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Scientific name - Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moensch Synonyms -- Popular names - American coneflower, purple coneflower, Rudbeckia Rouge, Roter Sonnenhut. Distribution and Habitat - originating in North America. Description - herbaceous perennial, rhizome cylindrical. Reddish stem, 80-100 cm tall, slightly pubescent-hirsuta, branched. Leaves alternate, petiolare, lanceolata-ovata, margine evening, slightly pubescent; to the top of the stem leaves are Sesi. Flowers hermaphrodite, involucre nested, bracts linear-lanceolata lanceolata to, ligula pink-purple flowers, 8 inches long, reflexes, needle on top, 6 mm long, tubular flowers, dark red to purple-brown. Dolls bed. Receptacle conical. Blooms in May-October. Fruit achenes. Pollination made by insects (butterflies). Growth rate - Tolerances - poor soils and short periods of drought. Requirements - grows on any soil but prefers well-drained soils, clay-sandy, sunny exhibitions. Management - Past flowers are clipped to encourage flourishing in November. If the seeds when the flowers are sought leave to seed maturation. Propagation - by seeds, sown at 50-70 cm apart and 6 mm depth, before sowing the seeds stratify, germinate in 14-21 days on 21-23 ͦ C. By parting bushes in spring or autumn. Plants propagated varieties will inflorii after a year and multiply by splitting the clumps can inflorii even next summer. Diseases and pests - slugs. Natural partners and Garden - Achillea sp., Delphinium sp., Echinops sp., Geranium sp., Phlox sp., Solidago sp. Cultivars and varieties -- Properties and Uses - Echinacea has been used for centuries as a medicinal plant, but recently was promoted and that Immunostimulators. Echinacea preparations are used in chronic diseases of the respiratory and lower urinary tract, and externally to treat wounds and chronic ulceration. Both preparations for internal use and those for external use on the basis of echinacea not be used more7-8 days. Other species used are Echinacea Echinacea pallida (antioxidant more powerful than Echinacea purpurea) and Echinacea angustifolia. A combination of Echinacea, Baptisia and Thuja is a sure way against cold symptoms. Based products Echinacea purpurea and Glycyrrhiza glabra immunostimulator have potential. It is recommended to allergy sufferers, diabetics or with serious chronic diseases. Myth, Legend and Folklore - American Indians found that the roots of Echinacea have medicinal properties. In traditional medicine, is used as a blood purifier, rheumatism, infections, snake bites, tumri, syphilis, eczema and hemorrhoids. References Claire Kowalchik, William H. Hylton - Roda's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Herbs - Roda Books, 1998 Eric Chivian, Aaron Bernstein - Sustaining Life - Oxford University Press, 2008 Jack Ritchason - The Little Herb Encyclopedia - Woodland Publishing, 1995 Michael Castleman - The New Healing Herbs - Roda Books, 2001 Ovid Bujor - Guide to Medicinal and Aromatic Plants A to Z - Fiat Lux, 2003 Ruth Trickey - Women Hormones and the Menstrual Cycle - Allen & Unwin, 2004 Steve Taylor - Advances in Food and Nutrition Research - Academic Press, 2003
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Pimelea physodes
Pimelea physodes is a species indigenous to Australia. Stem erect, branched, 0.2-1 m high and 80 cm in diameter. Leaves opposite, Sesia, elliptic, acute nested. Capital terminal, solitary, nutant, large bracts, 4-6 cm, yellow, green, red or purple, perianth roots, the average tube, stamens long. Doronicum grandiflorum
Doronicum grandiflorum - geofita rizomatoasa, native to southern Europe, the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkans, growing on calcareous substrates in mountain and alpine floor, the debris, slopes from 2000-2500 m altitude. Dianthus barbatus
Dianthus barbatus - perennial herb, native to southern Europe, grows at the edge of forests, bushes and meadows. Cultivated in parks and gardens as ornamentals. Nemophila maculata
Nemophila maculata - a species endemic in California, Nevada and Sierra Sacramento Valley provinces, increases from 0 to 3100 m altitude cultivated for ornamental purposes in all regions of the world. Bergen crassifolia (L.) Fritsch.
Herbaceous perennial forms a bush evergreen basal leaves, stems florifere up to 50 cm tall, dark purple. Leaves 25 cm wide, or elliptic obovata language, rim around the base cuneata, top obtuse, long petiole, 3-9 cm long. Panic blossom, flowers pink or dark pink open. Magnoliopsida
New species of Betula in China
Tree, strain 25 m high and 60 cm in diameter. Bark dark gray or gray-brown, longitudinal cracks and is exfoliating. Branches reddish brown or gray-brown, densely glandular Vilo and resin. Petiole 1.5-3.0 cm, densely dotted Vilos resin. Nepenthes L.
Herbaceous perennial species, dioecious. 5 cm diameter stalk. Leaves green to green-yellow with the main rib, which ends with a cylindrical Carcel which is longer than the tongue of the leaf, finished with a pitcher. Blossom panic or Raceme. Digestive glands are located inside the jar walls. Seeds are small and filiforme. Impatiens parviflora
Impatiens parviflora - species herbaceous annual. Hailing from northeast Asia, Europe grow in the forests of beech, river edges, from 500 to 1200 m altitude. Cerastium tomentosum - snow in summer
Cerastium tomentosum - is a commonly grown rock-garden, often escape from cultivation. Carpinus betulus
Carpinus betulus - hard wood shaft with durable but less humid conditions. Suprta trimming and better suited for bonsai training. |
 
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