Plant FlowersPart I

Anagallis Arvensis• Anagallis Arvensis 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.

• Anagallis Arvensis is a low-growing annual plant 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

Borago Officinalis• Borago officinalis is also known as a starflower. • Borago officinalis is an annual herb originating in Syria, but

naturalized throughout the Mediterranean region, as well as Asia Minor, Europe, North Africa, and South America.

• Borago officinalis is most often blue in color, but can also be pink and white.

• In milder climates, Borago officinalis will bloom continuously for most of the year.

• Kingdom: Plantae, Family: Boraginaceae, Genus: Borago, Species: B. officinalis

Clivia Miniata• Clivia miniata (commonly known as Bush lily) is a species of

clivia, from South Africa.• Clivia miniata grows to a height of about 45cm in the shade

of trees and shrubs.• Clivia miniata flowers are red, orange or yellow, with a faint,

but very sweet perfume. • Clivia miniata is sometimes known in cultivation as "Kaffir

Lily".• Kingdom: Plantae, Order: Asparagales, Family:

Amaryllidaceae, Tribe: Haemantheae, Subtribe: Cliviinae, Genus: Clivia, Species: C. miniata

Erinacea Anthyllis

• Erinacea anthyllis is also known as Erinaceae pungens - Blue broom, Hedgehog broom

• Genus: Erinacea• Family: Leguminosae

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

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

Pallenis Spinosa• Pallenis is a small genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family (

Asteraceae). • The type species is Pallenis spinosa.• 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.

• Pallenis consists of, annual or biennial, herbaceous plant.• Pallenis grow on uncultivated or disturbed land and roadsides. • Pallenis are 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

Ruscus Aculeatus• Ruscus aculeatus 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

Solanum Lycopersicum

• Solanum lycopersicum is the plant that bears tomatoes.

• Kingdom: Plantae, Order: Solanales, Family: Solanaceae, Genus: Solanum, Species: S. lycopersicum

Teucrium

• Teucrium is a genus of perennial plants, of the family Lamiaceae.

• 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