1. great burnet
Sanguisorba officinalis
S. officinalis forms a compact clump of pinnate leaves with rounded or oblong leaflets, and maroon flowers in dense, rounded or oval spikes in summer and early autumn
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Get to know 16 plants selected from Ulaanbaatar. Discover their scientific names, identifying features and growing needs.
Plants to discover
2. Taraxacum officinale
Taraxacum officinale
An evergreen herbaceous perennial known as the 'dandelion' with upright purple stems and upright or horizontal dark green basal foliage growing from a main taproot. Yellow flower heads change into silvery, wispy tufted seed heads or 'dande
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3. bacon weed
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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4. bird cherry
Prunus padus
P. padus is a large deciduous tree with toothed, ovate leaves turning yellow in autumn, and pendant racemes of frgrant white flowers 1cm wide in late spring, followed by small, bitter black fruits
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5. prickly wild rose
Rosa acicularis
Vigorous suckering shrub to about 1.5-1.8m in height, with bristly stems and greyish-green leaves composed of leaflets. Fragrant, bright rose-pink blooms are 6cm across, produced once-only in midsummer are followed by smooth, bright red, pe
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6. sage-leaf mullein
Phlomoides tuberosa
A clump-forming perennial with deeply veined and sharply serrated, dark green arrow-shaped basal leaves. Tall, upright, dark purple, leafy stems bear clusters of purple or pink flowers in mid and late summer
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7. jade plant
Crassula ovata
A bushy succulent evergreen sub-shrub growing slowly to 2m, with rounded fleshy dark green leaves often edged with red, and flat clusters of small starry white or light pink flowers in late summer
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8. afalfa
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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9. Dwarf Umbrella Tree
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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10. common marigold
Calendula officinalis
A fast growing annual or biennial with aromatic leaves and heads of vivid orange daisy-like flowers, borne in long succession in the summer and autumn until the first hard frosts
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11. common lilac
Syringa vulgaris
This is the wild species of Lilac from which all our modern varieties have been selected. It is a deciduous shrub which grows into a bushy thicket of around 7 x 7m and has green heart-shaped leaves. The light blue-purple flowers are very sw
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12. Geranium
Pelargonium hortorum
Pelargonium hortorum forms bushy, tender perennials with thick, fleshy stems and rounded, scalloped leaves; the leaves often have a dark horseshoe-shaped zone. In summer and into autumn it bears dense spherical flower heads made up of singl
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13. common valerian
Valeriana officinalis
an upright herbaceous perennial to 1.5m tall, with curiously scented pinnate leaves and rounded clusters of small pink or white flowers in summer
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14. cosmea
Cosmos bipinnatus
A tall, bushy annual to 2.5m, with very finely divided, mid-green leaves, and large flowers to 8cm across, usually white or pink the wide outer rays surround a central disc of tightly clustered, usually yellow, inner disc florets. Flowering
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15. Cannabis
Cannabis sativa
Cannabis sativa is a fast-growing annual herb with an upright, branching habit. Its leaves are palmately compound, typically with 5-7 lanceolate, serrated leaflets. Small greenish flowers appear in summer and autumn; female plants produce r
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16. crown of thorns
Euphorbia milii
A more or less evergreen shrub to 1m, with thorny, succulent branches, leathery obovate leaves and axillary clusters of very small yellow flowers with showy, bright red bracts
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