Prostrate perennial knawel (Scleranthus perennis spp. prostratus) in flower. This species is globally restricted to the Breckland area of Norfolk and Suffolk. It is unable to compete with more vigorous plants such as grasses. The sandy, nutrient-poor soils of the Brecks heaths and its dynamic, steppe-like climate provide the conditions that Prostrate perennial knawel requires. Back from the Brink Primary Species, 'Shifting Sands' project, Suffolk, UK. July.

Credit: Alex Hyde / Back from the Brink

Red-brown quartzite. 12th Dynasty, reigns of Amenemhat I to Senwosret II. Unknown Provenance. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland.

Often classified as a weed, but it also makes a great ground cover in shady areas where nothing else will grow.

From Mother Earth Living:

Genus: Glechoma hederacea

Pronunciation: (Glee-KO-muh hed-ur-AY-see-uh)

Family: Lamiaceae

• Prostrate perennial herb with square stems to 21/2 feet long

• Hardy in Zones 4 through 9

• Round, scalloped leaves on long stalks

• Small violet flowers in spring

• Leaves once used in medicine and brewing beer

• Tenacious weed; variegated cultivar grown in hanging baskets

Long ago, brewers and herbalists appreciated this indestructible plant with glossy green leaves and pretty violet flowers. Today’s gardeners hate the way it invades lawns and flowerbeds, but a few tolerate its better-behaved variegated form.

The genus Glechoma comprises twelve species of creeping perennial herbs native to Eurasia. They were formerly assigned to the genus Nepeta, the catmints, but are now separated on the basis of technical characters. G. hederacea is well established as a weed throughout much of North America. The name Glechoma is a Greek word once applied to pennyroyal or another member of the mint family. Hederacea means “like Hedera,” a genus of ivy, and refers to this herb’s creeping habit, as do many of its common names: besides creeping Charlie, ground ivy, gill-over-the-ground, runaway Robin, and Lizzie-run-up-the-hedge are just a few of the alternatives.

Creeping Charlie has fibrous roots that form along its square, typical-mint-family stems; as you try to weed it out of your garden, the stems break, leaving rooted bits that readily form new plants. The leaves, shiny green on top, paler below, and arranged in pairs along the stem, are round or kidney-shaped with scalloped edges and are borne on stalks that range from a few inches to a foot long in the most robust plants. The leaves are typically 3/4 to 1 inch across but may reach 2 inches on plants grown in fertile soil. They are evergreen in mild climates.

The flowering stems are somewhat erect, about 8 inches tall, and clothed in fairly small leaves. The flowers, about 3/4 inch long, are borne in threes in the leaf axils in late spring. The violet corollas are two-lipped: the upper lip is small and two-lobed; the lower one has three much larger lobes, the central one largest of all. The flowers are of two kinds, pistillate (having only female reproductive structures) and perfect (having both male and female structures). They are pollinated by bumblebees and flowerflies. The fruit consists of four smooth, ovoid brown nutlets less than 1/8 inch across.

Running the lawn mower over creeping Charlie releases a somewhat astringent odor very different from that of turf grass and nothing like the “minty” or “balsamic” scents that some authors have reported.

After the plants have finished flowering, they start creeping with a vengeance, sneaking under mulches and between specimen plants, working their way into the shadows, growing bigger and fatter as they put down roots into rich garden soil. They make an attractive, maintenance-free ground cover in shady areas where grass won’t grow. Just don’t plan to grow anything else in that area.

Uses for Creeping Charlie

The ancients found many medicinal uses for creeping Charlie. The English herbalist John Gerard reports Dioscorides’s remedy for sciatica “or ache in the huckle bone”: drinking “half a dram of the leaves” in “four ounces and a halfe of faire water, for fourty or fifty days together.” Galen preferred to use the flowers for this purpose and claimed that they, being very bitter, also “remove stoppings out of the liver.” Matthiolus used the juice, mixed with verdigris (a poisonous copper compound), to treat “fistulaes and hollow ulcers.”

Other ills reputedly eased by this herb include ringing in the ears, constipation caused by lead poisoning (“painter’s colic”), kidney disorders, indigestion, coughs, and tuberculosis. Either the dried leaves or the fresh juice might be snuffed up the nose to relieve headaches.

The plants are said to be toxic to horses, whether eaten fresh or dried in hay. Cattle, goats, and swine are said to refuse them.

Few scientific studies of creeping Charlie’s efficacy have been conducted. Animal experiments do not support its use as a cough medicine. A 1986 laboratory experiment showed that ursolic and oleanolic acids from the herb (these constituents are also found in numerous other plants) inhibited the Epstein-Barr virus and protected mouse skin from induced tumor growth. A 1991 study showed that a fatty acid from creeping Charlie stimulated enzyme activity in blood platelets.

English countrywomen commonly added creeping Charlie (which they called alehoof, “hoof” meaning “herb”) to their ale or beer to clarify it and add a bitter flavor. This custom seems to have died out following the introduction of hops to England in the seventeenth century.

Creeping Charlie’s tender young growth, rich in vitamin C, may be eaten like spinach or added to vegetable soup. The herbalist Maud Grieve calls a sweetened tea of the tops “an excellent cooling beverage.” In Europe and perhaps elsewhere, the gall wasp Cynips glechomae can cause the leaves to form big, hairy galls in autumn, which, according to Grieve, “are sometimes eaten by the peasantry of France.”

Growing Creeping Charlie

Creeping Charlie thrives in moist, fertile soil in shade but also tolerates dry, poor soil in sun. Propagate it by replanting root-bearing stem segments.

TRY-bew-lus -- three-pointed; referring to the three-pronged fruit ... Dave's Botanary

ter-RES-triss -- growing on the ground ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: cow's thorn, devil's thorn, goathead, land caltrops, puncture vine, small caltrops • Assamese: গোক্ষুৰ gokshura • Bengali: গোক্ষুর gokshura • Dogri: भक्खड़ा bakkhda • Gujarati: બેઠા ગોખરુ betha gokharu, ગોખરુ gokharu, મીઠા ગોખરુ mitha gokharu • Hindi: दूधिया भाजी dudhiya bhaji, गोखुरू gokhuru, गोक्षुर gokshura • Kachchhi: એકાંટી ekanti, મિઠા ગોખરુ mitha gokharu • Kannada: ನೆಗ್ಗಿಲು neggilu, ನೆರಿಗಿಲು nerigilu, ಸಣ್ಣ ನೆಗ್ಗಿಲು sanna neggilu • Konkani: ನೆಗಲ್ಮುಳ್ಳು negalmullu • Ladakhi: གཟེ་མ gze ma, kokulla, rasha • Malayalam: ചെറിയ ഞെരിഞ്ഞിൽ cheriya-njeringil, ഞെരിഞ്ഞിൽ njeringil, വയൽച്ചുള്ളി vayalchulli • Marathi: गोखरू gokharu, काटे गोखरू kate gokharu, गोक्षुर gokshura, लहान गोखरू lahan gokharu, सरांटा saranta • Nepali: गोखुर gokhur • Odia: ବ୍ୟାଳ ନଖ byala nakha, ଗୋଖୁର gokhura, ଗୋକ୍ଷୁର gokshura, କଣ୍ଟକଫଳ kantkaphala, ପଳଙ୍କଷା palankasha, ଷଡଙ୍ଗ shardanga, ଶୃଙ୍ଗାଟକ srungatka, ସ୍ୱାଦଂଷ୍ଟ୍ରା swadamshtra, ସ୍ୱାଦୁ କଣ୍ଟକ swadu kantaka, ତ୍ରିକଣ୍ଟ trikanta • Persian: خارخسک kharkhasek • Punjabi: ਭੱਖੜਾ bhakhra, ਲੋਤਕ lotak, ਪਕਡ਼ਾ pakra, ਫਨਗਰਾ phangra • Rajasthani: भंकरी bhankari, छोटा गोखरू chota gokharu, गोखरू gokharu, कांटी kanti • Sanskrit:अश्वदंष्ट्रा ashvadanshtra, बहुकण्टक bahukantaka, चलद्रुम chaladruma, चणद्रुम chanadruma, चित्रकण्टक chitrakantaka, गोखुर gokhura, गोक्षुर gokshura, पदन्यास padanyasa, श्वदंष्ट्रक shvadanshtraka, स्थलशृङ्गाट sthalashrngata, स्वादुकण्टक svadukantaka, त्रिकण्टक trikantaka, वनशृङ्गाट vanashrngata, व्याघ्रदंष्ट्र vyaghradanshtra, व्यालदंष्ट्रक vyaladanshtraka • Sindhi: گوکرو gokhiru, ٽِڪَنڊيِ tikandi • Tamil: அக்கிலு akkilu, அக்கினி akkini, அச்சுரம் accuram, அசுவதட்டிரம் acuva-tattiram, நெருஞ்சி nerunci • Telugu: చిన్న పల్లేరు chinna palleru, చిరు పల్లేరు chiru palleru, నీరుంజి nirunji, పల్లేరు palleru, పల్లేరు ముళ్ళు palleru mullu, సన్న నెగ్గిలుగిడ sanna neggilugida • Tibetan: གཟེ་མ gze ma • Tulu: ನೆಗ್ಗಿಲು ಮುಳ್ಳು neggilu mullu • Urdu: گوکهرو gokhuru, گوکشر gokshura

botanical names: Tribulus terrestris L. ... accepted infraspecifics: Tribulus terrestris var. terrestris ... heterotypic synonyms: Tribulus lanuginosus L. ... POWO, retrieved 15 November 2024

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Names compiled / updated at Names of Plants in India.

Introduced, warm season, perennial, prostrate herb to 60 cm tall. Leaves and stems are hairy with glandular and non-glandular hairs. Leaves are alternate, lanceolate, deeply veined and stem clasping. Blue to mauve tubular flowers (with yellow stamens and throat) arranged caterpillar-like in 2 rows on one side of the flowering stem (scirpoid cyme). Flowers most of the year, but not in winter in southern areas. Grows on a wide range of soil types. Predominantly in areas that receive at least 50% of average annual rainfall in summer. It is mostly a problem of run down pasture and disturbed areas such as cropping paddocks, roadsides and waste land. Regenerates from seed and vegetatively from pieces of plant and roots. It is spread by water, fur of animals and in the gut of animals. A weed which is toxic to animals, quite invasive and difficult to control. Causes chronic liver damage in cattle, sheep and horses; can be fatal. Cultivation encourages its spread by stimulating germination and regrowth of plant parts. Management requires an integrated approach including herbicides, productive pasture, grazing management and biological control. There has only been one biological control agent released in Australia, the blue heliotrope leaf-beetle. At high densities, leaf-beetles can completely defoliate blue heliotrope, with both the larvae and adults feeding on the leaves.

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Introduced, cool-season, annual, low-growing, hairless legume, with prostrate to ascending stems. Leaves have 3 leaflets, each oblong to round and 4-13 mm long. The central leaflet has a distinctly longer stalk than the lateral ones. Flowerheads are loose to somewhat dense hemispherical clusters (6-7 mm long) of 3-20 yellow pea-like flowers. Flowering is in spring. A native of Europe, it is found in pastures, woodlands, lawns and roadsides. Although it often occurs at reasonably high density in short pastures, productivity is low and it has a high proportion of stem to leaf. It is palatable and grows from autumn to early summer (very dependent on rainfall), but only produces useful amounts of feed in spring. Requires moist soil for growth, so tends to burn-off rapidly in late spring as temperatures rise and soil moisture often remains low. Growth increases with applied phosphorus as long as pastures are kept short in late winter and early spring, but the response is likely to be too small to be economic.

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Prostrate knotweed initially grows erect like the native Polygonum douglasii, the latter of which is not known from roadsides in the Idaho National Laboratory (and has nodding flowers tepals that are not so white). Polygonum aviculare is an abundant roadside plant along the roads in the Upper Snake River Plains. This site occurs in the Idaho National Laboratory along highway 33 to the east of Howe, Butte County, Idaho.

Scaevola taccada (Naupaka)

Prostrate habit at Waihee Pt, Maui, Hawaii.

November 27, 2003

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Also known as Scaevola frutescens and Scaevola sericea.

Br Matthew prostrates on the ground of the sanctuary as the saints are invoked to his aid as he prepares to be ordained a deacon in the Catholic Church.

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Dorycnium pentaphyllum subsp. germanicum (Gremli) Gams, syn.: Dorycnium germanicum (Gremli) Rikli, Dorycnium jordanii subsp. germanicum Gremli, Dorycnium sericeum (Neilr.) Borbás, Lotus dorycnium L.

Family: Fabaceae Lindl.

EN: Prostrate Canary Clover, German Leopard's Bane (?), DE: Deutscher Backenklee, Seiden-Backenklee, Seidenhaar-Backenklee

Slo.: malocvetna španska detelja

Dat.: May 23. 2022

Lat.: 44.81544 Long.: 14.34782

Code: Bot_1469/2022_DSC8123

Habitat: Rocky sea shore; moderately inclined terrain, southeast aspect, about 10 meters from sea shore; full sun; hot, dry, open terrain, in the reach of sea water splash; exposed to direct rain; elevation 5 m (15 feet); average precipitations ~ 1.000 mm/year, average temperature 13-14 deg C, Sub-Mediterranean phytogeographical region.

Substratum: soil among rocks

Place: Adriatic Sea, island Cres, sea shore south of village Martinšćica, Kvarner bay, Rijeka region, Croatia.

Comment (pertains to pictures in the Flickr album Dorycnium pentaphyllum subsp. germanicum): Dorycnium pentaphyllum subsp. germanicum is a low half-scrub loving warm, dry and sunny places. It is essentially a south European plant, however, it can be found also in the countries of east Balkan peninsula, Ukraine and Poland. Its key distinguishing traits from other similar species are long, adpressed, silver hairs on the sessile leaflets of five palmate leaves and relatively small number of very shortly petiolate flowers in the flower heads (8 – 15, Ref.:3). The traits of this find fit well to the descriptions in literature, so I have little doubts about the determination. However, two things bother me. The first is that many flower heads of this find consist of more than 15 flowers and the second is that the plants photographed, considered zero tolerant to salt (Ref.: 6), grow definitely in the reach of sea water splash during rough sea periods (and at the same time bloom so abundantly).

Ref.:

(1) T. Nikolić, Flora Croatica, Vaskularna flora Republike Hrvatske (Vascular Flora of Republic Croatia) (in Croatian), Vol. 2., Alfa d.d., Zagreb (2020) p 773,

(2) A. Martinči et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnična Založba Slovenije (2007), p 308.

(3) K. Lauber and G. Wagner, Flora Helvetica, 5. Auflage, Haupt (2012), p 368.

(4) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 1., Haupt (2004), p 936.

(5) 'WFO (2023): Dorycnium pentaphyllum subsp. germanicum (Gremli) Rikli. Published on the Internet; www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000163644 (accessed on: 09 Jan 2023)

(6) daten.bayernflora.de/de/info_pflanzen.php?taxnr=1998 (accessed on: 09 Jan 2023)

Short-leaved Frankenia

A prostrate shrub growing on the edge of a salt flats.

We have visited this population a number of times and this year there were white and pink flowers. There were more flowers than we have seen in the past.

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Introduced, cool-season, annual, low-growing, hairless legume, with prostrate to ascending stems. Leaves have 3 leaflets, each oblong to round and 4-13 mm long. The central leaflet has a distinctly longer stalk than the lateral ones. Flowerheads are loose to somewhat dense hemispherical clusters (6-7 mm long) of 3-20 yellow pea-like flowers. Flowering is in spring. A native of Europe, it is found in pastures, woodlands, lawns and roadsides. Although it often occurs at reasonably high density in short pastures, productivity is low and it has a high proportion of stem to leaf. It is palatable and grows from autumn to early summer (very dependent on rainfall), but only produces useful amounts of feed in spring. Requires moist soil for growth, so tends to burn-off rapidly in late spring as temperatures rise and soil moisture often remains low. Growth increases with applied phosphorus as long as pastures are kept short in late winter and early spring, but the response is likely to be too small to be economic.

Desert wishbone bush (Mirabilis laevis) Nyctaginaceae. Prostrate plant. long weak stems, opposite leaves. Seemingly pink flowers. Alamo Canyon, Organ Pipe National Monument, Arizona, USA. 19 February 2016.

Highly variable with flowers ranging from white to bright pink. Look for sticky opposite leaves. Thanks to Hank for the ID.

Introduced, warm-season, perennial, prostrate to erect, woody herb or shrub to 1 m tall. Stems are reddish, hairless, with weak opposite longitudinal ridges; they arise from rhizomes or woody crowns. Leaves are opposite, sessile, hairless, to 3 cm long and have many translucent dots (oil glands) that are easily seen when held to the light. Flowerheads are panicles or corymbose cymes. Flowers are numerous and 15-20 mm wide. Petals are yellow and have black glands on their edges. Styles are 3-branched. Fruit are sticky 3-valved capsules, 5 to 10 mm long. Flowers in late spring and summer. Found in neglected pastures, sparse bushland and disturbed areas. Tiny seeds spread by water and in soil, hay and livestock. Sticky fruits adhere to animals; long runners spread from crowns. Causes photosensitisation and numerous other disorders in livestock; animals tend to recover once removed. Established plants are very competitive and are best controlled by herbicides or, if suitable, by cultivation. Introduced insect (Chrysolina beetles) and mite (St John’s wort mite ) predators provide good levels of control in many areas. Promote dense, healthy pastures to compete with seedlings, which are not robust.

First flowers to open on our Acacia myrtifolia (prostrate form). Always a happy sight! [Lower Blue Mountains, NSW]

Bukit Tarek, Selangor, Malaysia.

Prostrate iridescence leaves and flower spikes. Phyllagathis griffithii (Hook.f. ex Triana) King. Melastomataceae. CN: [Malay - Tutup bumi rimba, Kerakap rimau]. Herb with slender creeping woody stem; widespread in lowland forest in peninsular Malaysia.The Malays believed the plant has similar properties as Elephantopus mollis, E. scaber, E. tomentosus and P. rotundifolia hence the common names being interchangeable used. Plant parts traditionally used by natives as herbal contraceptives, postpartum tonic; decoction of leaves drunk to relieve stomach ache and many more.

Ref and suggested reading:

FRIM Flora Database

Kamus Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Malaysia

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View him prostrate in the garden,

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Prostrate annual herb, plant height 1-2 cm x width 10-16 cm, capsule opening a true pore.

The flowers were very tiny and I remember having difficulty photographing these.

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Trichocereus thelegonus (F.A.C. Weber) Britton & Rose

Sin.: Cereus thelegonus F.A.C. Weber, Echinopsis thelegona (F.A.C. Weber) Friedrich & G.D. Rowley Ref.: Kiesling, 1978. Status: Endémica.

Elevación: 500-1000 m.

Prov.: JU, SA, TU.

Ejemplar examinado: Kiesling 1113 (SI).

- Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de la Argentina. Cactaceae. Kiesling, R. -

Echinopsis thelegona (F. A. C. Weber) H. Friedrich & G. D. Rowley 1974

Cereus thelegonus F. A. C. Weber 1898, Trichocereus thelegonus (F. A. C. Weber) Britton & Rose 1920

Plants shrubby with few branches, prostrate to creeping along the ground with slightly raised or ascending stem tips. Stems cylindrical, dark green, to 2 m (6.6 ft) long, 7-8 cm (2.8-3.1 in) in diameter. Ribs about 13, low, forming prominent hexagonal tubercles. Areoles borne at tubercle tips, round. Spines pale yellow, becoming gray with age, often with dark tips. Central spine one, protruding, 2—4 cm (0.81.6 in) long. Radial spines 6-7, needle-like, spreading, 1-2 cm (0.4-0.8 in) long, lowest longest. Flowers funnelform, white, to 20 cm (7.9 in) long and 15 cm (5.9 in) in diameter; floral tubes with reddish bristles and hairs. Fruits globose to ovoid, yellowish to red, dehiscent, tuberculate, to 5 cm (2 in) in diameter. Distribution: Tucuman, Argentina.

- The Cactus Family. Anderson, E. 2001. -

00602 Echinopsis thelegona (KSch) FrdH+Rowl 1974/IOSB 3(3): 98. B: 043 19 Cereus thelegonus KSch 1897/GK 78.

T: AR, Tucuman, nd.

[1] Bo simple or sparsely branched; br procumbent or decum-bent, elongate, <2 m x 7-8 cm; ri c.13, low, divided into subhexago-nal tubercles; ar at apices of tubercles, 8-10 mm apart, 4-8 mm diameter; sp pale honey-yellow at first, tipped brown; esp 1, 2-4 cm, protrud-ing; rsp 6-7, lowest longest, <12 mm; fl funnelform, c.20 x 15 cm; flar with dull red bristles and hairs; fr globose to ovoid, 5 cm diameter, tuberculate, yellowish to red, splitting laterally ............................. ph 238.4

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51. Trichocereus thelegonus (F.A.C. Weber) Britton & Rose, The Cactaceae 2: 130, ill. 1920.

Cereus thelegonus F.A.C. Weber, en K.Schum. Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 78, ill. 1897. Echinopsis thelegona (F.A.C. Weber) H. Friedrich & G.D. Rowley, I.O.S. Bull. 3(3): 98. 1974. Soehrensia thelegona (F.A.C. Weber) Schlumpb., Cactaceae Syst. Init.: 28: 31. 2012. TIPO: Argentina, Tucumán, ―Vipos, [Dr. Jan] Authicus 6-VII-1892‖. (Lectotipo, P, aquí designado).

Descripción ampliada: Plantas decumbentes, que en algunas localidades cubren literalmente el suelo. Tallos rastreros, únicamente el ápice levantado o ascendentes al crecer en lugares húmedos y sombríos, 2 m de largo, cilíndricos, 6-8 cm de diámetro, verde-claro (cuando jóvenes) a oscuro (cuando adultos), raíces caulinares que nacen de las areolas en contacto con el suelo. Costillas 10-13, anchas, bajas, obtusas, formadas por mamelones subhexagonales, 6 mm de alto, 8 mm de ancho, 12 mm de largo, alineados longitudinalmente, separados por un surco transversal y siendo quebrada la línea que separa las costillas. Areolas en el ápice de los mamelones, distantes 1-2 cm, circulares, 4-8 mm de diámetro, con pilosidad blancuzca, gris y caduca. Una espina central, 2-4 cm de longitud, flexible, radiales rígidas, raro uncinadas, aciculares, 1 mm de diámetro, amarillas a negras, 1-2 cm de largo. Flores de 20 cm de largo, 15 cm de diámetro (cuando abiertas), escamas del ovario y tubo linear-triangulares, imbricadas, de cuyas axilas emergen cerdas rojizas y lanosidad ondulada; tépalos exteriores linear-lanceolados, retrorsos, ligeramente carnosos, mucronados, verdes, 2,5 cm de largo y 6 mm de ancho; los internos blancos, mucronados, 8 cm de longitud, 1,5 cm de ancho; estambres de la serie superior con filamentos de 4 cm de largo y 1 mm de diámetro, blancuzcos, filamentos de la serie inferior de 9,5 cm de largo y 1 mm de diámetro, con base verdosa y ápice crema, anteras amarillas, 2,5 mm de longitud y 1 mm de diámetro; estilo de 13 cm de largo y 4 mm de ancho, base verde y ápice blancuzco; estigma con 12 lóbulos, subteretes, 1,5 cm de largo y 2 mm de diámetro, amarillos. Pseudobayas globosas o subglobosas, parte externa verde, 5 cm de largo, mamelonados, con abundante pilosidad marrón a rojiza. Semillas de 1,5 mm de diámetro, redondeadas o a veces angulosas, negras, brillantes, papilas finas alrededor del hilo, y el resto con diminutas perforaciones (Fig. 52).

Distribución y hábitat: Especie endémica del oeste argentino, distribuyéndose en las provincias de Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán y noroeste de Catamarca (Fig. 73), entre 500-1000 m de altitud, en laderas rocosas desnudas o bajo árboles en lugares planos, en el bosque espinoso y seco de la provincia fitogeográfica del Chaco Serrano o en el bosque de transición entre esta provincia y las Yungas, donde se presenta más erecta (Kiesling 1978).

Comentarios morfológicos y sus consecuencias en la taxonomía y nomenclatura: Es la única especie del género Trichocereus que se caracteriza por ser rastrera, con costillas formadas por mamelones y con surcos intercostales en zig-zag.

Especie descrita originalmente en el género Cereus (Weber 1897), posteriormente transferida a Trichocereus (Britton & Rose 1920), Echinopsis (Friedrich & Rowley 1974) y recientemente a Soehrensia (Schlumpberger 2012). Se considera que debe corresponder al género Trichocereus por presentar las siguientes sinapomorfías: crecimiento basítono con ramas postradas, escamas imbricadas a lo largo del tubo floral y frutos subglobosos.

- Taxonomía y filogenia de Trichocereus (Berg.) Riccob. (Trichocereeae-Cactaceae). Albesiano, S. 2015. -

... "In addition, we have

registered low flower production and pollinator limitations.

Therefore, self-incompatibility, low flower production, low

local abundance of pollinators and clonality in combination

could account for the low fruit production observed in the

populations of E. thelegona. This finding suggests that

populations of this cactus species persist mainly by clonality

and that they are tending to the loss of sexuality

(Honnay and Bossuyt 2005). Future studies should evaluate

the last hypothesis along the geographical distribution of

this species, and the generality of the ideas presented here

should be tested in other clonal cactus species that are

distributed in Argentina."...

- Extremely reduced sexual reproduction in the clonal cactus

Echinopsis thelegona. Ortega-Baes, P. & Gorostiague, P. 2013 -

Trichocereus thelegonus (F.A.C. Weber ex K. Schum.) Britton & Rose is a synonym* of Echinopsis thelegona (Web.) Friedrich & G.D.Rowley

www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-5107122

IUCN not evaluate

Whoever lives within the World dies in it. Live within yourself and absorb the World if you want to become immortal, than you will know who you are, what is God, how do you live and die.

[from Javaidnama by Dr.Allama M.Iqbal]

Introduced, warm-season, perennial, prostrate legume, with rhizomes and usually less than 15 cm tall. Stems are hollow. Leaves have 5 leaflets, which are ovate to obovate, to 25 mm long and with long marginal hairs. Flowerheads are clusters of 8-14 yellow flowers (10-12 mm long) on the end of unbranched stalks. Pods are long and cylindrical. Flowering is from late summer to autumn.

A native of Europe and North Africa, it is sown and naturalized in high rainfall areas and on wet and waterlogged soils. It is tolerant of acid low-fertility soils. Seed is now difficult to obtain. Usually slow to establish, but will tolerate grass competition after 2-3 years. Can grow under low fertility conditions, but is responsive to increased phosphorus. Tends to die off in patches in hot, dry conditions; reshoot when conditions are favourable. Tolerant of wet conditions, but does not survive prolonged flooding. Low bloat risk. High tannin in some varieties can cause periods of lower palatability, but this can reduce overgrazing and help persistence. More tolerant of grazing than Lotus corniculatus, but some leaf should remain after grazing. Provide some rest in autumn to aid seed set and spread, but conditions may not be suitable every year for seed set.

Moine se prosternant au Temple de la Mahabodhi, à Bodh Gaya, dans l'état du Bihar, en Inde.

À côté du temple, se trouve l'arbre de la Bodhi qui marque l'endroit où Siddharta Gautama, le Bouddha, atteignit l'illumination.

Buddhist Monk devoted at The Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya, Bihar area, in India.

The location where Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, attained enlightenment.

Introduced, warm-season, perennial, prostrate legume, with rhizomes and usually less than 15 cm tall. Stems are hollow. Leaves have 5 leaflets, which are ovate to obovate, to 25 mm long and with long marginal hairs. Flowerheads are clusters of 8-14 yellow flowers (10-12 mm long) on the end of unbranched stalks. Pods are long and cylindrical. Flowering is from late summer to autumn.

A native of Europe and North Africa, it is sown and naturalized in high rainfall areas and on wet and waterlogged soils. It is tolerant of acid low-fertility soils. Seed is now difficult to obtain. Usually slow to establish, but will tolerate grass competition after 2-3 years. Can grow under low fertility conditions, but is responsive to increased phosphorus. Tends to die off in patches in hot, dry conditions; reshoot when conditions are favourable. Tolerant of wet conditions, but does not survive prolonged flooding. Low bloat risk. High tannin in some varieties can cause periods of lower palatability, but this can reduce overgrazing and help persistence. More tolerant of grazing than Lotus corniculatus, but some leaf should remain after grazing. Provide some rest in autumn to aid seed set and spread, but conditions may not be suitable every year for seed set.

Theseus and the Minotaur by Antonio Canova

Theseus seated on the prostrate Minotaur, holds a club in his left hand and rests his right on the left leg of his victim.

Place of origin: Rome, Italy

Date: 1782

Artist/Maker:Canova, Antonio, born 1757 - died 1822

Materials and Techniques: Marble

Height: 145.4 cm, Length: 158.7 cm, Width: 91.4 cm, Weight: 940 kg marble group, Weight: 238 kg base

Bought with the assistance of the National Art-Collections Fund (£1000) for £3000 from the Executor of the 7th Marquess of Londonderry (Lord Nathan).

collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O96376/theseus-and-the-minotau...

From Wikipedia:

The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A), is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects.

Named after Prince Albert and Queen Victoria, it was founded in 1852, and has since grown to cover 12.5 acres (51,000 m2) and 145 galleries. Its collection spans 5,000 years of art, from ancient times to the present day, in virtually every medium, from the cultures of Europe, North America, Asia and North Africa. The museum is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

The holdings of ceramics, glass, textiles, costumes, silver, ironwork, jewellery, furniture, medieval objects, sculpture, prints and printmaking, drawings and photographs are among the largest, important and most comprehensive in the world. The museum possesses the world's largest collection of post-classical sculpture, the holdings of Italian Renaissance items are the largest outside Italy. The departments of Asia include art from South Asia, China, Japan, Korea and the Islamic world. The East Asian collections are among the best in Europe, with particular strengths in ceramics and metalwork, while the Islamic collection, alongside the British Museum, Musée du Louvre and Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, is amongst the largest in the Western world.

Set in the Brompton district of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, neighbouring institutions include the Natural History Museum and Science Museum.

Every sparrow on our veranda played dead while they listened to a Tufted Titmouse singing. They only became lifelike again when the Titmouse came down to eat. That's what it looked like, anyway. It was weird.

Bikers charity Bike ride round London for prostate cancer

The lovely flower of a Goodenia. I will come back to these photos later with an I.D. hopefully. [Blue Mountains, NSW]

EDIT: Possibly Goodenia hederacea

Introduced, warm-season, perennial, prostrate legume, with rhizomes and usually less than 15 cm tall. Stems are hollow. Leaves have 5 leaflets, which are ovate to obovate, to 25 mm long and with long marginal hairs. Flowerheads are clusters of 8-14 yellow flowers (10-12 mm long) on the end of unbranched stalks. Pods are long and cylindrical. Flowering is from late summer to autumn.

A native of Europe and North Africa, it is sown and naturalized in high rainfall areas and on wet and waterlogged soils. It is tolerant of acid low-fertility soils. Seed is now difficult to obtain. Usually slow to establish, but will tolerate grass competition after 2-3 years. Can grow under low fertility conditions, but is responsive to increased phosphorus. Tends to die off in patches in hot, dry conditions; reshoot when conditions are favourable. Tolerant of wet conditions, but does not survive prolonged flooding. Low bloat risk. High tannin in some varieties can cause periods of lower palatability, but this can reduce overgrazing and help persistence. More tolerant of grazing than Lotus corniculatus, but some leaf should remain after grazing. Provide some rest in autumn to aid seed set and spread, but conditions may not be suitable every year for seed set.

Introduced, warm season, perennial, prostrate herb to 60 cm tall. Leaves and stems are hairy with glandular and non-glandular hairs. Leaves are alternate, lanceolate, deeply veined and stem clasping. Blue to mauve tubular flowers (with yellow stamens and throat) arranged caterpillar-like in 2 rows on one side of the flowering stem (scirpoid cyme). Flowers most of the year, but not in winter in southern areas. Grows on a wide range of soil types. Predominantly in areas that receive at least 50% of average annual rainfall in summer. It is mostly a problem of run down pasture and disturbed areas such as cropping paddocks, roadsides and waste land. Regenerates from seed and vegetatively from pieces of plant and roots. It is spread by water, fur of animals and in the gut of animals. A weed which is toxic to animals, quite invasive and difficult to control. Causes chronic liver damage in cattle, sheep and horses; can be fatal. Cultivation encourages its spread by stimulating germination and regrowth of plant parts. Management requires an integrated approach including herbicides, productive pasture, grazing management and biological control. There has only been one biological control agent released in Australia, the blue heliotrope leaf-beetle. At high densities, leaf-beetles can completely defoliate blue heliotrope, with both the larvae and adults feeding on the leaves.

Introduced, warm season, perennial, prostrate herb to 60 cm tall. Leaves and stems are hairy with glandular and non-glandular hairs. Leaves are alternate, lanceolate, deeply veined and stem clasping. Blue to mauve tubular flowers (with yellow stamens and throat) arranged caterpillar-like in 2 rows on one side of the flowering stem (scirpoid cyme). Flowers most of the year, but not in winter in southern areas. Grows on a wide range of soil types. Predominantly in areas that receive at least 50% of average annual rainfall in summer. It is mostly a problem of run down pasture and disturbed areas such as cropping paddocks, roadsides and waste land. Regenerates from seed and vegetatively from pieces of plant and roots. It is spread by water, fur of animals and in the gut of animals. A weed which is toxic to animals, quite invasive and difficult to control. Causes chronic liver damage in cattle, sheep and horses; can be fatal. Cultivation encourages its spread by stimulating germination and regrowth of plant parts. Management requires an integrated approach including herbicides, productive pasture, grazing management and biological control. There has only been one biological control agent released in Australia, the blue heliotrope leaf-beetle. At high densities, leaf-beetles can completely defoliate blue heliotrope, with both the larvae and adults feeding on the leaves.

Introduced, warm season, perennial, prostrate herb to 60 cm tall. Leaves and stems are hairy with glandular and non-glandular hairs. Leaves are alternate, lanceolate, deeply veined and stem clasping. Blue to mauve tubular flowers (with yellow stamens and throat) arranged caterpillar-like in 2 rows on one side of the flowering stem (scirpoid cyme). Flowers most of the year, but not in winter in southern areas. Grows on a wide range of soil types. Predominantly in areas that receive at least 50% of average annual rainfall in summer. It is mostly a problem of run down pasture and disturbed areas such as cropping paddocks, roadsides and waste land. Regenerates from seed and vegetatively from pieces of plant and roots. It is spread by water, fur of animals and in the gut of animals. A weed which is toxic to animals, quite invasive and difficult to control. Causes chronic liver damage in cattle, sheep and horses; can be fatal. Cultivation encourages its spread by stimulating germination and regrowth of plant parts. Management requires an integrated approach including herbicides, productive pasture, grazing management and biological control. There has only been one biological control agent released in Australia, the blue heliotrope leaf-beetle. At high densities, leaf-beetles can completely defoliate blue heliotrope, with both the larvae and adults feeding on the leaves.

This is an illuminated and illustrated Timurid copy of the Khamsah of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d. 605 AH / 1209 CE), completed in 886 AH / 1481 CE. The text is written in black nastaʿlīq script with chapter/section headings in red. Illuminated headings written in a foliated New Abbasid (broken cursive) style in white ink on a blue background with polychrome decoration introduce the poems of the Khamsah (fols. 26b, 97a, 146b, and 202b). (The beginning of Makhzan al-asrār is now missing). There are sixty illustrations. The reddish brown leather binding dates to the thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE. Majnūn lies prostrate at Laylá’s tomb.

To explore fully digitized manuscripts with a virtual page-turning application, please visit Walters Ex Libris.

Introduced, warm-season, perennial, prostrate to erect, woody herb or shrub to 1 m tall. Stems are reddish, hairless, with weak opposite longitudinal ridges; they arise from rhizomes or woody crowns. Leaves are opposite, sessile, hairless, to 3 cm long and have many translucent dots (oil glands) that are easily seen when held to the light. Flowerheads are panicles or corymbose cymes. Flowers are numerous and 15-20 mm wide. Petals are yellow and have black glands on their edges. Styles are 3-branched. Fruit are sticky 3-valved capsules, 5 to 10 mm long. Flowers in late spring and summer. Found in neglected pastures, sparse bushland and disturbed areas. Tiny seeds spread by water and in soil, hay and livestock. Sticky fruits adhere to animals; long runners spread from crowns. Causes photosensitisation and numerous other disorders in livestock; animals tend to recover once removed. Established plants are very competitive and are best controlled by herbicides or, if suitable, by cultivation. Introduced insect (Chrysolina beetles) and mite (St John’s wort mite ) predators provide good levels of control in many areas. Promote dense, healthy pastures to compete with seedlings, which are not robust.

Amaranthaceae (amaranth family) » Gomphrena serrata

gom-FREE-nuh -- from the Latin gomphaena, ancient classical name for an amaranth

sair-AY-tuh or ser-RAT-uh -- toothed like a saw

commonly known as: coastal globe amaranth, prostrate globe amaranth, prostrate gomphrena

Native of: s-c & s-e USA, Mesoamerica, Caribbean Islands; naturalized elsewhere

References: Flowers of India • NPGS / GRIN • eFlora

Introduced, warm-season, perennial, prostrate legume, with rhizomes and usually less than 15 cm tall. Stems are hollow. Leaves have 5 leaflets, which are ovate to obovate, to 25 mm long and with long marginal hairs. Flowerheads are clusters of 8-14 yellow flowers (10-12 mm long) on the end of unbranched stalks. Pods are long and cylindrical. Flowering is from late summer to autumn.

A native of Europe and North Africa, it is sown and naturalized in high rainfall areas and on wet and waterlogged soils. It is tolerant of acid low-fertility soils. Seed is now difficult to obtain. Usually slow to establish, but will tolerate grass competition after 2-3 years. Can grow under low fertility conditions, but is responsive to increased phosphorus. Tends to die off in patches in hot, dry conditions; reshoot when conditions are favourable. Tolerant of wet conditions, but does not survive prolonged flooding. Low bloat risk. High tannin in some varieties can cause periods of lower palatability, but this can reduce overgrazing and help persistence. More tolerant of grazing than Lotus corniculatus, but some leaf should remain after grazing. Provide some rest in autumn to aid seed set and spread, but conditions may not be suitable every year for seed set.

The township's iconic water tower snapped on the evening of Saturday, 3 September 2016.

The water tower was constructed in 1923 and still provides pressurised water distribution for Foxton.

Foxton's water tower now stands out from the dark beside State Highway 1 with its new colourful lighting.

Viewed illuminated in blue lighting for the "Blue September" campaign that challenges Kiwi men to get themselves checked out for prostrate cancer - a blood test is all it takes.

NEW LIGHTING DISPLAY INSTALLED FOR FOXTON WATER TOWER

Thursday, September 1, 2016

Foxton's landmark water tower is now a beacon of light.

Evenings in Foxton will now be be lit by the glowing beacon of the town's water tower, newly kitted out with a gleaming multi-coloured light display.

The $35,000 LED lighting rig is set up for a one hour cycle of changing colour displays, turning the industrial concrete water tower to bright multicoloured hues, overlooking the town's Main St.

It was launched at a small ceremony on Wednesday night, by members of the Foxton Rotary Club, who have driven the project, and political backers.

The lights are intended to boost the town's profile, entice travellers to spend some time, and to mark the seasons, club president Chrissy Pedersen said.

"It has 18 programs, we've already set it up to be green for St Patrick's day, pink for breast cancer week, and it'll have it's own sequence for Christmas."

"The lights that were here were old and needed to be replaced, and the water tower is an emblem of our town. Now it's a really big beacon."

Fifth generation Foxton resident Samantha Hatsell said she often walked in Seaview Gardens, which surround the tower, and planned to come up to watch the sunsets and lights in the evenings now.

"It's pretty cool - I reckon it will stop people on the main road.

"It'll be nice for families, especially in the summer they can come up here and walk around, there's lots of potential in the garden and in the river. The kids were saying it's like the Sky Tower."

Pedersen said initial plans to have the lights working for Christmas 2015 were stymied when it was discovered the park's mains power unit had to be shifted from the neighbouring water treatment plant before work started.

Designs drawn up for the lights include a second stage to extend the display through Seaview Gardens. Fundraising would start again to support this, though the cost could not yet be released, she said.

Funding for the first stage included a $25,000 grant from Horowhenua District Council, secured by an application from the Foxton Community Board before the project was taken over by the rotary club.

Foxton was on the up, community board chairwoman Janine Smart said.

A $1.5 million upgrade to the town's Main St and cenotaph expected to start in October, and work started in June on the new Te Awahou Nieuwe Stroom cultural centre and library, expected to cost about $6m. - Stuff

Story and video:

www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/83778899/new-light...

Prostrate spreading plant to 6 cm high x to 15 cm wide. Purple flowers.

They grow in seasonal wet areas flowering into summer.

Photo: Fred

15 Dec 2017

Introduced, warm-season, perennial, prostrate legume, with rhizomes and usually less than 15 cm tall. Stems are hollow. Leaves have 5 leaflets, which are ovate to obovate, to 25 mm long and with long marginal hairs. Flowerheads are clusters of 8-14 yellow flowers (10-12 mm long) on the end of unbranched stalks. Pods are long and cylindrical. Flowering is from late summer to autumn.

A native of Europe and North Africa, it is sown and naturalized in high rainfall areas and on wet and waterlogged soils. It is tolerant of acid low-fertility soils. Seed is now difficult to obtain. Usually slow to establish, but will tolerate grass competition after 2-3 years. Can grow under low fertility conditions, but is responsive to increased phosphorus. Tends to die off in patches in hot, dry conditions; reshoot when conditions are favourable. Tolerant of wet conditions, but does not survive prolonged flooding. Low bloat risk. High tannin in some varieties can cause periods of lower palatability, but this can reduce overgrazing and help persistence. More tolerant of grazing than Lotus corniculatus, but some leaf should remain after grazing. Provide some rest in autumn to aid seed set and spread, but conditions may not be suitable every year for seed set.

Introduced, warm-season, annual or short-lived perennial, more or less prostrate herb; to 25 cm tall and with thick, tough stems that put roots down where the nodes come into contact with the soil. Leaves are oval and usually lobed, with toothed margins; 3-7 veins radiate from the heart-shaped base. Flowers are solitary in the leaf axils and have 5 red to orange-red petals. Flowering is in spring and summer. A native of South America, it is a weed of disturbed areas, such as newly sown pastures and turf; less so

in crops. It is spread by seed and vegetatively by putting down roots where ever stem nodes contact the ground. It is salt and drought tolerant. Has caused occasional stock poisoning, but its very prostrate habit limits the quantity eaten. Control in pastures by promoting dense swards. Can be controlled by herbicides at the seedling stage, but it is extremely tolerant of glyphosate, often making it a problem weed of direct drilled crops and pastures.

Frankenia glomerata

A prostrate or upright plant to 0.5 m often with salt crystals on the grey/green leaves.

Photo: Jean

Astroloma ciliatum

This is a prostrate shrub with flowers that look like lights shining from the leaves.

It is a variable shrub 0.05-0.3 m high. Fl. purple-red/red-black, May to Oct.

June 2020 Styphelia discolor

Previously Astroloma ciliatum

Amaranthaceae (amaranth family) » Cyathula prostrata (L.) Blume

sy-ATH-uh-la or sy-ATH-yoo-la -- small cup ... Dave's Botanary

prost-RAY-tuh -- prostrate ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: cyathula, prostrate pastureweed • Hindi: लाल चिरचिटा lal chirchita • Kannada: ನೆಲ ಉತ್ತರಾಣಿ nela uttharaani, ರಕ್ತಪಮರ್ಗ raktapamarga • Konkani: ¿ धाकटो मोगरा dhakto mogra ? • Malayalam: ചെറുകടലാടി cerukadalaadi • Marathi: भुईअघाडा bhuiaghaada • Tamil: சிவப்பு நாயுருவி civappu nayuruvi

Native to: tropical Africa, s China, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia; naturalized elsewhere

References: Flowers of India • Flora of China • PIER • NPGS / GRIN • ENVIS - FRLHT