Kelana Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.
Ficus pumila L. Moraceae. CN: [Malay - Ara jalar], Climbing fig, Creeping fig, Creeping rubberplant, Figvine. Native to China, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam. Elsewhere cultivated as ornamental. Creeping fig is an enthusiastic climber able to scramble up vertical surfaces 3 and 4 stories tall with the aid of a powerful adhesive. This vine coats surfaces with a tracery of fine stems that are densely covered with small heart shaped leaves that are 1 inch long by about 2 cm wide, they are held closely to the surface creating a mat of foliage that extends barely 2.5 cm from the surface. These are the juvenile leaves. Once the vine has reach the top of its support if will begin to form horizontal branches on which adult foliage is borne. Adult leaves are held alternately in two rows along these branches. They are more leathery than the juveniles, and are dark green, and about 7.6 cm long by 5 cm wide. The fruit is a fig (a sycamore). These are borne only on the horizontal stems, they are pale green in color and about 7.6 cm long by 6.4 cm wide. Most experts warn against allowing the climbing fig to attach itself to your home, garage, or other valuable buildings. This winding vine will peel paint, pop screws, and otherwise wreak havoc on fences, buildings, and any other structure. It can also attract insects and mold that cause costly damage. Very invasive and difficult to eradicate. The seeds and other plant parts are poisonous.Synonym(s):
Ficus awkeotsang Makino [
Ficus pumila var.
awkeotsang]
Ficus repens Rottler [
Ficus pumila var.
pumila]Ref and suggested reading:
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?16951en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus_pumilawww.bitterrootrestoration.com/medicinal-plants/creeping-f...
Rosa canina s.str. L.: EN: Dog Rose , DE: Hunds-RoseSlo.: navadni ipekDat.: May 4. 2018 Lat.: 45,079675 Long.: 14,442983Code: Bot_1132/2018_DSC2647Habitat: Edge of overgrown stony pasture next to a village dirt road; almost flat terrain; calcareous, skeletal ground; full sun, dry place; elevation 115 m (380 feet); average precipitations about 1.000 mm/year, average temperature 13-15 deg C, Sub-Mediterranean phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil.Place: West part of the island Krk, southwest part of the village Brzac, Kvarner bay, Adriatic Sea, Croatia EC.Comment: Wild, richly flowering bushes of genus Rosa are among the most beautiful plants in my country. Many taxa comprise it; in addition, hybrids are very frequent. Taxa are divided into sub-genera, sections and subsections, species, 'small' species, subspecies, varieties and forms. Unfortunately, how to divide and name taxa is not yet settled. Different approaches exist. Austrian (Ref.: 1) as well as Slovenian key (Ref.: 2) explicitly state that the genus is not yet sufficiently researched. Consequently, determination of these beauties is difficult if not too difficult (in many cases) for amateur botanist.This observation comes very close to Rosa canina s.str. (according to Ref. 1). Glabrous leaflets, flower stalks, and hips, absence of stalked glands except on stipules (a pair of small leaf-like appendages at the base of leaf stalks), stems with broadly attached curved prickles, pinnate leaves with 5 to 7 leaflets, pink colored petals, recurved sepals and the length of flower (fruit) stalks all speak in favor of this determination. In addition, Ref.: 4 states only four species of Rosa for island Krk. Apart of Rosa canina only Rosa gallica, Rosa rubiginosa and Rosa sempervirens have been found so far. The last three are distinctly different from this find.Ref.:(1) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora fr sterreich, Liechtenstein und Sdtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 526.(2) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 275.(3) J. Bavcon, B. Ravnjak. B. Vre, Wild Roses (Rosa L.) in Slovenia, University Botanic Gardens (2017), p 34.(4) W.K. Rottensteiner, Exkursionsflora fr Istrien, Verlag des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins Krten (2014), p 827.