May 6
Houstonia caerulea / Azure Bluet at Penny's Bend Nature Preserve in Durham, NC
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Houstonia caerulea / Azure Bluet at Penny's Bend Nature Preserve in Durham, NC
Madder Flowers
Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.
This Bouvardia is apparently one of some 30 species of a genus of evergreen herbs and shrubs in the Rubiaceae or Madder family.
An All Summer Bloomer
Pentas lanceolata or Egyptian Starcluster enjoying the hot and humid climate here in the Gardens by the Bay. Photo credit: Eleanor Chua.
Crocettona comune (Cruciata laevipes Opiz, Rubiaceae) (vecchia dia)
High Five
Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.
Pentas (from the Greek word for "five") lanceolata performing on the side of the Flower Field in the conservatory.
Scientific Name: Cephalanthus occidentalis Common Name(s): Buttonbush Family: Rubiaceae (madder) Life Cycle: Perennial Leaf Retention: Deciduous Habit: Tree, shrub USDA L48 Native Status: Native Location: Plano, Texas Season(s): Summer
Flower heads in various stages of development.
sweet-scented gallium.
#2411 - Coprosma robusta - Karamu
Bonus Tetragnatha spider I only just noticed.
Originally described as Pelaphia lata.
Endemic to New Zealand coastal and lowland areas, but an increasingly serious weed in Victoria and Tasmania. The fruit is spread by birds and the plant grows readily from seed in infertile soils, and in poorly drained and exposed lands. It can also grow in a large range of altitude varying from sea level to 1,200 meters, under full sun to shady, windy and frostprone habitats.
Introduced mammals such as goats (Capra hircus) and deer (Cervus elaphus) have a severe impact on karamū, and hares (Lepus timidus) and rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) eat the seedlings.
The berries are edible and leaves can be brewed into a medicinal tea. The leaves are believed by Maori to have the ability to deal with kidney troubles and the bark to treat stomachache and vomiting. Karamū is rich in dyes including alizarin and purpurin. Sometimes leaves of the plant were put on stones to dye the food and preserve them after a hangi.
Lake Mangamahoe, Taranaki Ringplain, New Zealand