campanula glomerata
Campanula glomerata species native to Europe, growing in arid environments, pastures and forest edges, 0-1500 m altitude. Seen as ornamental species, ideal for who wants to create a wild flower garden. A new species of Lathyrus L. in Turkey
The new species, Lathyrus egirdiricus H. Gens & A. Sahin. (Fabaceae), was found in around 2004-2006 Pinus forests in Isparta, Turkey. Lathyrus egirdiricus- voluble species annual, 45-75 cm. Leaves linear-lanceolata with nervatiuni parallel stipele semi-sagittal. Thunbergia alata - black-eyed Susan
Thunberg spelled - a species native to tropical Africa, but common as ornamental plants. Ageratum houstonianum - rods
Ageratum houstonianum is an ornamental species cultivated for borders, cut flowers or pots. In Europe it is cultivated as ornamental plants in the 1800. Gentiana lutea
Gentiana lutea - mountain species, native to southern Europe, grows on limestone bedrock, on pastures rich in organic matter, from 1000 to 2200 m altitude. |
 
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