General plants

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Gasteria

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 80 species of stemless or very short-stemmed, perennial succulents, usually offsetting freely to form clumps, found in the lowlands, and sometimes hillsides, if Namibia and South ...

Fittonia

Plants; General plants

Genus of 2 species of evergreen perennials, with freely rooting, mat-forming stems, from tropical rainforest in South America, mainly Peru. The leaves are opposite, with short stems and colourful ...

Genus of about 100 species of deciduous or evergreen trees and shrubs, and a few perennials, from mountainous areas of Central and South America and New Zealand. There are more than 8,000 hybrids and ...

Agave

Plants; General plants

Genus of more than 200 species of rosette-forming, mostly monocarpic or sometimes perennial succulents from desert and mountain regions of the Americas. The most popular Agave is the Century Plant, ...

Nertera

Plants; General plants

Genus of 6 species of mat-forming perennials from moist lowland to mountainous forest, moist grassland and scrub, in S. China, S.E.Asia, Australia, Mexico, and South America. A carpeting plant that ...

Nerium

Plants; General plants

Genus of 1 or 2 species of evergreen shrubs or small trees found in seasonally dry stream beds and margins from the Mediterranean to China. Oleander needs a large room or conservatory. It is a large ...

Maranta

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 20 species of evergreen, rhizomatous perennials from rainforest in tropical Central and South America. The Maranta's (Prayer Plant) leaves fold up at night hence the common name. When ...