Get to know 17 plants selected from Murzuq. Discover their scientific names, identifying features and growing needs.
Sophora secundiflora
Sophora secundiflora is a slow-growing, evergreen shrub or small tree with a dense, rounded crown. Its glossy, pinnate leaves are dark green, composed of 7–11 oval leaflets. In early spring, pendulous clusters of intensely fragrant, violet-
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Eutrochium fistulosum
An erect, clump-forming perennial to around 2m tall with lance-shaped, dark green, coarsely-serrated leaves up to 30cm long arranged in whorls of 4-7 on hollow stems. From midsummer into autumn, tiny, vanilla-scented, pinkish-purple flowers
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Psidium guajava
An evergreen shrub or small tree up to 6m tall with prominently-veined, ovate to oblong leaves up to 15cm long with serrated margins. White flowers to 2.5cm across with brush-like clusters of long stamens are borne singly or in small groups
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Ipomoea purpurea
A short-lived perennial twining climber to 5m tall, usually grown as an annual. Leaves are heart-shaped or three-lobed. Flowers borne from summer into early autumn are funnel-shaped, 3-6cm in diameter and deep purple to bluish-purple or a r
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Anthurium andraeanum
An evergreen perennial with ovate to arrow-shaped, dark green leaves to 30cm in length, and ovate or heart-shaped, bright red spathes with a light yellow spadix, appearing throughout the year
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Gardenia jasminoides
A large evergreen shrub with deep glossy green, elliptic leaves and very fragrant, broadly funnel-shaped white flowers 8cm across in summer and autumn
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Centranthus ruber
A woody-based perennial, sometimes grown as a biennial, with grey-green leaves and dense clusters of crimson, pink or white, slightly fragrant flowers from late spring to autumn
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Saintpaulia ionantha
African Violet is a compact, stemless perennial with a rosette of hairy, oval to rounded leaves. It produces clusters of five-petaled flowers in shades of violet, pink, white, blue, or purple, often with yellow centers. The plant typically
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Ficus carica
A large shrub or small, spreading tree to around 3m tall and 4m wide with rounded, lobed leaves. Insignificant flowers are followed by edible fruit that ripen to shades of green and purple. Many cultivated varieties of fig have been develop
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Hydrangea macrophylla
A large, rounded, deciduous shrub with rather coarse, oval, dark green leaves to 20cm long. In mid- and late summer produces large, flattened flowerheads consisting of a few sterile, pink florets with large petals and many small, fertile, b
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Bougainvillea glabra
A virgorous climber with semi-glossy leaves to 13cm long. In summer it bears flowers formed of papery, petal-like magenta bracts. It requires the protection of a temperate glasshouse or conservatory, although potted plants can be moved outs
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Hordeum vulgare
An annual grass, more commonly known as barley with erect green stems and alternate leaves. Green flower spikes and kernels appear in the summer and wave in the breeze, turner paler golden brown as they mature. The number of rows on the f
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Vitis vinifera
Woody plant, climbing by tendrils, about 15-18m tall. Leaves are 3 or 5-lobed, coarsely toothed, to 15cm long and wide, with stalks half as long as the blade. Flowers are tiny, greenish, in loose panicles, fruit oval or globose grapes. This
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Tradescantia zebrina
A trailing evergreen perennial to 15cm, with lance-shaped, deep bronze-green leaves with two longitudinal silvery bands above, purple beneath; rosy-purple flowers in small terminal clusters appear sporadically throughout the year
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Morus alba
A small to mid-sized deciduous tree, with a spreading habit and ovate to heart-shaped, glossy, toothed green leaves, turning pale yellow in autumn. Pale green catkins are produced in late spring and early summer, followed by edible, raspber
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Fragaria ananassa
The garden strawberry is a perennial herbaceous plant, typically 10-30 cm tall, with trifoliate leaves that are dark green and serrated. Its white, five-petaled flowers are borne in cymes. The fruit is an aggregate accessory fruit, red, jui
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Strelitzia reginae
S. reginae is an evergreen perennial to 1.5m, forming a clump of long-stalked, oblong, grey-green leaves; orange and blue flowers emerge in succession from a beak-like spathe
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