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Kranjska Gora, Jesenice, Slovenia
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Mittenwald, Bavaria, Germany
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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[syn. Hedyotis parvula]Rubiaceae (Coffee family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Waianae Mountains, Oahu)IUCN: Critically EndangeredOahu (Cultivated)EtymologyKadua is the oldest generic name for these species and is named in memory of M. Kadua, a native of Ulea, who sailed with Otto von Kotzebue (1787-1846), Baltic German navigator in Russian service, with the purpose of collecting plants.The Latin specific epithet parvula means very small or least.
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/
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Mundemba, Sud-Ouest, Cameroon
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Ibague, Tolima Department, Colombia
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Found along the southern rim of the Neotropics, from Bolivia to northeastern Argentina. Known as Mini Angel's Trumpet in gardening. University of B.C. Gardens.
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Audley, New South Wales, Australia
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Low's PaphiopedilumOrchidaceae (Orchid family)Native to Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and Sulawesi.Oahu, Hawaii, USA (Cultivated)IUCN: EndangeredThe only Paphiopedilum species which is mostly found as an epiphyte in nature.**NOTE**While I enjoy orchids, as an environmentally conscious orchid grower in Hawaii, I am proactive when it comes to removing and properly destroying any and all seed pods from the plants so as not to encourage their spreading into our fragile native Hawaiian forests.
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San Juan River, Argentina
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Paraso, Panam, Panam
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Dog Valley ivesia, Ivesia aperta var. canina, Sierra Nevada, Peavine Mountain, Humboldt Toiyabe National Forest, elevation 1935 m (6350 ft).This rare species is found only in a small area of northeastern California and adjacent western Nevada. These photos are from the only Nevada occurrence.
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Camaragibe, Pernambuco, Brazil
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La Ensenada, Los Lagos Region, Chile
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Chilean Oxalis, Chilean Woodsorrel, or Silver ShamrockOxalidaceaeNative to Chile and ArgentinaOregon, USA (Cultivated)
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A species found in southeastern Africa, here as a weed near Mbinga, Tanzania. Also known as Wild Foxglove.
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Mont-Ral, Catalonia, Spain
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Family: FabaceaeDistribution:Common and gregarious on hedges and trees in forest areas. Distributed in India, SriLanka, Bangladesh, China and N.Australia. Photographed at velugonda hills of Eastrenghats of A.P.Description: Large woody climber, Leaves imparipinnate, Leaflets 2.5-4x0.8-2cm, elliptic-oblong, retuse, base rounded or cuneate,coriaceous, shining and glabrous above, puberulous below.Flowers 1-1.5cm long white in 10-20cm long axillary drooping racemes. Bracts and bracteoles small, cauducous. Calyx tube companulate, teeth very short, purple in color. corolla much exerted, standard obovate, wings obliquely oblong. Stamens 10 monodelphous, anthers uniform, versatile. ovary sessile, few ovuled. Pod 4.5-8cm thin indehiscent , winged along the upper suture only. It is used as fish poison.Reference: Flora of Nellore district by B.Suryanarayana & A.S.Rao.Flora of presidency of Madras by J.S Gamble, ENVIS
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