Bugbane is a tall, perennial plant with large, broad leaves divided into many leaflets. It has clusters of small white flowers. Bugbanes live throughout the north temperate regions of the…
Category: <span>Types of Flowers</span>
BUCKWHEAT is a quick-growing annual plant, grown for its shining, three-sided fruits or “grain.” The plants are native in Asia, but are grown also in Europe, Africa, and North America.…
Broom is the name of a group of attractive shrubs. More than 100 species grow in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Some types of broom plants are used to make dyes.…
Bougainvillea, is the name of a group of South American shrubs and climbing vines. They grow to a height of 10 feet (3 meters) or more. They have small flowers…
Blazing star is the name of a group of wild flowers They grow mainly on prairies and meadows in the eastern and midwestern United States. People sometimes call these flowers…
BINDWEED is a plant with long string like stems that twist and grow over other plants. Three bindweeds grow in the United States. They are pests to farmers because they…
Belladonna, is a bushy plant that supplies several drugs. The most important drug obtained from the plant is atropine. Belladonna is sometimes called deadly nightshade to distinguish it from common,…
Bachelor’s button is a plant with small flowers shaped like buttons. Usually the flowers are blue, but some varieties have pink, purple, or white blossoms. The flowers measure 1 to…
Baby’s-breath ,this is also spelled babies’-breath, is a garden plant grown for its many tiny white flowers. The plants are from 2 to 3 feet (60 to 92 centimeters) tall,…
ASTER is a flowering plant of the Compositae family. It is so common in the United States that it has been suggested as the national flower. More than 175 species…
