Pictures of Angiosperms
Pictures of Angiosperms
English Elm
The English elm, one of a number of elm species found throughout the North Temperate Zone, is native to Europe, western Asia, and northern Africa. It grows to a height of 30 m (100 ft). The English elm is used for its timber and its bark, from which certain dyes can be made. In the United States, the English elm and most other elms have fallen victim to the Dutch elm disease, which was accidentally introduced from Europe and for which no cure has been found.
Flame Tree
The flame tree is named for its brilliant scarlet blossoms that cover long, spreading branches. It is a native of the island of Madagascar, where its dangling seed pods are often gathered and used as fuel. It is now cultivated as an ornamental in tropical and subtropical areas around the world.
Flower Garden Maintenance
A healthy flower garden requires maintenance. By regularly removing spent or fading flowers, a practice called deadheading, gardeners prolong the blooming season in their gardens. Another maintenance procedure, called pinching off, encourages healthy, bushy plant growth. Pinching off methods vary depending on the type of plant, but generally gardeners remove the tallest early stalks, encouraging more stem development when plants are young.
Flowering Desert in Australia
The flowering plants, called angiosperms, all produce fruit containing seeds, though not all flowering plants actually produce flowers. Flowering plants have adapted to every terrestrial environment on Earth except glaciers and snow fields.
Flowering Dogwood
The white leaves that look like petals on this flowering dogwood are actually bracts that protect the small green buds of the true dogwood flower. Most species of dogwood are trees or shrubs with simple leaves, but a few species, such as the flowering dogwood, are popular for their ornamental value. Many songbirds and small mammals eat the fruit of the dogwood, and the wood of several species of dogwood is used in making furniture.
Flowering Forsythia
Forsythia is a spring-flowering, deciduous shrub, cultivated for its attractive yellow, bell-shaped flowers, which bloom in the spring before the emergence of the leaves. Reaching a height of 1 to 3 m (3 to 10 ft), the forsythia grows best in sunny locations in fertile, well-drained soils.
Flowering Gardenia
Gardenia is both the common and scientific name for a genus of evergreen trees and shrubs grown for their attractive, fragrant flowers. Native to tropical and subtropical countries, the plants thrive in greenhouses, with only a few species hardy enough to survive outdoors where summers reach sufficiently warm temperatures.
Flowering Jasmine
The jasmine is one of a number of deciduous and evergreen shrubs and woody-stemmed climbing plants grown throughout tropical regions. It is cultivated for its attractive, fragrant flowers. Jasmine grows best in sunny locations with fertile, well-drained soils.
Forget-Me-Not
Forget-me-not plants grow in temperate regions around the world, adapting to moist conditions to grow in drainage ditches and damp meadows. The varieties of the plant bloom in blue, with the exact shade of the flower depending on the species. Forget-me-nots are widely cultivated for gardens and in landscaping pools and streams.
Foxglove Plant
The common foxglove is grown for decorative and medicinal purposes. The flowers contain glycosides (chemicals that affect heartbeat and pulse), which can be extracted from the leaves and used to regulate and strengthen a person’s heartbeat. However, if plant materials containing glycosides are directly consumed by humans, nausea, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and heartbeat and pulse abnormalities can result. If consumed in large enough quantities, glycosides can cause convulsions and death.
Freesia
Although native to southern South Africa, the freesia is widely cultivated for its funnel-shaped flowers, which are sold as ornamentals and as fresh cut flowers. Freesias prefer sunny locations in fertile, well-drained soils.
Fuchsia Flowers
The tropical and subtropical plants known as fuchsias grow wild in Central and South America but are also cultivated in greenhouses and as houseplants in the United States. Florists and other cultivators tend to concentrate on the more ornamental hybrids of the wild species, such as the Fuchsia hybridia pictured here. The fuchsia's flowers have earned the name “lady’s eardrops” for their unusual shape.
English ElmThe English elm, one of a number of elm species found throughout the North Temperate Zone, is native to Europe, western Asia, and northern Africa. It grows to a height of 30 m (100 ft). The English elm is used for its timber and its bark, from which certain dyes can be made. In the United States, the English elm and most other elms have fallen victim to the Dutch elm disease, which was accidentally introduced from Europe and for which no cure has been found.
Flame TreeThe flame tree is named for its brilliant scarlet blossoms that cover long, spreading branches. It is a native of the island of Madagascar, where its dangling seed pods are often gathered and used as fuel. It is now cultivated as an ornamental in tropical and subtropical areas around the world.
Flower Garden MaintenanceA healthy flower garden requires maintenance. By regularly removing spent or fading flowers, a practice called deadheading, gardeners prolong the blooming season in their gardens. Another maintenance procedure, called pinching off, encourages healthy, bushy plant growth. Pinching off methods vary depending on the type of plant, but generally gardeners remove the tallest early stalks, encouraging more stem development when plants are young.
Flowering Desert in AustraliaThe flowering plants, called angiosperms, all produce fruit containing seeds, though not all flowering plants actually produce flowers. Flowering plants have adapted to every terrestrial environment on Earth except glaciers and snow fields.
Flowering Dogwood The white leaves that look like petals on this flowering dogwood are actually bracts that protect the small green buds of the true dogwood flower. Most species of dogwood are trees or shrubs with simple leaves, but a few species, such as the flowering dogwood, are popular for their ornamental value. Many songbirds and small mammals eat the fruit of the dogwood, and the wood of several species of dogwood is used in making furniture.
Flowering Forsythia Forsythia is a spring-flowering, deciduous shrub, cultivated for its attractive yellow, bell-shaped flowers, which bloom in the spring before the emergence of the leaves. Reaching a height of 1 to 3 m (3 to 10 ft), the forsythia grows best in sunny locations in fertile, well-drained soils.
Flowering GardeniaGardenia is both the common and scientific name for a genus of evergreen trees and shrubs grown for their attractive, fragrant flowers. Native to tropical and subtropical countries, the plants thrive in greenhouses, with only a few species hardy enough to survive outdoors where summers reach sufficiently warm temperatures.
Flowering Jasmine The jasmine is one of a number of deciduous and evergreen shrubs and woody-stemmed climbing plants grown throughout tropical regions. It is cultivated for its attractive, fragrant flowers. Jasmine grows best in sunny locations with fertile, well-drained soils.
Forget-Me-NotForget-me-not plants grow in temperate regions around the world, adapting to moist conditions to grow in drainage ditches and damp meadows. The varieties of the plant bloom in blue, with the exact shade of the flower depending on the species. Forget-me-nots are widely cultivated for gardens and in landscaping pools and streams.
Foxglove PlantThe common foxglove is grown for decorative and medicinal purposes. The flowers contain glycosides (chemicals that affect heartbeat and pulse), which can be extracted from the leaves and used to regulate and strengthen a person’s heartbeat. However, if plant materials containing glycosides are directly consumed by humans, nausea, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and heartbeat and pulse abnormalities can result. If consumed in large enough quantities, glycosides can cause convulsions and death.
FreesiaAlthough native to southern South Africa, the freesia is widely cultivated for its funnel-shaped flowers, which are sold as ornamentals and as fresh cut flowers. Freesias prefer sunny locations in fertile, well-drained soils.
Fuchsia FlowersThe tropical and subtropical plants known as fuchsias grow wild in Central and South America but are also cultivated in greenhouses and as houseplants in the United States. Florists and other cultivators tend to concentrate on the more ornamental hybrids of the wild species, such as the Fuchsia hybridia pictured here. The fuchsia's flowers have earned the name “lady’s eardrops” for their unusual shape.
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