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Lhasa Tibet
The Barkhor Plaza & Jokhang Temple
The Pilgrims prostrating in front of the temple.
Legs are tied with rope.
This annual bunchgrass lies mostly prostrate on the sandy and gravelly shores of the Jefferson River in this area. The short cylindrical spikes are much like those of Timothy except for being much shorter (mostly abrout 2-3 cm long) and borne at the ends of prostrate to ascending stems. The combination of this spicate inflorescence, annual rosette growth form, and a hairy ligule is very distinctive.
Introduced, cool season, annual, prostrate to more or less erect, more or less hairy herbaceous legume. Leaves are 3-foliolate and hairless on the upper surface, with terminal leaflets 10–25 mm long and 10–32 mm wide; leaflets are marked by an upper central blotch or a very wide shield occupying the basal two-thirds of the leaflet. Stipules are strongly toothed and hairy on the lower surface. Flowerheads are 2–5-flowered; the peduncle is shorter than subtending petiole. Calyx teeth are equal in length to the calyx tube and the corolla is yellow. Flowers in spring.
Pilgrims who repeatedly prostrate themselves while making the circuit of the Bakhor take one step, make a Tibetan prayer gesture, raise their hands in prayer, and lay down on the ground, their arms extended in front of them. Then they stand up and place their feet where their fingertips had just touched and repeat the process again. Those that do this often wear knee pads, aprons and canvas shoes on their hands.
Native, warm-season, perennial, tufted, prostrate to erect grass to 1 m tall. Stem nodes are (virtually) hairless. Mostly found on hillslopes and drier, low fertility soils that are not too acid. More common in the south of coastal NSW. Increases in abundance with over-grazing as it readily colonises bare and disturbed areas.
Introduced warm-season annual or short-lived perennial herb with prostrate to ascending stems which are hairless to densely hairy and to 25 cm tall. Leaves are oppositely arranged, oblong to spoon-shaped and 2–5 cm long; the upper surface is hairless to sparsely hairy and the lower surface is densely hairy. Flowerheads are terminal spikes 1–4 cm long, rounded at first then becoming cylindrical. Flowers are white, shining and papery. Stigmas are 2-branched. Flowers from spring to autumn. A native of South America, it is a weed of lawns, parks, roadsides, overgrazed pastures and disturbed areas. An indicator of poor ground cover or overgrazed pastures. Toxic to mammals and can cause staggers in horses if eaten over an extended period. Managing for dense competitive pastures is an effective control. Easily hand-pulled or chipped out and registered herbicides are available for control.
Rawang, Selangor, Malaysia.
Habitat - common in open sandy spots. Justicia procumbens L. Acanthaceae. CN: Water willow. Native to the paleotropics; elsewhere naturalized. A slender, often tufted, prostrate or ascending, branched annual. Stems are 10 to 40 cm long. Leaves are elliptic to oblong-ovate or ovate, 7 to 20 mm long, 5 to 20 mm wide, obtuse at both ends, and entire or with slightly crenated margins. Flowers are pink, 6 to 7 mm long, and borne in terminal, rather dense cylindric spike 1 to 5 cms long and about 5 mm in diameter. Bracts and calyx-teeth are green, linear-lanceolate, and hairy. Fruit is slightly hairy and about 4 mm long. Traditionally used in folk medicine and in Taiwan as an ingredient of herbal tea.
Synonym(s):
Ecbolium procumbens (L.) Kuntze
Rostellaria adenostachya Nees
Rostellaria japonica Carrière
Rostellaria procumbens Nees
Rostellularia adenostachya Nees
Rostellularia juncea Nees
Rostellularia media Nees
Rostellularia mollissima Nees
Rostellularia pogonanthera F.Muell.
Rostellularia procumbens Nees
Rostellularia sarmentosa Zoll. ex Nees
Ref and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2329315
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?428155
Introduced, cool-season, annual, prostrate legume; may grow to 50 cm tall under good conditions. Leaves have 3 oval to heart-shaped leaflets; each hairless, 10-20 mm long and with serrations towards the tip. The stalk of central leaflet is longer than the lateral ones. Flowerheads consist of 1-3 yellow pea-like flowers in the leaf axils. Burrs are coiled and have hooked spines (rarely spineless). Flowers in late winter and spring. A native of the Mediterranean, it is occasional on floodplains and in disturbed areas (e.g. roadsides) on the coast where the soils are heavier and slightly acid to alkaline. Rarely abundant on the coast, but a valuable legume in inland low to medium rainfall areas. It is palatable and nutritious, and can provide some useful autumn-spring feed after adequate cool season rain. If consumed in excessive quantities it can cause bloat and photosensitisation.
Botanical name: Eclipta prostrata
- [ (Ek-lip-tuh) from Greek ekleipo meaning "deficient," and referring to the absence of a pappus; (prost-RAY-tuh) prostrate ]
Synonyms: Eclipta alba • Eclipta erecta • Eclipta punctata • Verbesina alba • Verbesina prostrata
Family: Asteraceae (aster, daisy, or sunflower family)
- [ (ass-ter-AY-see-ay) the aster (daisy) family; formerly Compositae ]
Common names of Eclipta prostrata:
Chamorro: titima • Chinese: han lian cao • Chuukese: soopal • English: eclipta, false daisy, swamp daisy, trailing eclipta, white eclipta, white heads • Fijian: colulu, tamandu, tamudi, tholulu • Filipino: higis manok • French: éclipte blanche, éclipte droite • Gujarati: bhangra • Hindi: babri, bhamgra, bhangra, bhangraiya, mochkand • Japanese: takasaburo • Kannada: ajagara, garagadasappu, garugalu, kadiggagaraga • Malayalam: kaikeshi, kannuni, kayyunni • Maori (Cook Islands): miri mapua, pitorea • Oriya: kesarda • Palauan: deberebelela tengadidik • Sanskrit: भ्रिंगराज bhringraj, केशराज kesharaja, kesharanjana, krajah • Spanish: anisillo, florcita, hierba de tajo, yerba de tago, yerba de tajo • Tamil: kaikeshi, karisalankanni, kaiyanthagarai, கரிசிலாங்கண்ணி karisilanganni, kavanthakara • Telugu: galagara, galagara chettu, gunta galijeru, gunta kalagara, kaikeshi • Urdu: babri, bhangra • Zulu: ungcolozi • and, unknown: daun dakelin, keremek hutan, li ch'ang, maka, mo-han-lian, rumput migus, ubat rambut panjang, urang-aring
Eclipta grows abundantly in the tropics and is used with success in ayurvedic medicine. Bhringaraj was used by Hindus in their Shradh, the ceremony for paying respect to a recently deceased person. This plant is one of the Hindu’s "Ten Auspicious Flowers" and one of its ayurvedic name is केशराज meaning "the king of hair".
Medicinal use: It is mainly used in hair oils, but it has been considered a good drug in hepatotoxicity. In hair oils, it may be used alongwith Centela asiatica (Brahmi) and Phyllanthus emblica (Amla). The juice of the plant with honey is given to infants with castor oil for expulsion of worms. The paste prepared by mincing fresh plants has got an anti-inflammatory effect and may be applied to insect bites, stings, swellings and other skin diseases. There are many other ayurvedic uses of this herb.
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This prostrate annual forb flowers only late summer and the flower clusters rise slightly above soil level in contrast to earlier summer growth that is mostly prostrate. This native annual prostrate forb, Tiquilia nuttallii, is most abundant in sandy swales. Stem branching is dichotomous, the leaf venation is furrowed on the upper surface, and the leaf hairs are coarse, as is characteristic of many borage species. This site lies in the Wyoming big sagebrush steppe of the Idaho National Laboratory, east of Lincoln Blvd and off Seven Mile Road, Butte County, Idaho.
Introduced, cool season, annual, prostrate to more or less erect, more or less hairy herbaceous legume. Leaves are 3-foliolate and hairless on the upper surface, with terminal leaflets 10–25 mm long and 10–32 mm wide; leaflets are marked by an upper central blotch or a very wide shield occupying the basal two-thirds of the leaflet. Stipules are strongly toothed and hairy on the lower surface. Flowerheads are 2–5-flowered; the peduncle is shorter than subtending petiole. Calyx teeth are equal in length to the calyx tube and the corolla is yellow. Flowers in spring.
Introduced, warm-season, ephemeral or perennial, prostrate herb. Stems are softly hairy, to 60 cm long and root at the nodes. Leaves are opposite, obovate to circular, 0.5–5 cm long, hairless except for scattered hairs on lower midrib and base of lamina, mucronate and petiolate. Flowerheads are ellipsoid, to 15 mm long and 10 mm wide. Bracts are yellowish, lanceolate and pungent. Flowering from spring to autumn. A native of South America, it is widespread in wasteland, caravan parks, orchards and recreation areas. Spines are a problem with dogs and stock but are particularly troublesome to humans and readily penetrate skin.
"Widely spreading or prostrate, dense shrub, 0.2-2 m high, up to 4 m wide. Fl. red/red-pink, Apr or Aug to Nov. Sand, often damp, sandy clay. "
Photos: Fred
This annual bunchgrass lies mostly prostrate on the sandy and gravelly shores of the Jefferson River in this area. The short cylindrical spikes are much like those of Timothy except for being much shorter (mostly abrout 2-3 cm long) and borne at the ends of prostrate to ascending stems. The combination of this spicate inflorescence, annual rosette growth form, and a hairy ligule is very distinctive.
Introduced, cool season, annual, prostrate to more or less erect, more or less hairy herbaceous legume. Leaves are 3-foliolate and hairless on the upper surface, with terminal leaflets 10–25 mm long and 10–32 mm wide; leaflets are marked by an upper central blotch or a very wide shield occupying the basal two-thirds of the leaflet. Stipules are strongly toothed and hairy on the lower surface. Flowerheads are 2–5-flowered; the peduncle is shorter than subtending petiole. Calyx teeth are equal in length to the calyx tube and the corolla is yellow.
Picea abies 'Vermont Gold' 3/2022 Norway N3- (Greg Williams, VT 1990s) Prostrate Norway Spruce, Size at 10 years: 6in.x4ft., golden, USDA Hardiness Zone 3, Michigan Bloom Month -, In Garden Bed N3 for 34 MONTHS (Stanley). Planted in 2019.
American Conifer Society: Picea abies 'Vermont Gold' is a broadly spreading, slow-growing selection of Norway spruce with layered branches and golden-yellow foliage that looks its best when given 3 to 4 hours of morning sun. If grown in shade, plants will appears greenish yellow and if grown in full sun young plants will burn badly.
After 10 years of growth, a mature specimen will measure 2 feet (60 cm) tall and 4 feet (1.3 m) wide, an annual growth rate of 4 to 6 inches (10 - 15 cm).
This cultivar originated as a golden branch sport found on a specimen of P. abies 'Repens' in the mid-1990s by Greg Williams of Kate Brook Nursery, Wolcott, Vermont, USA. It was first listed under the illegitimate name, 'Repens Aurea' and later changed. Another illegitimate synonym is 'Repens Gold.'
Stanley & Sons Nursery: A prostrate, golden form of Norway Spruce. Leaves solid gold and normal size. Plant completely prostrate. Old name of cultivar is `Picea abies `Repens Aurea'. Grows 4 to 6 inches a year. Found and introduced by Greg Williams.
Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Link to additional photos of this plant from 2022:
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Prostrate to ascending, minutely pubescent. Tiny flowers, just a few mm across. Growing in the bed of a drying lagoon, amongst Water Ribbons (Cycnogeton procerum).
Flowering September to May.
"Semi-prostrate or erect, lignotuberous shrub, 0.2-1 m high. Fl. yellow, Jun to Sep. Mainly on lateritic gravelly soils, occasionally granitic soils."
Native warm-season perennial hairless prostrate spreading shrub to 1 m diameter (rarely to 2 m). Leaves are lanceolate to elliptic and 2–12.5 cm long; margins have prominent recurved teeth towards the base and are entire or occasionally with some small teeth near the apex. Flowers 1-2 (rarely 3) in leaf axils; corolla 3.5–11 mm long, white to pale mauve. Fruit subglobose, 7–10 mm long; exocarp fleshy, glabrous and white to reddish purple; endocarp woody. Flowers in spring and summer. It is not common and appears to be restricted to small colonies of plants in widely scattered sites. It may have been
more abundant in the past, as it
is palatable to stock. Despite its low growth-habit, it is grazed heavily at times.
Native, cool-season to yearlong green, perennial, erect or prostrate, hairy herb to 60 cm tall; more or less woody at the base. Basal leaves are petiolate, soon withering; cauline leaves are wedge-shaped to spathulate, 8–40 mm long, sparsely hairy and sessile; margins toothed towards apex. Heads 6–20 mm diam., solitary or in loose leafy cymes of 2 or 3; involucral bracts scabrous-hairy and with scattered glandular hairs; receptacle conical, without scales. Disc florets are tubular and yellow; ray florets are white, blue or purple and 3–9 mm long. Achenes have a pappus of 2–4 rigid barbed awns, with 2–4 basal scales. Widespread on a wide variety of soil types and situations.
Introduced, cool-season, annual, prostrate legume; may grow to 50 cm tall under good conditions. Leaves have 3 oval to heart-shaped leaflets; each hairless, 10-20 mm long and with serrations towards the tip. The stalk of central leaflet is longer than the lateral ones. Flowerheads consist of 1-3 yellow pea-like flowers in the leaf axils. Burrs are coiled and have hooked spines (rarely spineless). Flowers in late winter and spring. A native of the Mediterranean, it is occasional on floodplains and in disturbed areas (e.g. roadsides) on the coast where the soils are heavier and slightly acid to alkaline. Rarely abundant on the coast, but a valuable legume in inland low to medium rainfall areas. It is palatable and nutritious, and can provide some useful autumn-spring feed after adequate cool season rain. If consumed in excessive quantities it can cause bloat and photosensitisation.
Olive trees, prostrate rosemary and lavendar make up the garden box along the edge of teh saltwater pool
Introduced, cool-season, annual, prostrate legume; may grow to 50 cm tall under good conditions. Leaves have 3 oval to heart-shaped leaflets; each hairless, 10-20 mm long and with serrations towards the tip. The stalk of central leaflet is longer than the lateral ones. Flowerheads consist of 1-3 yellow pea-like flowers in the leaf axils. Burrs are coiled and have hooked spines (rarely spineless). Flowers in late winter and spring. A native of the Mediterranean, it is occasional on floodplains and in disturbed areas (e.g. roadsides) on the coast where the soils are heavier and slightly acid to alkaline. Rarely abundant on the coast, but a valuable legume in inland low to medium rainfall areas. It is palatable and nutritious, and can provide some useful autumn-spring feed after adequate cool season rain. If consumed in excessive quantities it can cause bloat and photosensitisation.
Introduced, warm-season, annual, erect or prostrate, tufted grass to 1 m tall. Leaves are flat, hairless (except for a few scattered hairs near the base) and usually have a pale midrib. There is no ligule. Flowerheads are an erect primary axis of racemes (to 22 cm long) with relatively short branches; with conspicuous hairs in the axils and along the racemes. Spikelets are 2.5-4 mm long and 2 flowered (fertile lemma smooth and shiny), with the apices ending abruptly in a short point or having an awn to 5 cm long. Flowers during the warmer months. Possibly a native of Asia, it is a common weed of disturbed areas, especially where there is excess moisture (e.g. wasteland, agricultural land, riverbanks, drains, shallow/drying swamps). An indicator of disturbed moist areas. A weed of summer crops. Produces palatable and good quality feed when grazed during early growth stages, but becomes harsh and unpalatable when mature. Toxic levels of nitrate can accumulate in the plant; this is especially dangerous when the plant is wilted and more attractive to stock. Rarely managed individually in pastures due to its low abundance in coastal pastures. Will decrease where dense ground cover is maintained over summer.
Showing twisted, prostrate older branches and straight, upright younger branches.
Greece: Crete, Chania, S of Melidoni, south of church of Agio Pnevma Fre, 20 April 2022.
This annual bunchgrass lies mostly prostrate on the sandy and gravelly shores of the Jefferson River in this area. The short cylindrical spikes are much like those of Timothy except for being much shorter (mostly abrout 2-3 cm long) and borne at the ends of prostrate to ascending stems. The combination of this spicate inflorescence, annual rosette growth form, and a hairy ligule is very distinctive.
Vaccinium dentatum Smith var. lanceolatum (A. Gray) Skottsberg (O`ahu type)
Hawaiian names: `ōhelo
Family: Ericaceae - the heath family
Habit: a prostrate shrub.
Endemic to O`ahu (Wai`anae and Ko`olau Mountains).
I do not know what the lower and upper limits of V. dentatum var. lanceolatum are along this ridge. There is some growing at the Poamoho Trail trailhead, and it appears that for at least 1.8 kilometers past the trailhead the only Vacciniums present are V. dentatum var. lanceolatum, V. calycinum var. calycinum, and V. calycinum var. calycinum x V. dentatum var. lanceolatum hybrids. Vaccinium dentatum var. dentatum is apparently restricted to the wettest areas along or near the Ko`olau summit ridge.
A V. calycinum var. calycinum x V. dentatum var. lanceolatum hybrid from the same area:
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