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Overview of Selected Flowering Plants: Anagallis, Borago, Clivia, and Others

This article provides an overview of several remarkable flowering plants including Anagallis arvensis, known for its weather forecasting abilities via its open flowers; Borago officinalis, the starflower famous for its vibrant blue blooms; and Clivia miniata, the bush lily with fragrant red, orange, or yellow flowers. Additional plants discussed include Erinacea anthyllis, Fuchsia, Lithospermum, Pallenis spinosa, Ruscus aculeatus, Solanum lycopersicum (tomato), and Teucrium, highlighting their origins, habitats, characteristics, and uses.

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Overview of Selected Flowering Plants: Anagallis, Borago, Clivia, and Others

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  1. Plant FlowersPart I

  2. AnagallisArvensis • AnagallisArvensis is also knows as Scarlet pimpernel, red pimpernel, red chickweed, poorman's barometer, poor man's weather-glass, shepherd's weather glass, or shepherd's clock. • AnagallisArvensis is a low-growing annualplant found in Europe, Asia and North America. • Scarlet pimpernel flowers are open only when the sun shines. • This common European plant is generally considered a weed and is an indicator of light soils. • Kingdom: Plantae, Order: Ericales, Family: Myrsinaceae, Genus: Anagallis, Species: A. arvensis

  3. BoragoOfficinalis • Boragoofficinalis is also known as a starflower. • Boragoofficinalisis an annualherb originating in Syria, but naturalized throughout the Mediterranean region, as well as Asia Minor, Europe, North Africa, and South America. • Boragoofficinalis is most often blue in color, but can also be pink and white. • In milder climates, Boragoofficinalis will bloom continuously for most of the year. • Kingdom: Plantae, Family: Boraginaceae, Genus: Borago, Species: B. officinalis

  4. CliviaMiniata • Cliviaminiata (commonly known as Bush lily) is a species of clivia, from South Africa. • Cliviaminiata grows to a height of about 45cm in the shade of trees and shrubs. • Cliviaminiata  flowers are red, orange or yellow, with a faint, but very sweet perfume. • Cliviaminiata  is sometimes known in cultivation as "Kaffir Lily". • Kingdom: Plantae, Order: Asparagales, Family: Amaryllidaceae, Tribe: Haemantheae, Subtribe: Cliviinae, Genus: Clivia, Species: C. miniata

  5. ErinaceaAnthyllis • Erinaceaanthyllis is also known as Erinaceaepungens - Blue broom, Hedgehog broom • Genus: Erinacea • Family: Leguminosae

  6. Fuchsia • Fuchsia is a genus of flowering plants that consists mostly of shrubs or small trees. • The first, Fuchsia triphylla, was discovered on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (present day Dominican Republic and Haiti) in 1703 by the French Minim monk and botanist, Charles Plumier. • Kingdom: Plantae, Division: Magnoliophyta, Class: Magnoliopsida, Order: Myrtales, Family: Onagraceae, Genus: Fuchsia

  7. Lithospermum • Lithospermum is a genus of plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. • Lithospermum species are known generally as gromwells or stoneseeds. • Kingdom: Plantae, Family: Boraginaceae, Subfamily: Boraginoideae, Genus: Lithospermum

  8. PallenisSpinosa • Pallenis is a small genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family (Asteraceae). • The type species is Pallenisspinosa. • The name is derived from palea (chaff), referring to the chaffy receptacle. • This is a typical Mediterranean genus, occurring in desert and coastal habitats of Southern Europe, North Africa, the Canary Islands and the Middle East. • Pallenisconsists of, annual or biennial, herbaceous plant. • Pallenisgrow on uncultivated or disturbed land and roadsides. • Pallenisare hardy, even surviving in dry to very dry environments or cold spells. • Kingdom: Plantae, Order: Asterales, Family: Asteraceae, Subfamily: Asteroideae, Tribe: Inuleae, Subtribe: Inulinae, Genus: Pallenis

  9. RuscusAculeatus • Ruscusaculeatus is a low evergreen Eurasian shrub, with flat shoots known as cladodes that give the appearance of stiff, spine-tipped leaves. • Small greenish flowers appear in spring, and are borne singly in the centre of the cladodes. • The female flowers are followed by a red berry, and the seeds are bird-distributed, but the plant also spreads vegetatively by means of rhizomes.  • Common names: Butcher's Broom, Knee Holly, Jew's Myrtle, Sweet Broom, Pettigree • Kingdom: Plantae, Order: Asparagales, Family: Ruscaceae, Genus: Ruscus, Species: R. aculeatus

  10. SolanumLycopersicum • Solanumlycopersicum is the plant that bears tomatoes. • Kingdom: Plantae, Order: Solanales, Family: Solanaceae, Genus: Solanum, Species: S. lycopersicum

  11. Teucrium • Teucrium is a genus of perennial plants, of the familyLamiaceae. • Common names for this genus include germanders. These species are herbs, shrubs or subshrubs. • They are most common in Mediterranean climates. • Teucrium species are rich in essential oils. • They are valued as ornamental plants and pollen source, and some species have culinary and/or medical value. • Kingdom: Plantae, Order: Lamiales, Family: Lamiaceae, Genus: Teucrium

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