With their ruby red bracts and dark green leaves, poinsettia are popular plants for the holidays. For this reason, you'll want your festive foliage to be on point. If that's not the case ...

During the first half of the 20th century, the poinsettia was popular but true to its Nahuatl name, an easily withering plant. A customer could expect its scarlet bracts to persist no more than 10 ...

tatsienensis, S. veitchiana, and S. wenchengiae. Morphologically, Saussurea degeensis is characterized by its distinctive purple bracts, uncolored phyllary apices, and simple inflorescence.

Most have thorns on their leaves. Yellow star thistle is actually a knapweed that has long, stiff bracts around the base of the flower and no thorns on the remainder of the plant. The wavy leaf ...

She said the colorful portion that looks like flowers is technically bracts, or modified leaves. This flower is classified as annual, according to the wildflower center. Texas Indian Paintbrush ...

But when it is flowering, beware of the spiny bracts which surround the yellow flowers. They are like sharp needles and can cause great discomfort. It is a winter annual, native to Europe and ...

Another, trillium (Trillium spp.), gets its name from three leaf-like bracts and a single flower with three petals. Trillium species come in a variety of colors. Because it is a fragile ephemeral ...

Irritant contact dermatitis (ICD) from plants is a very common phenomenon as potentially irritant plants and plant products are commonly found in the everyday environment, including the home ...

The many thousands of plant species and their numerous chemical products make the study of CICD from plants appear daunting. The vast majority of CICD reactions, however, are caused by one of ...

Brad Cox has grown into an incredible display. A Poinsettia was given as a gift to their previous secretary, Robin R. Lennox before she had passed from Covid and the plant has since been kept ...

One hundred and five years ago the Poinsettia Club of Bluffton was founded by a group of women seeking friendship, laughter and an opportunity to do some good in the world. With the same goals in mind ...

The expedition arrived in Rio de Janeiro in 1767, where there were trees with bright mauve and magenta bracts. This new genus was named Bougainvillea in honor of the expedition leader. At least five ...