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Prunella

The Prunella (Prunella, Syn: Brunella million, Prunellopsis Kudo), also called Brunelle, a genus of the mint family (Lamiaceae) are. Note the roll-call confusion at all with the bird genus Prunella (Prunella), the equality is both the German and the scientific name of a unique case. With Prunella species are perennial herbaceous plants that form more or less low, creeping mats, which branch off from the flower-shoots erect or ascending. The antithetic leaves are oblong to broadly ovate, sometimes lobed, too. The sechsblütigen Scheinquirle are usually compressed into a terminal, clear remote, ovate to ovate-rounded, dense Scheinähre. The bracts are very broad terms of shape, and overlap frequently. They are often reddish or purple crowded. In any case, they are significantly different from the normal leaves. The cup is clearly double lip, where is the upper lip tricuspid, bicuspid and the lower deep. Both cup lips are flattened, so that the total compressed cal... read more

Blood flower

Blood Flower (Haemanthus) are a genus of the family of the Amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae). It includes, according to current taxonomy about (11 to) 22 species.Many of the species that were counted earlier this genus are now being attributed to the genus Scadoxus. The name of Haemanthus derives from the Greek words: haima for blood and anthos for flowers from, and refers to the blood-red flower heads (see pictures in the gallery below), the first in the early 17th Century described Haemanthus coccineus. They are located mainly in South Africa and have an element of the Flore Capensis. Description Blood flowers are mostly deciduous or rarely evergreen, perennial herbaceous plants, as with onions Überdauerungsorganen. They form remarkably thick, long, sprossbürtige roots. In winter, green are: H. amarylloides, H. barkerae, H. canaliculatus, H. coccineus, H. crispus, H. dasyphyllus, H. pubescens, H. unifoliatus sanguineus and H.. In the ... read more

Phellodendron amurense

The Amur cork tree (Phellodendron amurense is) a deciduous tree species of the genus Phellodendron (Phellodendron). The Amur cork tree is a lichtbedürftiger, deciduous tree height 15 to 25 meters and trunk diameter up to about 60 centimeters reached. It forms a broad, loose crown. The branches are thick and their bark is orange brown. The small buds are hairy and hidden in the summer in the base of the petiole. Both the German name and the scientific genus name indicate that this tree has a powerful Korkmantel. This burst through the furrows on lateral growth of the tribe. Similar to the cork tree he is emulated by a permanent Oberflächenperiderm constantly, that is, the cork cells Korkbildungsgewebe produces long-lasting and complex. The opposite, pinnate leaves are about 25-40 inches long. There are seven to 13 leaflets present. These are ovate, long acuminate with a curved tip. The leaves are glossy dark green upper side. The leaf stem and the midrib of the... read more