"that the roots will rot if they do not have proper drainage. One should not over water, and to prevent complications one must use a spray bottle when ""Papaver"" plants are maturing. The Turkish tulip contains the alkaloids morphine, codeine and thebaine. Nevertheless, its blossom and foliage are only used for ornamental purposes; the alkaloidal content of the narcotics stated are relatively low, thus unecononomic to extract opiates. Papaver glaucum Papaver glacum, the tulip poppy, Turkish tulip or Turkish red poppy, is a poppy found in the region of Anatolia. Growing to a height of , this poppy withstands all"
"the Latin ""saetiger"" meaning “bristly” for the short bristle on the top of the lobes of its leaves. ""Papaver setigerum"" reaches on average in height. The stem is erect and the leaves are simple, oblong, the lower ones are sessile, deeply lobed and toothed, the higher ones shortly pedunculated. The flowers at the apex of the stem are hermaphroditic, actinomorphic (""star shaped"", ""radial""), 4 to 10 cm in diameter. The corolla forms a cup with four pink-purple petals, with a dark purple blotch at the base. It has several stamens with dark filaments holding yellow anthers. Flowering occurs from May"
"Papaver commutatum Papaver commutatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae native to northern Turkey, northwestern Iran and the Caucasus. It is an erect annual growing to tall by wide, with hairy stalks and leaves. The flower is bowl-shaped and about in diameter, bright red with prominent black blotches at the bases of the petals, and is borne in early summer. The flowers are followed by spherical seed heads. The Latin specific epithet ""commutatum"" means “changed”, referring to a change of name from another species. The cultivar ""P. commutatum"" 'Ladybird' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award"
"of Garden Merit. The main alkaloid of this species is isocorydine. Papaver commutatum Papaver commutatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae native to northern Turkey, northwestern Iran and the Caucasus. It is an erect annual growing to tall by wide, with hairy stalks and leaves. The flower is bowl-shaped and about in diameter, bright red with prominent black blotches at the bases of the petals, and is borne in early summer. The flowers are followed by spherical seed heads. The Latin specific epithet ""commutatum"" means “changed”, referring to a change of name from another species. The"
"Dakota. Dehiscent fruit fossils of ""Palaeoaster"" have been found at the excavation site for the well known ""Tyrannosaurus rex"" specimen BHI 3033. The seed capsule of ""Palaeoaster"" has some similarities to that of the extant poppy genus ""Romneya"". Papaverites a fruit from the Eocene of Germany may be associated with Papaveraceae. Chesters et al. (1967) mentions Papaver pictum from the Oligocene of England. The family is well known for its striking flowers, with many species grown as ornamental plants, including California poppy (""Eschscholtzia californica"", the California state flower), the stunning blue Himalayan poppies (""Meconopsis""), several species of ""Papaver"", and the"
"Species Plantarum in 1753. Papaver, also ‘pappa’, is the Latin word for food or milk and 'rhoeas' means red in Greek. ""Papaver rhoeas"" is a temperate native with a very wide area, from Africa, to temperate and tropical Asia and Europe. It is found within Africa, in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Madeira Islands and Canary Islands. Within temperate Asia, it is found in the Caucasus regions of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Ciscaucasia. In the Western Asia regions, it is found in Afghanistan, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey. Within tropical Asia, it is found in"
"smaller, more dissected leaves. The inflorescence bears a single flower head or an umbel-shaped array of up to 6 heads. Each head has green to reddish or purplish phyllaries, many disc florets, and often several ray florets. The florets may be most any shade of red, orange, or yellow. The specific epithet ""pauciflora"", refers to the Latin term for 'few flowered'. Packera pauciflora Packera pauciflora is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name alpine groundsel. It is native to northern North America, where it can be found in parts of western and eastern"
"blooms between June and August. The flowers are up to diameter, normally with four white, mauve or red petals, sometimes with dark markings at the base. The fruit is a hairless, rounded capsule topped with 12–18 radiating stigmatic rays, or fluted cap. All parts of the plant exude white latex when wounded. ""Papaver somniferum"" was formally described by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in his seminal publication ""Species Plantarum"" in 1753 on page 508. Papaver somniferum has a very long tradition of use. The use of Papaver somniferum started in the Neolithic. This long period of time allowed the development"
"slightly overlap each other. The plant can produce up to 400 flowers in a warm season, despite the flowers only lasting one day. The flower stem is usually covered with coarse hairs that are held at right angles to the surface, helping to distinguish it from ""Papaver dubium"" in which the hairs are more usually appressed (i.e. held close to the stem). The capsules are hairless, obovoid (egg-shaped), less than twice as tall as they are wide, with a stigma at least as wide as the capsule. Like many other species of ""Papaver"", the plant exudes white to yellowish latex"
"wild plant conservation charity Plantlife. In China, ""Papaver rhoeas"" is known as ""yumeiren"" (虞美人, meaning ""Yu the Beauty""), after Consort Yu, the concubine of the warlord Xiang Yu. In 202 BC, when they were besieged in the Battle of Gaixia by the force of Liu Bang (founder of the Han Dynasty), Consort Yu committed suicide; according to folklore, poppies grew out of the ground where Consort Yu fell, and ""Papaver rhoeas"" thus became a symbol of loyalty unto death. In 2010 ""Papaver rhoeas"" was the centre of a diplomatic row between China and the United Kingdom: during an official visit"
"and 'amapola macho' in Spanish. The Latin specific epithet ""argemone"" is derived from the Greek 'argema' meaning cataract, and was applied by Dioscorides to a poppy-like plant used to treat cataracts. See ""Argemone"" (a genus of flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae commonly known as 'prickly poppies'). It was formerly described by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in his seminal publication ""Species Plantarum"" in 1753 on page 506. ""P. argemone"" was verified by United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service on 10 May 1996, then updated on 27 May 2004, and is an accepted name by the"
"the perfume consistently strong new specimens were rotated in, sometimes daily. Polianthes tuberosa Polianthes tuberosa, the tuberose, is a perennial plant related to the agaves, extracts of which are used as a note in perfumery. The common name derives from the Latin ""tuberosa"" through French ""tubereuse"", meaning swollen or tuberous in reference to its root system. ""Polianthes"" means ""many flowers"" in Greek. In Spanish, the flower is called ""nardo"" or ""vara de San José"", which means ""St. Joseph’s staff"".. It is called ""kupaloke"" in Hawaiian. In Nahuatl it is called ""omixochitl"" ""bone flower"". In the Philippines, the plant is also"
"Polianthes tuberosa Polianthes tuberosa, the tuberose, is a perennial plant related to the agaves, extracts of which are used as a note in perfumery. The common name derives from the Latin ""tuberosa"" through French ""tubereuse"", meaning swollen or tuberous in reference to its root system. ""Polianthes"" means ""many flowers"" in Greek. In Spanish, the flower is called ""nardo"" or ""vara de San José"", which means ""St. Joseph’s staff"".. It is called ""kupaloke"" in Hawaiian. In Nahuatl it is called ""omixochitl"" ""bone flower"". In the Philippines, the plant is also known as ""azucena"".. In Indonesia, the plant is known as 'bunga"
"has significant farm production. ""Papaver rhoeas"" is a variable, erect annual, forming a long-lived soil seed bank that can germinate when the soil is disturbed. In the northern hemisphere it generally flowers in late spring (between May and October in the UK) but if the weather is warm enough other flowers frequently appear at the beginning of autumn. It grows up to about 70 cm in height. The stems hold single flowers, which are large and showy, 50 to 100 mm across, with four petals that are vivid red, most commonly with a black spot at their base. The petals"
"Clover Clover or trefoil are common names for plants of the genus Trifolium (Latin, ""tres"" ""three"" + ""folium"" ""leaf""), consisting of about 300 species of flowering plants in the legume or pea family Fabaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution with highest diversity in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, but many species also occur in South America and Africa, including at high altitudes on mountains in the tropics. They are small annual, biennial, or short-lived perennial herbaceous plants. Clover can be evergreen. The leaves are trifoliate (rarely quatrefoiled; see four-leaf clover), cinquefoil, or septfoil), with stipules adnate to the leaf-stalk, and"
"Papaveraceae The Papaveraceae are an economically important family of about 42 genera and approximately 775 known species of flowering plants in the order Ranunculales, informally known as the poppy family. The family is cosmopolitan, occurring in temperate and subtropical climates (mostly in the northern hemisphere), but almost unknown in the tropics. Most are herbaceous plants, but a few are shrubs and small trees. The family currently includes two groups that have been considered to be separate families: Fumariaceae and Pteridophyllaceae. The plants may be annual, biennial, or perennial. Usually herbaceous, a few species form shrubs or evergreen trees. They are"
"Trifolium campestre Trifolium campestre, commonly known as hop trefoil, field clover and low hop clover, is a species of clover native to Europe and western Asia, growing in dry, sandy grassland habitats, fields, woodland margins, roadsides, wastelands and cultivated land. The species name ""campestre"" means ""of the fields"". It is a herbaceous annual plant, growing to 10–30 cm tall, with distinctive yellow flowerheads that superficially resemble hop flowers. Each flowerhead is a cylindrical or spherical collection of 20–40 individual flowers. The flowers become brown upon aging and drying, enclosing the fruit, a one-seeded pod. The leaves are alternate and trifoliate,"
"of flowers up to 1.5 centimeters long. The flower has a pinkish purple white-tipped corolla up to a centimeter long. It becomes inflated as the fruit developed. ""Trifolium depauperatum"" has several varieties, which can include: Trifolium depauperatum Trifolium depauperatum is a species of clover known by the common names cowbag clover, poverty clover, and balloon sack clover. The plant is native to western North America from British Columbia to California, as well as towestern South America in Peru and Chile. It is a common plant of many types of habitat, including coastal prairie and mixed evergreen forest. ""Trifolium depauperatum"" is"
"where it is planted. Trifolium incarnatum Trifolium incarnatum, known as crimson clover or Italian clover, is a species of clover in the family Fabaceae, native to most of Europe. The species name ""incarnatum"" means ""blood red"". This upright annual herb grows to 20–50 cm tall, unbranched or branched only at the base. The leaves are trifoliate with a long petiole, each leaflet hairy, 8–16 mm across, with a truncated or bilobed apex. The flowers are produced throughout the spring and summer, rich red or crimson, congested on an elongated spike inflorescence 3–5 cm tall and 1.5 cm broad; the individual"
"grown plants. Meconopsis Meconopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae. It was first described by French botanist Viguier in 1814 who named it as poppy-like (from Greek ""mekon"" poppy, ""opsis"" alike). The species have attractive flowers and have two distinct ranges. A single species, ""Meconopsis cambrica"" (Welsh poppy), is indigenous to England, Wales, Ireland, and the fringes of Western Europe, although recent studies suggest that it does not belong in the genus. The other 40 or so (depending on classification) species are found in the Himalayas. Within the Himalayan types there is much debate as to"
"Trifolium pratense Trifolium pratense, the red clover, is a herbaceous species of flowering plant in the bean family Fabaceae, native to Europe, Western Asia and northwest Africa, but planted and naturalised in many other regions. It is a herbaceous, short-lived perennial plant, variable in size, growing to 20–80 cm tall. It has a deep taproot which makes it tolerant to drought and gives it a good soil structuring effect. The leaves are alternate, trifoliate (with three leaflets), each leaflet 15–30 mm long and 8–15 mm broad, green with a characteristic pale crescent in the outer half of the leaf; the"
"of science and into culture an equal number of plants, belonging to a same remote region, of a same genus, and all interesting, either on the score of curiosity or beauty, within little more than two years, has probably never before been the chance of any single collector in Europe. The bulb was sent about 3 years ago by Mr. E. Woodford, from Rio Janeiro; and flowered in Mr. Griffin’s hothouse at South Lambeth in March last.’ Ker Gawler psittacinum: Latin like a parrot Hippeastrum psittacinum Hippeastrum psittacinum (Parrot Amaryllis) is a flowering perennial herbaceous bulbous plant, in the Amaryllidaceae"
"early summer. Most species secrete latex when injured. Bees use poppies as a pollen source. The pollen of the oriental poppy, ""Papaver orientale"", is dark blue, that of the field or corn poppy (""Papaver rhoeas"") is grey to dark green. The opium poppy, ""Papaver somniferum"", grows wild in eastern and southern Asia, and South Eastern Europe. It is believed that it originated in the Mediterranean region. Poppies belong to the subfamily Papaveroideae of the family Papaveraceae, which includes the following genera: The flowers of most poppy species are attractive and are widely cultivated as annual or perennial ornamental plants. This"
"Some North American species are called sycamores (especially ""Platanus occidentalis""), although the term sycamore also refers to the fig ""Ficus sycomorus"", the plant originally so named, and to the sycamore maple ""Acer pseudoplatanus"". The genus name ""Platanus"" comes from Ancient Greek , which referred to ""Platanus orientalis"". The flowers are reduced and are borne in balls (globose heads); 3–7 hairy sepals may be fused at the base, and the petals are 3–7 and are spatulate. Male and female flowers are separate, but borne on the same plant (monoecious). The number of heads in one cluster (inflorescence) is indicative of the"
"derives its name from plant named Pushkara (पुष्कर), Botanical name ""Nelumbo nucifera"", a handsome aquatic herb, Native to Greater India and commonly cultivated in water gardens, the lotus is the national flower of India and Vietnam. It is Native of China, Japan also. Grown throughout warmer parts of India. Pushkaradvipa may probably refer to Pushkar, a town in the state of Rajasthan in India. Hindus believe that the gods released a swan with a lotus in its beak and let it fall on earth where Brahma would perform a grand yagna. The place where the lotus fell was called Pushkar."
"Trifolium incarnatum Trifolium incarnatum, known as crimson clover or Italian clover, is a species of clover in the family Fabaceae, native to most of Europe. The species name ""incarnatum"" means ""blood red"". This upright annual herb grows to 20–50 cm tall, unbranched or branched only at the base. The leaves are trifoliate with a long petiole, each leaflet hairy, 8–16 mm across, with a truncated or bilobed apex. The flowers are produced throughout the spring and summer, rich red or crimson, congested on an elongated spike inflorescence 3–5 cm tall and 1.5 cm broad; the individual flowers are up to"
"There is usually no pappus, but some achenes have vestigial pappus structures on their flat tops. It is endemic to the Sierra Nevada of California, where it grows in wet habitat such as moist meadows, bogs, and clearings in subalpine coniferous forest. Phalacroseris Phalacroseris is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the daisy family containing the single species Phalacroseris bolanderi, which is known by the common name Bolander's mock dandelion. ""Phalacroseris"" is a perennial herb with fleshy herbage growing from a woody caudex. The leaves are located around the base of the plant, growing up to 20 centimeters long"
"Lavandula angustifolia Lavandula angustifolia (lavender most commonly true lavender or English lavender, though not native to England; also garden lavender, common lavender, narrow-leaved lavender), formerly ""L. officinalis"", is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to the Mediterranean (Spain, France, Italy, Croatia etc.). It is a strongly aromatic shrub growing as high as tall. The leaves are evergreen, long, and broad. The flowers are pinkish-purple (lavender-coloured), produced on spikes long at the top of slender, leafless stems long. The species name ""angustifolia"" is Latin for ""narrow leaf"". Previously, it was known as ""Lavandula officinalis"", referring to its medicinal properties."
"Parnassia palustris Parnassia palustris, commonly called marsh grass of Parnassus, northern grass-of-Parnassus, or just grass-of-Parnassus, and bog-star, is a flowering plant in the staff-vine family Celastraceae. It is the county flower of Cumberland in England, and appears on its flag. The name comes from ancient Greece: evidently the cattle on Mount Parnassus appreciated the plant; hence it was an ""honorary grass"". The species epithet ""palustris"" is Latin for ""of the marsh"" and indicates its common habitat. It was described by the Greek physician Dioscorides, growing up a mountain in 1st century A.D. It is not a grass, nor does it"
"Lamprocapnos Lamprocapnos spectabilis (bleeding heart or Asian bleeding-heart) is a species of flowering plant in the poppy family Papaveraceae, native to Siberia, northern China, Korea and Japan. It is the sole species in the monotypic genus ""Lamprocapnos"", but is still widely referenced under its old name Dicentra spectabilis (now listed as a synonym). It is valued in gardens and in floristry for its heart-shaped pink and white flowers, borne in spring. Other common names include ""lyre flower"" and ""lady-in-a-bath"". The Asian bleeding-heart grows to 120 cm (47 in) tall by 45 cm (18 in) wide. It is a rhizomatous herbaceous"
"Nuphar Nuphar is genus of aquatic plants in the family Nymphaeaceae, with a temperate to subarctic Northern Hemisphere distribution. Common names include water-lily (Eurasian species; shared with many other genera in the same family), pond-lily, alligator-bonnet or bonnet lily, and spatterdock (North American species). The etymology of the word is: medieval Latin ""nuphar"", from medieval Latin ""nenuphar"", thence from Arabic ""nīnūfar"", thence from Persian ""nīlūfar"", thence from Sanskrit ""nīlōtpala"" = blue lotus flower. For botanical gender, the name is treated as feminine. The genus is closely related to ""Nymphaea"". ""Nuphar"" differs in that its petals are much smaller than its"
"Papilionaceous flower Papilionaceous flowers (from Latin: ""papilion"", a butterfly) are flowers with the characteristic irregular and butterfly-like corolla found in many, though not all, plants of the species-rich Faboideae subfamily of legumes. Tournefort suggested that the term ""Flores papilionacei"" originated with Valerius Cordus, who applied it to the flowers of the bean. The flowers have a bilateral symmetry with the corolla consisting of five petals. A single, large, upper petal is known as the banner (also vexillum or standard petal). The semi-cylindrical base of the banner embraces and compresses two equal and smaller lateral wings (or alae). The wings in"
"plant today called ""Desmodium laxiflorum"". It has branched runners for reproduction. Its leaves are elliptic in shape and are hairy, and its flowers are pink to rose in color. Very frustrating in agriculture are its seedpods. When ripe they easily break off from the plant and due to their tiny hairs they stick to any rough surface. The skin and hairs of an animal for example. Or the clothing of the person who walks through them. And every pod is to pull out separately one by one afterwards. The name ""Spanish clover"" can also refer to ""Lotus purshianus"", a native"