Type:  Perennial flower Species:  255 Height:  to 1 M Growing:  Mexico, South America Flowers:  Purple, Violet, Yellow Kingdom:  Plantae Unranked:  Angiosperms, Monocots, Commelinids Order:  Poales Family:  Bromeliaceae Genus:  Aechmea More Aechmea Photos:

Type:  Annual Flower Species:  2 Height:  20 – 80 cm Growing:  China Flowers:  Blue, Purple Kingdom:  Plantae Unranked:  Angiosperms, Eudicots, Asterids Order:  Asterales Family:  Asteraceae Genus:  Callistephus

The rose family (Rosaceae) contains a wide array of fruits grown in the cool regions of the world: apples, pears, plums, peaches, cherries, strawberries, and raspberries. Apples are the most important fruit tree crop of temperate regions. Apple and pear fruits are known as pomes because the edible fleshy part of the fruit is a […]

     Anatomy is the study of plant tissues. New plant cells are formed within meristems. There, the cells begin the process of becoming specialized (differ­entiated) for a particular function. As a result, three categories of plant tissues are formed: dermal, vascular, and ground.      Dermal tissues, which form protective cover­ings, include the epidermis, which covers […]