General plants

General plants

Plants in general and their related subjects and terms.

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General plants

Genus of about 24 species of evergreen shrubs and trees found in semi-desert and scrub from S. US to Guatemala. Beaucarnea recurvata (Nolina tuberculata) grows slowly, but with time the trunk will ...

Corokia

Plants; General plants

Genus of 3 species of evergreen shrubs occuring in forest and rocky areas in New Zealand. They grow from 8 to 12 feet high and produce small, star-shaped yellow flowers, which are followed by pretty ...

Crassula

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 150 species of annual and perennial succulents and evergreen, succulent shrubs and subshrubs, ranging from dwarf to tall, tree-like plants, and found in dry to moist, high to low areas ...

Costus

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 90 species of mostly clump-forming, rhizomatous perennials with an open, lax habit, found on forest floors in tropical Africa, Asia, Australia, and North, Central and South America. ...

Cotyledon

Plants; General plants

Genus of 9 species of compact, often clump-forming, perennial succulents and evergreen subshrubs from desert or shaded areas in E. Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and southern Africa. Most known is ...

Kalanchoe

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 130 species of annual, biennial, and perennial succulents, shrubs, climbers, and small trees, occuring in semi-desert or shady areas of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, C. Africa, South Africa, ...

Impatiens

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 850 species of erect annuals, and evergreen perennials and subshrubs found in a great variety of often damp habitats, near streams, lakes, or in woodland, throughout tropical and ...