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"Asparagus. a, a young shoot; b, flowers; c, the upper end of a stem, showing branches, leaves, and…
Asparagus asparagoides is also known as smilax of florists. The stems are slender and branched. The…
The common name of Asparagus plumosus is asparagus fern. The nanus variety has dense, horizontally spreading…
The tenuissimus variety of Asparagus plumosus is a wiry stemmed variety with fewer leaf-like branches.…
The flowers of Asparagus sprengeri are whitish pink, fragrant, and appear in May and June. The plant…
Shown are the leaves and branches of common asparagus. Branches arise from part a and at b clusters…
The common name of Asperula odorata is sweet woodruff. The plant grows between six and eight inches…
Asperula is commonly known as Woodruff. The orientalis variety has sky blue flowers with one head per…
Asphodelus is commonly known as Asphodel. The villarsii variety has white flowers. This flower grows…
The flowers of aspidistra lurida are purple but very small in size and grow close to the ground. The…
The variegata variety of Aspidistra lurida has an alternation of green and white stripes making no two…
The common name of aster is Michaelmas daisy and star-wort. The alpinus variety has bright purple flower…
Aster amellus bessarabicus has purple flower heads. It is considered to be the showiest of all the varieties…
Aster cordifolius has a smooth stem with thin, rough, usually hairy leaves. The flowers heads are blue…
The flower heads of aster corymbosus form convex clusters. The flowers are pale ellow with white florets.…
Aster ericoides flowers are white. The flower clusters are ragged with small leaflets. This flower grows…
Aster grandiflorus has large, purple flowers. One flower head grows on each stem. This variety of aster…
Aster herveyi grows two to three feet tall. The firm leaves are rough above and hairy on the veins beneath.…
Aster macrophyllus has a reddish, angular stem and grows about two and a half feet tall. The leaves…
The common name of Aster novae-angliae is New England aster. The plant grows between three and five…
The flowers of aster turbinellus are a delicate mauve color. The leaves are narrow, triangular, and…
Of the Composite family (Compositae), the curved-leaved golden aster (Chrysopsis falcata).
Pictured is a disk floret of aster. (a) shows the pappus, (b) the corolla, (c) stamens, and (d) styles.
Of the Composite family (Compositae), the grass-leaved golden aster (Chrysopsis graminifolia).
Of the Composite family (Compositae), the heart-leaved aster (Aster cordifolius).
Of the composite family (Compositae), the many-flowered aster (Aster multiflorus).
Of the Composite family (Compositae): left, New York aster (Aster Novi-Belgii); right, Tradescant's…
Of the Composite family (Compositae), the purple-stemmed aster (Aster puniceus).
Of the Composite family (Compositae), the sharp-leaved wood aster (Aster acuminatus).
An illustration of a disk-floret of a asteraceae. The family Asteraceae or Compositae (known as the…
An illustration of a disk-floret of a asteraceae. The family Asteraceae or Compositae (known as the…
An illustration of a Gynaeceum of a asteraceae. The family Asteraceae or Compositae (known as the aster,…
An illustration of a inflorescence of a asteraceae. The family Asteraceae or Compositae (known as the…
The stem of Astilbe astilboides grows two to three feet tall. The leaves are oval and oblong. The flowers…
Astilbe japonica flowers a small and pure white. This variety of astilbe grows in Japan.
Astilbe Rivularis flowers are either yellowish-white or reddish in color. This flower grows to be three…
"A genus of plans of the natural order Leguminosae, sub-order Papilionaceae. The pod is more or less…
Astragalus adsurgens is a small plant with fifteen to twenty five leaflets. The flowers are purplish…
Astragalus hypoglottis grows between three and twenty four inches tall. The flowers are violet-purple.…
The flowers on the astragalus monspessulans shrub are usually purplish. This species grows in south…