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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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Primula elatior - perennial species, rizomatoasa, originally from Europe to western Asia, growing in mountain areas, pay attention in forests up to 1500 m altitude. Gossypium herbaceum - Cotton fiber is the most popular material obtained from this plant and the second is cotton oil rich in protein. Salpichroa organifolia - perennial, rhizomatic and subfrutescenta. Hailing from South America, naturalized and naturalized French Atlantic coast, around the Mediterranean, Corsica and Spain wet substrates increases from 0 to 600 m altitude. Perennials, voluble. Stem thin, green, 2 m height. Leaves opposite, language ovat-lanceolata, acuminata peak, the cordata, margin entire, lobate or iregulat needle, 15 x 10 cm, short stalks, 3.5 ribs. Blue flowers with yellow, white on the outside, 8 x 8 cm, arranged in bouquets with individual pedicel 4-5 cm long, corolla tube 3 cm long Acanthus montanus - herbaceous perennial, native to tropical Africa, where it is used to treat various diseases such as rheumatism, hypertension and skin infections. Acalypha hispida - dioica species, used as an ornamental species because ears red decorations. The Asian species is used as medicine. In Malaya decoction of leaves and flowers is used internally as a laxative and diuretic. Anemoides trifolia - geofita rizomatoasa, native to southern Europe, grows in forests and mountain collinear, hornbeam and beech. Genus was created by Portuguese botanist João de Loureiro (1717-1791) in the 1790 Flora Cochinchinensis for Campsis grandiflora. Linne named species with TECOM radicans and Thunberg gave the name of Bignonia radicans. Herbaceous annual. Stem erect or procumbenta, 20-40 cm long, branched from the base. Leaves alternate, 7-10 x 2-3 cm, obovata until lanceolata, lobate or needle, covered with glandular hairs. Calatidiu blossom, 15 cm diameter, white, blue or purple Campanula spicata - Alpine endemic species which grows on calcareous rocks, cultivated as ornamental species for rock garden. |
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