Portulaca (purslane) is the type genus of the flowering plant family Portulacaceae , comprising about 40-100 species found in the tropics a...

Cucumber ( Cucumis sativus ) is a widely cultivated plant in the gourd family Cucurbitaceae . It is a creeping vine that bears cylindrical f...

Podranea ricasoliana , the pink trumpet vine, has been out of fashion in Australian gardens for a long time, for no particular reason seeing...

Echinocactus grusonii , popularly known as the Golden Barrel Cactus, Golden Ball or, amusingly, Mother-in-Law's Cushion, is a well known...

Nymphaeaceae is a family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called water lilies and live as rhizomatous aquatic herbs...

Oxypetalum coeruleum is a species of flowering plant, native to South America from southern Brazil to Uruguay, in the Apocynaceae family. ...

Scaevola is a genus of flowering plants in the Goodenia family, Goodeniaceae . It consists of more than 130 tropical species, with the cent...

Isotoma axillaris , commonly known as Rock Isotome, is a small herbaceous perennial in the family Lobeliaceae . It grows to 50 cm high and h...

Eggplant ( Solanum melongena ) is a species of nightshade commonly known in British English as aubergine and also known as melongene, gard...

Canna (or canna lily, although not a true lily) is a genus of 19 species of flowering plants. The closest living relations to cannas are the...