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Scientific Name - Chrysosplenium alternifolium L. Synonyms - Popular names - spleen, alternate-leaved golden saxifrage. Distribution and Habitat - grows in wet and shady places in Europe, Asia and North America, from 220-2450 m altitude. Description - grass, flower stem yellowish. Leaves orbicular, alternate, 1-1.5 mm long bristled. Yellow flowers in terminal depth, petals absent, stamens 8. Inferior ovary. Fruit capsule. Blooms in April-May. Propagation - by seeds sown in spring or autumn cold and shaded greenhouse. Curiosity - rare species.
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Actinotus includes 17 species. In Australia, the genus is represented by a single endemic species nova-zelandiae A. Petrie, in New Zealand. Actinotus periculosus Henwood, sp. November. Schinus molle - evergreen tree, 3-15 m tall. Originally from Argentina, Bolivia and Peru where it grows from 0 to 2400 m altitude. Cultivated soil erosion, but also as ornamental species, or bonsai. Thunberg mysorensis is used as an ornamental species for rapid growth and flowers arranged in raceme. Blooms in July-September. Acacia anceps - evergreen shrub, 2-3 m tall. Originally from southern Australia, growing in limestone soils on coastal sand and red-brown sands. Buxus sempervirens - evergreen shrub, native of northern Africa, Asia and Europe, up to 800 m altitude. Increases in rare deciduous forests on limestone substrates in sunny exhibition, in association with integerrimus Cotoneaster, Pyrus pyraster, Prunus spinosa and Amelanchier rotundifolia. |
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