The cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) belongs to the botanical family Asteraceae and the genus Centaurea. The flower owes its name to the fact that, in the past, it often drew as a weed in the fields of arable crops, particularly cereal…
The gorse flower (Ulex europaeus) belongs to the family Fabaceae and the genus Ulex. It is also known under the common names furze, whin gorst, goss, frey, frys, furrs, furbush, prickly broom, and ruffet. Gorse is an evergreen, robust, spiny,…
Allium flowers or ornamental onions are a genus (Allium) of several hundred attractive flowering plants with spherical blooms. They belong to the family Amaryllidaceae. Allium flowers are bulbous, herbaceous perennial plants with specific garlic or onion odor from basal foliage….
The Queen Anne’s lace herb, also known as wild carrot, is a biennial wildflower herb found in many parts of the United States. Native to the European continent, the plant is now commonly found across the states of Michigan, Ohio,…
The orange blossom is the flower of orange tree varieties (mostly Citrus sinensis and Citrus aurantium)—citrus species in the family Rutaceae. The orange blossom flower owes its name to the Sanskrit word “naranga,” meaning “orange tree.” The even older root…
Meadowsweet or mead wort, Filipendula ulmaria, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the Rosaceae family that thrives in wet meadows. It may be often found across the majority of Europe and Western Asia. In North America, it has been imported…
The plume-like flower, Astilbe (Sorbaria sorbifolia), is known as ‘False Goat’s Beard’ and false spirea. This easy-to-maintain plant can grow in the shadiest corner of the garden, even in most conditions and all kinds of soil, and brighten its beauty. …
Also known as Holy Herb, Cross Herb, and Devil’s Bane, verbena is a genus of the Verbenaceae family. Around 150 kinds of annual and perennial herbaceous or semi-woody blooming plants are part of this flower family. Most of the species…
In 1997, D. Geerinck, a Belgian botanist, gave the name hybrid bluebells to a species produced by crosses between the English bluebell and Spanish bluebell. Hybrid bluebells have broad leaves with pointy tips. The petals are small and have a…
The flax flower, popularly known as common flax, is far from common. Also known as Linum Usitatissimum or Linseed, it is a member of the Linaceae family. It appears to have been cultivated from the wild species Linum Bienne or…