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In 2002 Plantlife conducted a " County Flowers " public survey to assign flowers to each of the counties of the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man. [1] The results of this campaign designated a single plant species to a "county or metropolitan area" in the UK and Isle of Man. [2] Some English counties already had flowers traditionally ...
The flora of Great Britain and Ireland is one of the best documented in the world. There are 1390 native species and over 1100 well-established non-natives documented on the islands. A bibliographic database of the species has been compiled by the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. [1]
v. t. e. The flora of Scotland is an assemblage of native plant species including over 1,600 vascular plants, more than 1,500 lichens and nearly 1,000 bryophytes. The total number of vascular species is low by world standards but lichens and bryophytes are abundant and the latter form a population of global importance.
Below is an extensive, if incomplete, list of plants containing one or more poisonous parts that pose a serious risk of illness, injury, or death to humans or domestic animals. There is significant overlap between plants considered poisonous and those with psychotropic properties , some of which are toxic enough to present serious health risks ...
Chigger flower – Asclepias tuberosa; Chrysanthemum – Dendranthema grandiflora , Chrysanthemum morifolium (True) cinnamon – Cinnamomum verum; Clove – Syzygium aromaticum; Clover – Trifolium spp. Coakum – Phytolacca americana; Coconut – Cocos nucifera; Coffee plant – Coffea spp. Colic weed – Corydalis flavula; Collard ...
Wort plants. Adderwort, adder's wort - Persicaria bistorta. American lungwort - Mertensia virginica. Asterwort - Any composite plant of the family Asteraceae. Awlwort - Subularia aquatica. The plant bears awl-shaped leaves. Banewort - Ranunculus flammula or Atropa belladonna.
In addition, these meanings are alluded to in older pictures, songs and writings. New symbols have also arisen: one of the most known in the United Kingdom is the red poppy as a symbol of remembrance of the fallen in war.
Opiz, nom. illeg. Nomocharis Franch. Lilium ( / ˈlɪliəm / LIL-ee-əm) [3] is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs, all with large and often prominent flowers. They are the true lilies. Lilies are a group of flowering plants which are important in culture and literature in much of the world.
List of botanical gardens; The United Kingdom has a strong tradition of decorative gardening, and there are many well known gardens in the United Kingdom that are not botanical gardens. See: Gardens in England; Gardens in Scotland; Gardens in Wales; Gardens in Northern Ireland
Flower. A flower, also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae ). Flowers consist of a combination of vegetative organs – sepals that enclose and protect the developing flower, petals that attract pollinators, and reproductive organs that produce gametophytes ...