Describe the following plants Answer the following habit hab
Describe the following plants:
Answer the following: habit, habitat, life span, throns, spines or prickles, infloresences, leaves (complexity, attachment to stem, arrangement, blade shape, margin, apex, base, venation and trichomes). Other interesting facts.
1. Acer macrophyllum (Bigleaf Maple) - Shrub
2. Agonis flexousa (Peppermint tree) - Shrub
3. Hamelia patens (Firebush) - Shrub
4. Lavandula heterophylla (Sweet hearts) - Perennial
5. Dracunculus vulgaris (Voodoo lily) - Perennial *
6. Ruscus hypoglossum (Horse tongue lily) - Perennial *
7. Dodecatheon hendersonii (Mosquito bills) - Perennial *
8. Michelia figo (Banana bush) - Tree
9. Feijoa sellowiana (Pineapple guava) - Tree
10. Diosporos virginiana (American persimmon tree) - Tree
Solution
Acer macrophyllum (Bigleaf Maple)- HABIT: Tree HABITAT: Higher altitude stream banks & moist canyons; below 5000 ft LIFE SPAN: 250 years of its life. SPINES OR PRICKELS: spines are absent. INFLORESCENCE: raceme LEAVES: Leaf margins arBlue-green turning reddish-yellow in the Fall. Dark green above and lighter green below. e VENATION. blunted with irregular, coarse teeth, deep green leaves have shiny upper sides but become paler beneath. COMPLEXITY: simple leaf margin\": lobed leaf blade: 2 to 4 inches attachment of stem: Stout, smooth, round, and pale green, turning bright green or red, then grayish brown; buds opposite, terminal bud large, stout, with 3 or 4 greenish red scales. Bark: When young it is smooth and grayish brown, later becoming darker brown with interlacing ridges and furrows AGONIS FLEXOUSA ( peppermint tree) : Habit: shrub habitat: grows well along the coast subcoastal strip from just north of Perth, southward through the Swan Coastal Plaine. leaves: Leaves are narrow and reach a length of 150mm Hamelia patens (Firebush)- habit- perenial shrub habitat- spreading life span: perenial. leaves: evergreen inflorescence: cyme leaf type: simple Leaf margin: undulate Leaf shape: ovate Leaf venation: brachidodrome; pinnate stem: woody LAVANDULA HETEROPHYLLA (sweet hearts) habit: herb habitat: france and italy leaves: dark to medium green with entire margins, except at the base where they are finely toothed. life span: everlasting