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Found along the southern rim of the Neotropics, from Bolivia to northeastern Argentina. Known as Mini Angel's Trumpet in gardening. University of B.C. Gardens.
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Piovene Rocchette, Veneto, Italy
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Mimosa skinneri Benth..FABACEAELocal: Local: Braslia, Brasil.Agradecimento: Ao Dr. Marcelo Fragomeni Simon, da Embrapa Recursos Genticos e Biotecnologia, pela identificao da espcie.
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Audley, New South Wales, Australia
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Zaragoza: Aragn (Espaa)Depresin del Ebro.Familia: Fabaceae (Leguminosae)Sinnimos: Hippocrepis multisiliquosa ciliata Hippocrepis annua Distribucin: Cuenca mediterrnea. S de Europa. En la Pennsula Ibrica por todo el territorio excepto el CW y el NW. En Aragn principalmente en la Depresin del Ebro, adems de los lugares ms abrigados del somontano pirenaico y otras localidades del N del Sistema Ibrico, sobre todo en su sector zaragozano.Biologa y fenologa Hbitat: Pastos, matorrales secos y eriales, en reas poco elevadas.Preferencia edfica: Basfila Rango altitudinal: 70- 850 ( 1100 ) mFenologa: Floracin Marzo - JunioForma Biolgica: Terfito escaposoExtractado del Atlas de la Flora de Aragn (Herbario de Jaca)
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Santa Lucia, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
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Low's PaphiopedilumOrchidaceae (Orchid family)Native to Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and Sulawesi.Oahu, Hawaii, USA (Cultivated)IUCN: EndangeredThe only Paphiopedilum species which is mostly found as an epiphyte in nature.**NOTE**While I enjoy orchids, as an environmentally conscious orchid grower in Hawaii, I am proactive when it comes to removing and properly destroying any and all seed pods from the plants so as not to encourage their spreading into our fragile native Hawaiian forests.
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San Juan River, Argentina
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Paraso, Panam, Panam
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Polystichum aculeatum (L.) Roth, syn: Polystichum lobatum (Huds.) Chevall.Hard Shield-fern, DE: Gelappter SchildfarnSlo.: bodea podlesnicaDat.: Oct. 5. 2015Lat.: 46.37040 Long.: 13.73188Code: Bot_917/2015_DSC9210Habitat: riparian mixed forest, Salix eleagnos, Picea abies, Fagus sylvatica dominant trees; moderately steep mountain slope, northwest aspect; calcareous, ground; in shade, high air humidity; partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies; elevation 560 m (1.850 feet); average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: forest soil.Place: Lower Trenta valley, left bank of river Soa, between the Soa trail and the river, slightly downstream of Maselc farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC.Comment: Polystichum aculeatum is mainly a montane fern and quite common in the Upper Soa river region. It grows in the whole Alpine belt and almost in all other European mountains. The plant is tolerant regarding nutrients and chemical properties of the soil. It only moderately prefers calcareous ground and humid environment. Its winter resistant, shiny leaves can be easily found during winter months. Characteristic trait are large and abundant brown scales on its stems, particularly at their baseRef.:(1) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora fr sterreich, Liechtenstein und Sdtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 241.(2) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 101. (3) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 1,2,3., Haupt (2004), p 92.(4) B. Marbach, C.Kainz, Moose, Farne und Flechten, BLV (2002), p 24.
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Pterandra pyroidea A.Juss.MALPIGHIACEAE Local: Jardim Botnico, Braslia, Brasil.Ref.: Salles, A.E.H. Jardim Botnico de Braslia. 2007.
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Western Australia, Australia
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Kokio ula, Kokio ulaula, or Hawaiian red hibiscusMalvaceae (Mallow family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Kauai)Oahu (Cultivated)A form known as kahilii, with possible recognition as a full species: Hibiscus kahilii.Kokio was pounded with other plants, juice strained, and taken to purify blood. The leaves were chewed and swallowed as a laxative or mothers would chew buds and given to infants and children as a laxative. Mother would also chew the buds and give to children or children would eat the seeds to strengthen a weak child.EtymologyThe generic name Hibiscus is derived from hibiscos, the Greek name for mallow.The specific and subspecific epithet kokio comes from the Hawaiian name for this hibiscus.
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A tall daisy, found in wet areas in sub-saharan Africa. Photo from near Mbeya, Tanzania.
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Escalona: Aragn (Espaa)Can de Aisclo. El Pirineo.Familia: CARYOPHYLLACEAESinnimos: Petrocoptis albaredae guinochetii, Silene montserratii crassifolia Distribucin: Endmica del Pirineo central, en la cuenca alta del ro Cinca. Tamao y tipo de poblaciones (gregarismo): Existen poblaciones importantes en los desfiladeros de Aisclo y Escuan, dentro del Parque Nacional de Ordesa. Por el momento se han contabilizado 6 poblaciones, que en algunos casos son de grandes dimensiones, aunque no se han realizado prospecciones y censos detallados de las mismas. Hbitat: Grietas de roca caliza, preferentemente en extraplomos de paredones calizos.Preferencia edfica: Basfila Calccola Rango altitudinal: ( 650 ) 800- 1800 ( 2100 ) m Floracin: Junio - JulioForma Biolgica: Camfito sufruticosoExtractado del Atlas de la Flora de Aragn (Herbario de Jaca)
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Qazbegis Raioni, Georgia
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Burra, Queensland, Australia
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Dog Valley ivesia, Ivesia aperta var. canina, Sierra Nevada, Peavine Mountain, Humboldt Toiyabe National Forest, elevation 1935 m (6350 ft).This rare species is found only in a small area of northeastern California and adjacent western Nevada. These photos are from the only Nevada occurrence.
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Tucson Arizona, Above the Santa Cruz River in a dry location
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica