From which continent did the flower Freesia originate?
"areas, the corms can be lifted and dried off during the winter. It can be propagated by dividing groups of corms or by seed. It can be somewhat invasive through self-sowing when grown in favourable conditions. This plant and the white-flowered cultivar ""F. laxa"" var. ""alba""x have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Freesia laxa Freesia laxa, flowering grass, is a small species of cormous flowering plant in the family Iridaceae, from eastern and southern Africa, from Kenya to northeastern South Africa. It is grown in gardens as an ornamental plant. ""Freesia laxa"" grows from corms, reaching"
"the former genus ""Anomatheca"" are now included in ""Freesia"": The plants usually called ""freesias"" are derived from crosses made in the 19th century between ""F. refracta"" and ""F. leichtlinii"". Numerous cultivars have been bred from these species and the pink- and yellow-flowered forms of ""F. corymbosa"". Modern tetraploid cultivars have flowers ranging from white to yellow, pink, red and blue-mauve. They are mostly cultivated professionally in the Netherlands by about 80 growers. Freesias can be readily increased from seed. Due to their specific and pleasing scent, they are often used in hand creams, shampoos, candles, etc., however, the flowers are"
"Freesia alba Freesia alba is a species of flowering plant in the iris family. Some sources consider it to be a subspecies of ""Freesia leichtlinii"", ""F. leichtlinii"" subsp. ""alba"". It is native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa, but this species and hybrids are known on other continents where they have been introduced. ""Freesia alba"" is an herbaceous perennial growing from a corm and producing an erect, often branched stem up to centimeters tall with several leaves up to about 15 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a spike of several fragrant flowers with usually white tepals marked with yellow"
"Tritonia (plant) Tritonia (flame freesia) is a genus of flowering plants in the iris family first described as a genus in 1802. They are naturally distributed across southern Africa, with a high concentration of species in Cape Province of western South Africa. The genus is closely related to the genus ""Ixia"". ""Tritonia"" are small bulbous plants up to 8 cm, that appear in great numbers in spring. The leaves are fan-shaped. The flowers are shades of yellow, orange or brown, sweet-smelling, and give off a very strong fragrance, especially at night. They are not grazed. The genus name is derived"
"from the Latin word ""triton"", meaning ""weathervane"", and alludes to the apparently random arrangement of the stamens in some species. Hardiness: Zones 8–11 Tritonia (plant) Tritonia (flame freesia) is a genus of flowering plants in the iris family first described as a genus in 1802. They are naturally distributed across southern Africa, with a high concentration of species in Cape Province of western South Africa. The genus is closely related to the genus ""Ixia"". ""Tritonia"" are small bulbous plants up to 8 cm, that appear in great numbers in spring. The leaves are fan-shaped. The flowers are shades of yellow,"
"Fuchsia Fuchsia () is a genus of flowering plants that consists mostly of shrubs or small trees. The first, ""Fuchsia triphylla"", was discovered on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) about 1696–1697 by the French Minim monk and botanist, Charles Plumier, during his third expedition to the Greater Antilles. He named the new genus after the renowned German botanist Leonhart Fuchs (1501–1566). The fuchsias are most closely related to the northern hemisphere genus ""Circaea"", the two lineages having diverged around 41 million years ago. Almost 110 species of ""Fuchsia"" are recognized; the vast majority are native"
"University of California Botanical Garden in Berkeley and the other half at the Berkeley Horticultural Nursery. A wave of interest in fuchsia breeding was launched. Together with the hybrids already in California, many famous American hybrids of the Forties and Fifties are the descendants of this 1930 group. Fuchsia Fuchsia () is a genus of flowering plants that consists mostly of shrubs or small trees. The first, ""Fuchsia triphylla"", was discovered on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) about 1696–1697 by the French Minim monk and botanist, Charles Plumier, during his third expedition to the Greater"
"and purple. This plant is grown as an ornamental, and it has been crossed and bred to develop a wide array of variations. Hybrids between ""F. alba"" and ""F. leichtlinii"" can be found growing naturalized in the wild in many areas, such as several Australian states and Chile. Freesia alba Freesia alba is a species of flowering plant in the iris family. Some sources consider it to be a subspecies of ""Freesia leichtlinii"", ""F. leichtlinii"" subsp. ""alba"". It is native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa, but this species and hybrids are known on other continents where they have"
"herbaceous plants which grow from a conical corm 1–2.5 cm diameter, which sends up a tuft of narrow leaves 10–30 cm long, and a sparsely branched stem 10–40 cm tall bearing a few leaves and a loose one-sided spike of flowers with six tepals. Many species have fragrant narrowly funnel-shaped flowers, although those formerly placed in the genus ""Anomatheca"", such as ""F. laxa"", have flat flowers. Freesias are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Large Yellow Underwing. The genus was named in honor of Friedrich Heinrich Theodor Freese (1795–1876), a German physician. Species of"
"is named for Frank Frith, a Johannesburg gardener who showed specimens to N.E. Brown, a botanist at Kew Gardens, while on a visit to London, UK, in 1925. The Latin specific epithet ""pulchra"" means “beautiful”. It does not survive frosts, so in temperate areas it needs to be cultivated under glass. In the UK it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit. Frithia pulchra Frithia pulchra, fairy elephant’s feet, is a species of flowering plant in the figmarigold family Aizoaceae, endemic to Gauteng Province, South Africa (where it is classified as “Vulnerable” by the IUCN Red List)."
"Strelitzia Strelitzia is a genus of five species of perennial plants, native to South Africa. It belongs to the plant family Strelitziaceae. The genus is named after the duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, birthplace of Queen Charlotte of the United Kingdom. A common name of the genus is bird of paradise flower / plant, because of a resemblance of its flowers to birds-of-paradise. In South Africa it is commonly known as a crane flower and is featured on the reverse of the 50 cent coin. It is the floral emblem of the City of Los Angeles; two of the species, ""Strelitzia nicolai"""
"Libertia Libertia is a genus of monocotyledenous plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1824. It is native to South America, Australia, New Guinea, and New Zealand. Seven species are endemic to New Zealand. ""Libertia"" is made up of herbaceous or evergreen perennials growing from short rhizomes, with simple, linear or narrowly lanceolate basal leaves which are often green but may be red, orange, or yellow under direct sunlight. The showy white or blue trimerous flowers are open in spring and are followed by capsules opening by three valves which contain the numerous seeds. The genus"
"Fragaria vesca Fragaria vesca, commonly called wild strawberry, woodland strawberry, Alpine strawberry, Carpathian Strawberry, European strawberry, or fraisier des bois, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the rose family that grows naturally throughout much of the Northern Hemisphere, and that produces edible fruits. Five to eleven soft, hairy white flowers are borne on a green, soft-hairy stalk that usually lifts them above the leaves. The light-green leaves are trifoliate (in threes) with toothed margins. The plant spreads by means of runners (stolons). Vilmorin-Andrieux (1885) makes a distinction between wild or wood strawberries (""Fragaria vesca"") and alpine strawberries (""Fragaria alpina""), a"
"acknowledged that the plant had originally been found near Orleans and then sent to the Netherlands. ""Fritillaria is ook een soort van lelie narcis die de oorsprong heeft uit het land van Orléans van waar dat ze gebracht is in Nederland"". In his own language he referred to it as ""Fritillaria of heel bruin gespikkelde Lelie-Narcisse"". He also included ""Corona imperialis"" and ""Lilium persicum"" as before. Dodoens had proposed the name ""Meleagris flos"" or Guinea-fowl flower, for what we now know as ""Fritillaria meleagris"", after a resemblance to that bird's spotted plumage, then known as ""Meleagris avis"". In the seventeenth"
"In Eurasia and Africa, it occurs around the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, extending northwards to Great Britain, southwards to South Sudan, and eastwards to India. It is also native to southern Africa and Australia. ""Frankenia"" species are halophytes (salt tolerant) and xerophytes (drought tolerant). They are found in coastal and arid regions. A few species of ""Frankenia"" are grown as ornamental plants, particularly in rock gardens and similar situations, where they can form spreading mats. Recommended species in the United Kingdom include ""F. hirsuta"", ""F. laevis"" and ""F. thymifolia"", all with white to rose purple"
"in nurseries on both sides of the Atlantic: The following Buddleja species and cultivars are (2017) holders of the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit: Buddleja Buddleja, or Buddleia (; also historically given as ""Buddlea""), commonly known as the butterfly bush, is a genus comprising over 140 species of flowering plants endemic to Asia, Africa, and the Americas. The generic name bestowed by Linnaeus posthumously honoured the Reverend Adam Buddle (1662–1715), an English botanist and rector, at the suggestion of Dr. William Houstoun. Houstoun sent the first plants to become known to science as buddleja (""B. americana"") to England"
"colonies in shady forests and in banks of the rivers. They prefer moist habitats, at an altitude of above sea level.. Crocosmia aurea Crocosmia aurea, common name Falling Stars, Valentine Flower, or Montbretia, is a perennial flowering plant belonging to the family Iridaceae. The genus name is derived from the Greek words ""krokos"", meaning ""saffron"", and ""osme"", meaning ""odor"", as dried leaves of these plants, when immersed in hot water, emit a strong smell similar to saffron. The species Latin name ""aurea"", meaning “golden”, refers to the bright colour of the flowers. ""Crocosmia aurea"" reaches on average in height. It"
"Freycinetia Freycinetia is one of the five extant genera in the flowering plant family Pandanaceae. The genus comprises approximately 180–200 species, most of them climbers. The species are distributed through the tropics and subtropics of South Asia and the western Pacific Ocean, from Sri Lanka eastwards through the mainland of Southeast Asia to the Melanesia floristic region, and southwards to northern Australia (Queensland, Northern Territory, northern New South Wales), Norfolk Island, and New Zealand. ""F. banksii"" is the only extant New Zealand member of the family Pandanaceae, and is found naturally as far south as the temperate South Island. They"
"Pitcairnia feliciana Pitcairnia feliciana is a plant endemic to central Guinea in West Africa and is the only species of bromeliad not native to the Western Hemisphere. It can be found growing on sandstone outcrops (inselbergs) of the Fouta Djallon highlands in Middle Guinea. Its specific epithet ""feliciana"" commemorates (1907–2008), the French botanist who first collected it. In 1937, he discovered the plants growing on the steep rocks of Mount Gangan, near Kindia in the former French Guinea. The speciation occurred around 10 million years ago, therefore its distribution cannot be due to continental drift, the Americas having separated from"
"Frithia Frithia is a genus of succulent plant in family Aizoaceae, indigenous to several small rocky areas in the vicinity of Gauteng Province, South Africa. Like several of its close relatives (e.g. ""Fenestraria"") and other plants in its ecotype (e.g. some species of ""Haworthia"" and ""Bulbine"") it has epidermal windows (translucent areas in its leaves) as an adaptation to the difficulties of photosynthesis in its arid environment. They are summer-growing species, as their natural habitat lies in a summer-rainfall region. They grow in very well-drained, sandy soil, with repetitive light watering in summer and a dry environment in winter. The"
"Tradescantia Tradescantia is a genus of 75 species of herbaceous perennial wildflowers in the family Commelinaceae, native to the New World from southern Canada to northern Argentina, including the West Indies. Members of the genus are known by the common name spiderwort. They were introduced into Europe as ornamental plants in the 17th century and are now grown as such in many parts of the world. Subsequently, some species have become naturalized in various regions of Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia, as well as on some oceanic islands. ""Tradescantia"" are weakly-upright to scrambling plants, growing , and are commonly found"
"Crocosmia aurea Crocosmia aurea, common name Falling Stars, Valentine Flower, or Montbretia, is a perennial flowering plant belonging to the family Iridaceae. The genus name is derived from the Greek words ""krokos"", meaning ""saffron"", and ""osme"", meaning ""odor"", as dried leaves of these plants, when immersed in hot water, emit a strong smell similar to saffron. The species Latin name ""aurea"", meaning “golden”, refers to the bright colour of the flowers. ""Crocosmia aurea"" reaches on average in height. It grows from basal underground corms with long stolons. The basal, alternate leaves are cauline, linear, with a distinct midvein and entire"
"Buddleja Buddleja, or Buddleia (; also historically given as ""Buddlea""), commonly known as the butterfly bush, is a genus comprising over 140 species of flowering plants endemic to Asia, Africa, and the Americas. The generic name bestowed by Linnaeus posthumously honoured the Reverend Adam Buddle (1662–1715), an English botanist and rector, at the suggestion of Dr. William Houstoun. Houstoun sent the first plants to become known to science as buddleja (""B. americana"") to England from the Caribbean about 15 years after Buddle's death. The botanic name has been the source of some confusion. By modern practice of botanical Latin, the"
"and are often covered with fine hairs. The name ""angel's trumpet"" refers to the large, pendulous, trumpet-shaped flowers, long and across at the opening. They come in shades of white, yellow, pink, orange, green, or red. Most have a strong, pleasing fragrance that is most noticeable in the evening. Flowers may be single, double, or more. ""Brugmansia"" are native to tropical regions of South America, along the Andes from Venezuela to northern Chile, and also in south-eastern Brazil. They are grown as ornamental container plants worldwide, and have become naturalized in isolated tropical areas around the globe, including within North"
"Babiana stricta Babiana stricta (baboon flower, blue freesia) is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae, native to Cape Province, South Africa and naturalized in Australia. Growing tall by broad, it is a cormous perennial with hairy leaves long. The leaves show linear venation. There are many hybrids and cultivars with different colored flowers, usually blue or pink with white additions. In mid- to late spring, each flowering stem produces six or more blooms, each to across. They are grouped in an inflorescence and often have a pleasant lemon scent. The seeds are black with a hard coat,"
"Physcia caesia Physcia caesia, known colloquially as blue-gray rosette lichen and powder-back lichen, is a species of foliose lichenized fungus. First described by Georg Franz Hoffmann in 1784, it is common across much of Europe, North America and New Zealand, and more patchily distributed in South America, Asia, Australia and Antarctica. There are 2 subspecies, ""P. c. caesia"" and ""P. c. ventosa"", as well as a number of distinct forms and varieties. Molecular studies suggest that the species as currently defined may be polyphyletic. It is typically pale gray shading to darker gray in the center (though some forms are"
"Africa much earlier. The species probably originates from seeds dispersed by migrating birds. It has bright orange-red, scentless flowers with abundant nectar that are typical of other bromeliads having birds as pollinators, although no actual sighting of birds pollinating the species has been recorded yet. Pitcairnia feliciana Pitcairnia feliciana is a plant endemic to central Guinea in West Africa and is the only species of bromeliad not native to the Western Hemisphere. It can be found growing on sandstone outcrops (inselbergs) of the Fouta Djallon highlands in Middle Guinea. Its specific epithet ""feliciana"" commemorates (1907–2008), the French botanist who first"
"Latin ""celidonia"", from earlier Latin ""chelidonia"" or ""chelidonium"", and ultimately from Ancient Greek , from (""chelidṓn"") ""swallow"". Ancient writers said that the flower bloomed when the swallows returned and faded when they left. It is native to temperate regions of North Africa, Europe and parts of Western Asia. It is found in North Africa, within Macaronesia, Madeira Islands, Canary Islands, Algeria and Morocco. Within Western Asia it is found in the Caucasus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Siberia, Iran and Turkey. In eastern Europe, it is found within Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine. In middle Europe, it is in"
"able to grow in many soils and habitats, multiplying by rhizome-offsets; it is naturalised and regarded as a weed throughout much of the world. ""Z. odorata"" is a rare species, resembling ""Z. aethiopica"", but deciduous and smelling like freesia, endemic to a few localities in South Africa. ""Z. albomaculata"" is a widespread and variable species, growing from South Africa north to Kenya, varying in shades of white to cream and pink to orange-shades. ""Z. jucunda"" and ""Z. pentlandii"" are rare species with large yellow showy flowers. ""Z. rehmannii"" is a pink-flowered species with sword shaped leaves. ""Z. elliotiana"" is known"
"cm diameter, with five white to pale yellow or pink petals and yellow stamens. The fruit is a cluster of dry, slender, leathery achenes 2–6 cm long. The roots have root nodules that host the nitrogen-fixing bacterium ""Frankia"". The evergreen species were treated separately in the genus Cowania in the past; this genus is still accepted by some botanists. Purshia Purshia (bitterbrush or cliff-rose) is a small genus of 5-8 species of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae, native to western North America, where they grow in dry climates from southeast British Columbia in Canada south throughout the western United"
"John Fraser (botanist) John Fraser, FLS, F.R.H.S., (14 October 1750 – 26 April 1811) was a Scottish botanist who collected plant specimens around the world, from North America and the West Indies to Russia and points between, with his primary career activity from 1780 to 1810. Fraser was a commissioned plant collector for Catherine, Czar of Russia in 1795, Paul I of Russia in 1798, and for the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna in 1806; he issued nursery catalogues c. 1790 and 1796, and had an important herbarium that was eventually sold to the Linnean Society. Fraser was born during the"
"flowers. The Latin specific epithet ""hispida"" means “bristly”, referring to the pendent flowers which vaguely resemble brushes. The plant originated in tropical Asia, specifically Malesia and Papuasia, but has become naturalized to multiple countries in North America, including the United States, Mexico, and Belize. In cultivation it is widespread, particularly as a houseplant, and has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. It can grow to be tall, and have a spread of , with potted plants being the smallest in growth. The plant has become somewhat domesticated, due to the nature and color of its flowers. It"
"loss happened due to the parasitic lifestyle of the plant. Rafflesia Rafflesia is a genus of parasitic flowering plants. It contains approximately 28 species (including four incompletely characterized species as recognized by Willem Meijer in 1997), all found in Southeast Asia, mainly in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines. It was first discovered by Louis Deschamps in Java between 1791 and 1794, but his notes and illustrations, seized by the British in 1803, were not available to western science until 1861. It was later found in the Indonesian rainforest in Bengkulu, Sumatra by an Indonesian guide working for Joseph Arnold"