Contra Costa Goldfields, a plant belonging to the Aster family and scientifically known as Lasthenia conjugens, is an endangered species of flowers native to California that have as main growing environment, the Californian vernal pools. This colorful endangered species has fragile features consisting of: a height of maximum 40 centimeters, hairy leaves that don’t go …
Banksia robur, also known as Swamp Banksia or Broad-leaved Banksia is a shrub belonging to the family Proteaceae. Just as the name suggests, Swamp Banksia has as main growing environments, those that are seasonally inundated. Banksia robur is a plant able to reach a height of 2.5 meters and sometimes even more. As expected, the …
Plectranthus verticillatus, also known as Swedish ivy is a plant growing especially indoor that belongs to the family Lamiaceae. Even though it is also known as Swedish ivy, in terms of appearance, the two plants have nothing in common. Besides the fact that the plants come from different families, the feature that makes ivies widely …
The small and beautiful shrubs that everybody knows them under the name of Hawthorns originate from Europe, Asia and America, especially the northern regions of these continents. Commonly known as the Hawthorn, this flower bears also a botanical name of Crateagus, along with other names given by different folklores, names used only in those particular …
Famous for its early bloom, the Glory of the snow is a spring flower known to be amongst the first annual flowers to show its flowering. Its botanical name is Chionodoxa luciliae, but there are also botanical classifications or specialty books in which the Glory of the Snow is referred to as the Chionodoxa Forbesii …