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Aloe

Plants; General plants

Genus of more than 300 species, plus many hybrids, of small to large, rosette, evergreen perennials, some are shrub-like or climbing, a few tree-like. They are found in the Cape Verde Islands, ...

Genus of about 15 species of cycads found mainly on dry, stony slopes and in semi-desert and dry, open woodland from Madagascar to S. and S.E. Asia, Australia, and the Pacific islands. The Sago Palm ...

Acanthus

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 30 species of perennials from dry, rocky sites, mostly in the Mediterranean. Acanthus may growing up to 6 ft. They are vigorous plants with with bold, striking foliage and flowers. The ...

Hemigraphis

Plants; General plants

Genus of 90 species of low-growing, slender-stemmed annuals, perennials, and subshrubs from woodland margins in tropical Asia. A climbing plant. Red Ivy has coloured leaves - silvery in the shade, ...

Haworthia

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 100 species of dwarf, basal-rosetted, more or less stemless, perennial succulents from lowland and sometimes hillsides of Namibia, Swaziland, Mozambique, and South Africa. Haworthias ...

Haemanthus

Plants; General plants

Genus of 21 species of bulbous perennials, some of them evergreen, from grassy, rocky hillsides in South Africa. A stout stalk bears the giant flower-head above the few large leaves at the base. The ...

Hedera

Plants; General plants

Genus of 8-12 species evergreen, woody-stemmed, trailing or self-clinging climbers found in light woodland or on trees or rocks in N. Africa, the Canary Islands, the Azores, and Madeira, and from w. ...