General plants

General plants

Plants in general and their related subjects and terms.

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General plants

Genus of 3 species of evergreen, rhizomatous perennials from woodland in the Himalayas, China, and Japan. Aspidistra can withstand periods of dryness at the roots if the temperature is not too high. ...

Alocasia

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 70 species of large, evergreen, mainly rhizomatous, sometimes tuberous-rooted perennials from tropical forest in S. and S.E. Asia. They are cultivated for their large, usually peltate, ...

Datura

Plants; General plants

Genus of 5 species of evergreen shrubs and trees found in scrub and along streamsides from S. US to South America. Angel's Trumpet is so named because it produces large, trumpet-shaped flowers that ...

Episcia

Plants; General plants

Genus of 6 species of creeping, stoloniferous, mat-forming, epiphytic or terrestrial, evergreen perennials founs in tropical forest and rocky habitats from Mexico to South America. Episcia is an ...

Ctenanthe

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 15 species of rosette-forming, evergreen, rhizomatous perennials from damp forest floors and thickets in Costa Rica and Brazil. The Ctenanthes are closely related to the Calateas - ...

Duschesnea

Plants; General plants

Genus of 6 species of low-growing, more or less evergreen perennials from damp, shady woodland and streamsides in S. and E. Asia. Looking frustratingly like its cousin the edible strawberry ...