The flower of the agave densiflora is a yellowish red color and about two inches long. Thirty to forty…
The agave yuccaefolia flower is greenish yellow and grows either solitary or in pairs. Twenty to forty…
The flowers of alpinia nutans are pink and smell sweet like ginger. The leaves are narrow and taper…
Amaranthus tricolor is a purplish red color from the base to the middle of the leaf. The upper end of…
Anchusa capensis has blue flowers and a hairy stem. The leaves are linear and taper towards the base.
The flowers of anchusa sempervirens are a rich blue and grow in short spikes at the leafy base. The…
The flowers of androsace laggeri are pink and are supported at the base of the stem. These flowers grow…
The fronds of the asplenium fontanum fern are oblong and taper toward the base. The fronds are three…
Berberidopsis corallina is a hardy, evergreen shrub. The flowers are crimson with a leafy base. This…
This is a vertical section of a cylinder boiler. Part A shows the waterway. B is the ashpit inside the…
The common name of botrychium lunaria is common moonwort. The capsules are attached at the base. The…
Caladium maculatum leaves are heart shaped at the base. The leaves are spotted with clear white. This…
Calochortus is commonly known as the mariposa lily. The flowers are large and white with a yellow base.…
Campanula macrostyla flowers are a dull purple with violet colored veins. The stalks are stout and hairy…
The common name of campanula pyramidalis is chimney bell-flower. There are numerous flowers, pale blue…
Chimney Bell-Flower is the common name of campanula pyramidalis. The flowers are pale blue or white…
Eucomis punctata is native to South Africa. The flowers are green and brown. The leaves are oblong and…
The common name of galanthus is snowdrop. The flowers of galanthus elwesii are white with green spots…
The common name of galanthus nivalis imperati is the common snowdrop. This a large form of galanthus…
The Gooseberry or Magpie moth is often mistaken for a butterfly. The moth usually appears in the middle…
The flowers of griffinia hyacinthia have blue upper segments at the top and are white towards the base.…
The common name of helianthemum guttatum is sun rose. The guttatum variety has yellow flowers with red…
Lilium roseum is a variety of lily with large, lilac flowers. The flowers bloom in April. The leaves…
The leaves of macrozamia spiralis are a bright, shining green except for at the base. The leaves at…
The flowers have mathiola tricuspidata are bright lilac. The flowers are a lighter color towards the…
The common name of melianthus is honey flower. The flowers are green at the base. The petals and sepals…
Miltonia phalaenopsis flowers are pure white and about two inches across. A large portion of the center…
Miltonia spectabilis flowers have pure white sepals and petals tinged with rose at the base. The lip…
Musa superba is a variety of the banana or plantain tree. This tree has a pseudo-stem swollen at the…
Ridges are made on a hard piece of ground, and are about three feet wide at the base. The two sides…
Nothochlaena nivea hookeri ferns have dilated segments and leaves attached at the base.
Odontoglossum cervantesii flowers are one to two inches across. The flowers are rosy lilac barred at…
Odontoglossum rossii flowers are one to two inches across. The petals are pure white with a few spots…
Oncidium excavatum flowers are golden yellow and they are spotted and blotched at the base with rich,…
The white Spanish onion has large bulbs that are somewhat flattened. The base is broad and sometimes…
The yellow danvers onion has medium sized bulbs with a small base. The neck is fine and slender. The…
Onion flies are similar to common houseflies in appearance. The larva burrow into onions and eat near…
Pictured is a section of an onion attacked by the larvae of the onion fly. The burrow of the larva is…
Pictured are three cross sections from the ovary of hypericum hirsutum. A is from the upper part, B…
Oxalis bowiei flowers are rose red and yellowish at the base inside. The flowers are large and bloom…
At the base of the agaricus melieus mushroom is the mycelium of the form called rhizomorpha fragilis.
The acanthorhiza aculeata tree grows thirty to forty feet tall. The tree is spiny at the base. The flowers…
The leaves of adiantum farleyense often reach between fifteen and twenty four inches in length. The…
The leaflets of the Adiantum cuneatum fern are numerous and wedge shaped at the base. There are three…
The leaves of Ageratum houstonianum are heart shaped at the base. The flowers are blue.
The common name of Allium fistulosum is welsh onion. It has no distinct bulb, but only an enlarged base…
Sweet alyssum is the common name of Alyssum maritime. The flowers grow in clusters at the end of the…
The common name of arabis is rock-cress. The albida variety is only a few inches tall. The plant is…
Spanish fir is the common name of Abies pinsapo. Illustrated is the verdure from top to base.
Illustrated is the base of a young white pine tree attacked by Armillaria mellea. The mushroom Armillaria…
The common name of Arbutus menziesii is madrona. The tree occasionally grows one hundred feet tall.…
The common names of Artemisia stelleriana are old woman, dusty miller, and beach wormwood. The plant…
The edible parts of the artichoke are the the fleshy receptacle of the flower head and the thickened…
Pictured is a plant arising from the base, or tip, of a triangular leaf cutting of begonia.
Begonia corbeille de feu is also known as basket of fire. The flowers are bright, coral-red. The plant…
The viscosissima variety of calceolaria integrifolia is a sticky-hairy form with leaves attached at…
The flowers of calochortus gunnisonii are light blue or almost white. The flowers are delicate yellowish…
The soldanellaeflora variety of campanula rotundifolia has semi-double blue flowers. The flowers are…
Camptosorus rhizophyllus is a hardy fern. The leaves are simple and evergreen. The leaves taper from…