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Pelargonium inquinans Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description Growth Habit An erect, softly woody shrub or subshrub, branching from the base into a rounded bushy form. In cultivation it is grown as a bedding and container plant; in its native
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Ixora chinensis Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description Growth Habit Ixora chinensis is a compact, evergreen tropical shrub forming dense, rounded, multi-stemmed clumps. Left unpruned it builds a tight, twiggy framework — well suited to hedging and container culture. Leaves
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Lythrum salicaria Taxonomy Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: PlantaeSubkingdom: TracheobiontaSuperdivision: SpermatophytaDivision: MagnoliophytaClass: MagnoliopsidaClade: EudicotsClade: RosidsOrder: MyrtalesFamily: LythraceaeGenus: LythrumSpecies: Lythrum salicaria Common Names by Region Description Quick ID Blooming Look-alikes Known Range Care / Habitat (Framed for identification and management — this is a
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Papilio troilus Taxonomy Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ArthropodaSubphylum: HexapodaClass: InsectaOrder: LepidopteraSuperfamily: PapilionoideaFamily: PapilionidaeSubfamily: PapilioninaeGenus: PapilioSpecies: Papilio troilus Common Names by Region Description Quick ID Flight Season Look-alikes Known Range Habitat & Host Plants Habitat Larval Host Plants Adult Nectar Life Cycle
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Verbascum blattaria Taxonomy Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: PlantaeSubkingdom: TracheobiontaSuperdivision: SpermatophytaDivision: MagnoliophytaClass: MagnoliopsidaClade: EudicotsClade: AsteridsOrder: LamialesFamily: ScrophulariaceaeGenus: VerbascumSpecies: Verbascum blattaria Common Names by Region Description Quick ID Blooming Look-alikes Known Range Care / Habitat Light Soil Water Typical Habitat (when naturalized) Propagation /
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Pelargonium × hortorum Taxonomy Kingdom: PlantaeClade: TracheophytesClade: AngiospermsClade: EudicotsOrder: GeranialesFamily: GeraniaceaeGenus: PelargoniumSpecies: Pelargonium × hortorumBinomial Name: Pelargonium × hortorum L.H. Bailey, 1916Hybrid parentage: chiefly Pelargonium zonale × Pelargonium inquinans Common Names by Region Zonal Geranium (English, general)Garden Geranium / Bedding
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Salvia guaranitica ‘Black and Blue’ Taxonomy Kingdom: PlantaeClade: TracheophytesClade: AngiospermsClade: EudicotsOrder: LamialesFamily: LamiaceaeSubfamily: NepetoideaeGenus: SalviaSpecies: Salvia guaraniticaBinomial Name: Salvia guaranitica A.St.-Hil. ex Benth., 1833Cultivar: ‘Black and Blue’ Common Names by Region Anise Sage / Anise-scented Sage (English, general)Blue Anise Sage
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Pulmonaria rubra Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description General Appearance Pulmonaria rubra is a low-growing, clump-forming herbaceous perennial that earns its place in the garden primarily through timing — it is among the earliest plants to flower in the temperate
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Megaskepasma erythrochlamys Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description General Appearance Megaskepasma erythrochlamys is a large, bold tropical shrub that announces itself from across a garden. Mature plants form dense, upright to slightly arching mounds of deep green foliage, typically 6–10
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Rudbeckia triloba Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description Growth Habit Brown-eyed Susan is a short-lived herbaceous perennial, often behaving as a biennial, that grows in an upright, branching form from a basal rosette in its first season. In its second