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Patersonia subalpina F.Muell. Patersonia sericea, commonly known as purple flag [2] or silky purple-flag [3] is a species of plant in the iris family Iridaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a densely-tufted perennial herb with linear, sword-shaped leaves, broadly egg-shaped, bluish-violet tepals and an oval capsule .
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Saxifraga oppositifolia is a low-growing, densely or loosely matted plant growing up to 5 cm (2 in) high, with somewhat woody branches of creeping or trailing habit close to the surface. The leaves are small, rounded, scale-like, opposite in four rows with ciliated margins. The flowers are solitary on short stalks, petals purple or lilac, much ...
Matthiola incana is a species of flowering plant in the cabbage family Brassicaceae. Common names include Brompton stock, common stock, hoary stock, ten-week stock, and gilly-flower. [1] The common name stock usually refers to this species, though it may also be applied to the whole genus Matthiola. The common name "night-scented stock" or ...
Description. As a climbing plant, it grows to a height of 12 m (39 ft), but as a shrub it grows to 4 m (13 ft) tall. [3] It is a vine or semi-climbing shrub with puberulent stems, sometimes reaching 10 cm (3.9 in) in diameter. Leaves are elliptical-oblong, 5–16cm long and 3–8cm wide, apex acute or obtuse, base wedge-shaped, entire margin ...
Tradescantia pallida is an evergreen perennial plant of a scrambling, climbing growth habit and vine-like stature. Small aerial roots will form along the stem, which root the vine further in-place and give greater stamina to the overall plant body. It is distinguished by vivid purple, elongated and slightly pointed leaves —generally a ...
Bluebonnet (plant) Bluebonnet is a name given to any of a number of purple-flowered or blue-flowered species of the genus Lupinus predominantly found in southwestern United States and is collectively the state flower of Texas. The shape of the petals on the flower resembles the bonnet worn by pioneer women to shield them from the sun. [1]
The flower head is about 5 cm (2 in) across and each is surrounded by green bracts which are longer than the petals (technically, the ligules of the ray flowers). The flowers are like that of Tragopogon pratensis, but are larger and dull purple, 3–5 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 4 –2 in) across. The flowers are hermaphroditic and pollination is by insects.
Liatris spicata. ( L.) Willd. Liatris spicata, the dense blazing star, prairie feather, gayfeather [1] or button snakewort, [2] is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to eastern North America [3] where it grows in moist prairies and sedge meadows. The plants have tall spikes of purple flowers resembling ...
Purpure. p., pu., purp. In heraldry, purpure ( / ˈpɜːrpjʊər /) is a tincture, equivalent to the colour purple, and is one of the five main or most usually used colours (as opposed to metals ). It may be portrayed in engravings by a series of parallel lines at a 45-degree angle running from upper right to lower left from the point of view ...