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It is native to almost every area in North America east of the Rocky Mountains, but excluding the far north of Canada as well as some of the southern United States. A pink variety of this species is sometimes grown commercially.

It differs from other similar species in that it has 4 lobed flowers, whereas Small Scabious and Field scabious have 5 lobes and hence it has been placed in a separate genus in the same family .

* Native to forests; 100-800(-1600) m. Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang [Japan (Ryukyu Islands)].

It is commonly grown in gardens for its showy purple flowers (pink or white in some cultivars). It is also used in treating kidney diseases. Excellent for attracting birds and butterflies.

* This is a lovely tree with fragrant red flowers in the spring and beautiful evergreen foliage. * This species is grown as an ornamental and used for timber.

* Succeeds in most reasonably good soils in an open sunny position. Tolerates light shade, though it fruits better in a sunny position. * A small tree with compound leaves, white flowers in clusters to 4", 1/4" orange-red fruit; native to northern China.

* It is a prostrate or twining shrub which can spread to a width of 1.5 metres and has light green leaves that comprise 3 rounded leaflets with undulating edges Scarlet pea flowers are produced singly or in pairs between April and November in its native...

* Clusters of light yellow to orange flowers atop a sparsely branched perennial or in axils of compound leaves. Marilandica) is a more southern species with fewer flowers and bigger leaflets.

The Blackfeet Indians recognized this plant's strong antiseptic action, and used poultices of the plant for skin infections and minor wounds. It grows best in full sun, but tolerates light shade and thrives in any moist, but well-drained soil.

* Its height of 10-18 inches makes it ideal for the front or closer portion of the meadow. * Siberian Wallflower makes a dramatic vibrant addition to a wildflower meadow. * It is fragarnt and attracts bees and butterflies! * It is a short lived perennial...

* Buttonbush is a handsome ornamental suited to wet soils and is also a honey plant. * An easily grown plant, it prefers an open position in a moisture retentive or wet neutral to acid humus-rich soil.

It differs from other similar species in that it has 4 lobed flowers, whereas Small Scabious and Field scabious have 5 lobes and hence it has been placed in a separate genus in the same family .

* Buttonbush is a handsome ornamental suited to wet soils and is also a honey plant. * An easily grown plant, it prefers an open position in a moisture retentive or wet neutral to acid humus-rich soil.

They are commonly referred to as Joe-Pye weeds. Border rears, cottage gardens, meadows, native plant gardens, wild/naturalized areas or water margins. * Many people perceive Joe Pye weed to be nothing more than a roadside weed and have never seriously...

* It is sown as quickly as possible after the removal of a grain crop at the rate of 20-22 kg/ha. It grows rapidly in spring, and yields an abundant crop of green food, particularly palatable to live stock.

* The generic name Adonis refers to the mythic character Adonis, a lover of the goddess Aphrodite or Venus. * They are cultivated for use in gardens, and have been introduced to North America.

Tall, with a wide, wispy, open crown. When in bloom, they cover the plant creating a fragrant, white cloud. * A small delicate shrub with 1" white bell-shaped flowers in small clusters from the leaf axils, in early or mid summer; bright green flowers;...

This perennial is a native plant found throughout the eastern part of the United States and in many parts of the western U.S., Canada , and Mexico . * The lance-leaved coreopsis , Coreopsis lanceolata , is a species of coreopsis (Tickseed).

The leaves are gathered when the plant is in full bloom and are dried in the shade. Best in sandy loams or rocky soils with good drainage. Also effective as a shrubby ground cover for hard-to-grow areas such as dry rocky slopes and banks

It is used for coarse cordage and cloth. The wood is used for making furniture and coffins. A lotion of the leaves is used in the treatment of carbuncles, haemorrhoids and sores. * The Chinese parasol tree or wutong , Chinese : ??

* Red-brown bark, pink flowers, bright green leaves. * Arctostaphylos patula is a species of manzanita known by the common name greenleaf manzanita . The fruit can also be used for making jelly and cider.

Paitan is antiseptic, astringent and haemostatic. * An excrescence produced on the leaf by an insect Melaphis chinensis or M. It is used in the treatment of persistent cough with blood, chronic diarrhoea, spontaneous sweating, night sweats, bloody stool,...

These butterflies lay their eggs on the plant in order for their larvae to feed and grow. The leaves are 2.5–9 cm long, pinnate, with six to eight leaflets; the leaflets are 1.6–4.5 cm long and 1.1–2.3 cm broad.

* Leaves to 6"; branches brown and fuzzy; small clusters of 7-10 flowers; rounded fruit; native to northeast Asia.

It is found neither in very dry locations nor in waterlogged ones. It is found in a variety of habitats, although it is not shade tolerant. * It occurs throughout North America, in most US states and Canadian provinces.

Vulgaris), both native to Europe, and Queen-of-the-forest (F. Rubra), native to North America. Filipendula species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species: Emperor Moth, Grey Pug, Grizzled Skipper, Hebrew Character, Lime-speck...

* Maypops is a valuable sedative and tranquillising herb with a long history of use in North America. The Cherokee in the Tennessee area called it ocoee ; the Ocoee River and valley are named after this plant, which is the Tennessee State Wildflower .