Cleome is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cleomaceae . Previously it had been placed in the family Capparaceae , until DNA studie...

Nymphaea nouchali , or by its synonym Nymphaea stellata , or by name star lotus, red and blue water lily, blue star water lily is a water li...

Cassia fistula , known as the golden shower tree and by other names, is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae . The species is native to ...

Hedychium is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family Zingiberaceae , native to lightly wooded habitats in Asia. There are approxim...

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. ...