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Scientific name - Lychnis coronaria Synonyms - Agrostemma coronaria, Champion rosea white. Popular names - the king's beard, rainbow, wedding flower, rose campion, mullein pink, Dusty Miller. Distribution and Habitat - originating from southern and eastern Europe. Description - herbaceous biennial. Stem erect, silvery-pubescent, simple or branched, 30-80 cm high. Basal leaves are petiolate, oblong-lanceolata, spatulate, 5-10 cm x 10-25 mm, margins entire, top acute, the caulinare are Sesi, oblong-ovata, Hirsute, 5.12 cm long. Blossom panic terminal peduncle 10 cm long, calyx tube oblong-campanulata, 10-12 mm long, lobes obovata, twisted, 15 x 10 mm, 5 petals bright red. Bracts like the leaves, 10-20 mm. Blooms in June-August. Fruit capsule. Seminte reniforme or subcircular, flattened or slightly-convex, 1-1.2 x 0.9-1 mm. 2n = 24 Tolerances - shadows in the morning. Minimum temperatures incurred ͦ -15 C. Requirements - to adapt to any well-drained soil, with exhibitions sunny. Management - after blooming, the plants can be clipped to ground level. Propagation - by seed or autumn from February to April. Diseases and pests - inflorescences can be attacked by aphids. Natural partners and Garden - Delphinium elatum, Byzantine Stachys, Verbascum olympicum. Cultivars and varieties - 'Alba' with white flowers. 'Atrosanguinea' with dark red flowers. Properties and Uses -- Myth, Legend and Folklore - Lychnis is dedicated to St John. References Julie Ryan - Perennial Gardensfor Texas - University of Texas Press, 1998 LL Hillegass - Flower Gardening in the Hot Midwest - University of Illinois Press, 2000 Tomasz Anisko - When Perennials Bloom - Timber Press, 2008 Vit Bojnasky, Agata Fargasova - Atlas of Seeds and Fruits of Central and East-European Flora - Springer, 2007
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Impatiens balsamina - a species herbaceous annual, native to China and India. cultivated as ornamental plants in parks and gardens. It can be grown as potted plants, but watered regularly. Salix reticulata
Salix reticulata is a shrub alpine areas grows, from 1800-2700 m altitude in association with Silene acaulis and Dryas octopetala. Psidium araucanum is a new species discovered in southern Brazil
Araucanum Psidium (Myrtaceae) is an endemic species in the state of Parana and Sao Paulo in southeastern Brazil, along the rivers. Genus Psidium L. is characterized by simple leaves, opposite, with nervatiune Pinata, flower solitary, axillary or Raceme small, large number of stamens arranged in spiral, ovary inferior. |
 
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