Acacia  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 563, Hits: 9049]
Acacia - common name for plants of genus Acacia of legume family, Leguminosae
Updated On: 9/13/2007
Tags: Leguminosae, Legume, Wattles, Thorns, Winter, Livestock, Spines
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Acanthus  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 373, Hits: 2326]
The acanthus family, Acanthaceae, contains about 250 genera of mainly perennial, thistlelike shrubs native to warmer regions of the world
Updated On: 9/18/2007
Tags: Acanthus Family, Breech, Leaves, United States, Mediterranean, Shrimp Plant
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African Violet  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 541, Hits: 3768]
Saintpaulia, commonly known as African violet, is a genus of 6 species of herbaceous perennial flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae
Updated On: 9/19/2007
Tags: Houseplants, Africa, Tropical, Violaceae Family, Streptocarpus
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Ageratum  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 431, Hits: 1661]
Ageratum,known as Whiteweed is a genus of about 60 tropical American herbs, annuals and perennials from the Sunflower family Asteraceae, tribe Eupatorieae
Updated On: 9/19/2007
Tags: American Herbs, Tropical, South America, Conyzoides, Sunflower Family, Ageratum
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Ailanthus  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 607, Hits: 1588]
Ailanthus (derived from ailanto, an Ambonese word probably meaning "tree of the gods" or "tree of heaven") is a genus of trees belonging to the family Simaroubaceae
Updated On: 9/19/2007
Tags: Southeastern Asia, Northern Australia, herbicides, A. altissima
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Alder, Black  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 358, Hits: 1770]
Black Alder, European Alder or Common Alder (Alnus glutinosa) is an alder tree native to most of Europe
Updated On: 9/19/2007
Tags: Autumn, Latin, A. glutinosa, Europe, Alnus Glutinosa, Shrubs
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Alder, White  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 358, Hits: 1929]
The North American white alder, A. rhombifolia, is half the height of the thinner European,or black, alder
Updated On: 9/18/2007
Tags: Alder Black, Alder White, North America, A. rhombifolia, Catkins, Flowers
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Alfalfa  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 526, Hits: 4988]
(Medicago sativa), also known as Lucerne, Purple Medic and Trefoil (Arabic:al-fasfasa), is a perennial flowering plant cultivated as an important forage crop
Updated On: 9/19/2007
Tags: Tetraploid Genome, Drought, legume, Nitrogen- Fixing Bacteria, Galactagogue
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Allspice  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 487, Hits: 2776]
Allspice, also called Jamaica pepper, Myrtle pepper, pimento , or newspice, is a spice which is the dried unripe fruit of the Pimenta dioica plant. The name "allspice" was coined by the English, who thought it combined the flavour of several aromatic spices
Updated On: 9/19/2007
Tags: World War II, Christopher Columbus, Spain, Pepper, Caribbean Cuisine, Middle East
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Aloe  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 514, Hits: 4549]
Aloe is any of about 200 species and hybrids of perennial succulent PLANTS that belong to the lily family, Liliaceae
Updated On: 9/19/2007
Tags: Africa, Stratiotes Aloides, Agavaceae Family, Lily, Houseplant, Madagascar
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