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13 hours ago · Mature Size: 2 feet tall, 2 feet wide. Flower Color: Yellow. The golden barrel cactus (Echinocactusgrusonii) is super popular for rock gardens and makes an excellent focal point. Its unique round shape and vibrant golden color really stand out among the rocks and other plants in the garden.
From Aloe to Zebra Grass—and with over 1,000 plants to explore—find every plant in the alphabet within our comprehensive A to Z index.
This is a list of plants organized by their common names. However, the common names of plants often vary from region to region, which is why most plant encyclopedias refer to plants using their scientific names, in other words using binomials or "Latin" names.
Common Name Scientific Name Family Name Type ; Ageratum: Ageratum houstonianum : Asteraceae : Annual
Common NameScientific NameFamily NameAgeratum houstonianumAsteraceaeTagetes erectaAsteraceaeCatharanthus roseusApocynceaeSutera cordataScrophulariaceae- The Main Kinds of Plants
- Algae
- Liverworts
- Mosses
- Ferns
- Kinds of Plants with Seeds
- Cycads
- Conifers
- Flowering Plants
- Gingko
All types of plants are classified by two main groups: plants without seeds and plants with seeds. Plants without seedsare algae, mosses, ferns, and liverworts. These unique plant types produce spores that are distributed by the wind. For example, if you look on the underneath of fern leaves, you will notice sporangia which are tiny structures cont...
Algae consist of a large diverse group of plants that generally grow in water. All types of algae are divided into green algae, brown algae, and red algae. Being such diverse species of organisms, the different groups of algae are not closely related. There are an estimated 72,500 species of algae in the world. Algae can be tiny microscopic organis...
Liverworts are a type of nonvascular flowerless plant that don’t bear seed and are in the division Marchantiophyta. These small leafy plants may be as tiny as 2 mm or grow to 20 mm wide. Liverwort plants tend to flourish in damp places. Tiny species of liverworts can be difficult to distinguish from mosses. One way to identify liverwort plants is t...
All moss species belong to the division Bryophyta and there are about 12,000 species of moss. Mosses are often seen growing in damp places similar to liverworts. You can often see pictures of moss growing on rocks, trees, soil, and concrete. The fact that moss doesn’t need soil to grow means that this unique plantcan grow almost anywhere. Although ...
Ferns belong to the group of plants without seeds and are flowerless plants in the class Polypodiopsida. Unlike mosses and algae, ferns are a kind of vascular plant that distributes spores to reproduce. There are an estimated 10,560 species of fernsand some are among the oldest plants on the planet. Ferns are identified by their green leafy foliage...
Plants with seeds are one of the largest groups of land plants in the world. Seeds from these plants are either encased in a cone or in fruits that protect the seeds. Angiosperms are seed-bearing plants that flower and gymnosperms are generally cone-producing trees. All species of plants with seeds are vascular plants and are important for our ecos...
Cycads are an exotic group of plants that grow in tropical and subtropical parts of the world. Similar in appearance to palm trees, cycads have woody trunks that sprout large evergreen leaves. Unlike other types of trees, cycads don’t have branches but their leaves grow directly from the trunks. Seeds from cycad plants are enclosed in cone-like str...
Conifers is the common name for woody, shrub-like plants and trees in the division Pinophyta. This group of perennial evergreen trees includes pines, junipers, cedars, and spruces. These important types of treesgrow in most climates in the world and are very common in the Northern Hemisphere. They are also the most important group of gymnosperms. L...
Species of flowering plants are some of the most diverse, beautiful, and fascinating of all plants that grow. Plants with seeds that flower can include anything from a tall oak tree to a delicate orchid or beautiful rose. According to some estimates, there are over 300,000 species of flowering plants that are divided into 13,000 genera, 416 familie...
Gingko is a type of seed-bearing tree plant, and Gingko Biloba is the only species in the division Ginkgophyta. All the other gingko species are extinct and just one kind of gingko plant survives today. Botanists say that gingko is a unique plant because it isn’t related to any other plant that is still alive today. Also called the maidenhead tree,...
Introduction to Plant Families. Plant families represent the fundamental unit of taxonomic classification in the plant kingdom. They are an essential part of botanical nomenclature, the system of naming and classifying plants based on shared characteristics.
This page contains a list of popular plants (427 items) which are successfully grown at home. It is constantly being renewed and updated. For more information, find the name or the photo of the flower you are interested in and click on the link to the reference section on the peculiarities of care for the selected plant.
