Get to know 15 plants selected from Lorestan. Discover their scientific names, identifying features and growing needs.
Chenopodium album
A fast-growing, upright, branching annual to 2m high, with silvery green, lightly toothed leaves, which are narrower further up the plant, and mealy white underneath. Produces spikes of small, tightly clustered green flowers, which can go o
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Liquidambar styraciflua
L. styraciflua is a deciduous tree to 20m tall, broadly conical in outline, with rather glossy, maple-like, 5 to 7-lobed leaves which turn to shades of orange, crimson and purple in autumn
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Episcia cupreata
An evergreen, low-growing perennial usually grown as a houseplant with creeping stems bearing colourful, textured green, brown and red foliage with silvery-green veining. Funnel-shaped, bright red flowers with a yellow eye appear intermitte
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Pachypodium geayi
P. geayi is a succulent shrub with thorny branches carrying narrow grey-green leaves silvery beneath, and salver-shaped white flowers 8cm across in summer
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Medicago sativa
Also known as 'alfalfa'or 'purple medic' this herbaceous perennial legume with a deep tap-root and clover-like green foliage produces small purple flowers in the summer followed by flat pea-like fruits. Used in many countries as animal foo
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Persicaria maculosa
An annual plant, up to 1m high in flower, with jointed stems and narrowly ovate green leaves, often with dark, almost black blotches in the centre. Produces dense upright spikes of small, deep pink buds, opening to pale pink flowers from mi
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Codiaeum variegatum, commonly known as croton, is a striking evergreen shrub grown primarily for its bold, leathery leaves. The leaves come in a dazzling array of colors including green, yellow, orange, red, and purple, often with variegate
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Centaurea cyanus
Upright annual to 75cm, with simple or slightly lobed leaves and solitary deep blue flower-heads 3-4cm across in late spring and summer
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Fritillaria imperialis
A robust bulbous perennial with stout, erect stems bearing whorled, lance-shaped leaves and, in early summer, a terminal umbel of bell-shaped orange or yellow flowers beneath a crown of bracts
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Schefflera arboricola
Schefflera arboricola, commonly known as the Dwarf Umbrella Tree, is an evergreen shrub native to Taiwan. It features palmate compound leaves typically composed of 7-9 leaflets, glossy and leathery. The plant has a compact, bushy habit with
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Sansevieria trifasciata var. laurentii
S. trifasciata var. laurentii is an erect evergreen perennial to 75cm in height, with strap-shaped, mottled grey-green leaves edged with creamy-yellow. Tubular greenish-white flowers occasionally appear in erect racemes
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Triticum aestivum
A hardy annual utilised for centuries as a cereal crop. Greyish-green leaves are long and narrow. Flowers appear in summer, with seeds ripening in late summer and autumn
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Euphorbia pulcherrima
A semi-evergreen shrub with large, bluntly toothed, ovate leaves and tiny yellow flowers with leaf-like bright red bracts, opening in winter
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Euphorbia tithymaloides
Euphorbia tithymaloides is a succulent shrub with distinctive zigzag stems that resemble a backbone. Its fleshy, oval leaves are often edged with red or purple, adding ornamental value. Small, inconspicuous red or yellow cyathia appear in s
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Rubus idaeus
A vigorous, deciduous shrub producing erect, biennial stems to 2.5m tall with or without prickles. Leaves are divided into 3-5 or 7 leaflets, each of which is coarsely-toothed and covered with a white felt on the underside. Clusters of whit
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