Portal:Plants/DYK Archive

Previous Plants Portal Did you know hooks, in order from oldest to newest.

Siam Tulip
Sitka spruce growing in Britain
Jacaranda
  • ...that Jacaranda grows almost everywhere in the world that does not have frost?
Royal Poinciana
  • ...that the Royal Poinciana has been called the most colorful tree in the world?
Chrysoesthia drurella, a member of the Gelechiidae family
Jacaranda
Kunzea ambigua
Kunzea ambigua
Erigeron macguirei
Erigeron macguirei
  • ... that after the two endangered varieties of Erigeron maguirei (Maguire daisy or Maguire's fleabane) were combined into the one species due to genetic indistinction, it was no longer considered endangered?
  • ... that the foliage of the Acacia binervia (coast myall) can produce cyanide when cut?
  • ... that the Mimulus gemmiparus (Rocky Mountain monkeyflower) rarely produces flowers outside of a greenhouse?
  • ... that a field study conducted in Beaconsfield Upper found that the Ranunculus lappaceus (Australian buttercup) had flowered 78 days earlier in 2006 than it had in 1983?
  • ... that Castilleja christii (Christ's Indian paintbrush) is one of Idaho's rarest plants?