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Kokio, hau hele ula or Cooke's kokiaMalvaceaeAn endemic Hawaiian genus (Molokai only; now extinct in the wild)IUCN: Extinct in the WildOahu (Cultivated)Trunk. Above the graft scar is Kokia cookei; below the scar, it has been grafted on to Kokia drynarioides.Hawaiian name is from hau, an introduced hibiscus (Hibiscus tiliaceus), perhaps by early Hawaiians. Hau hele ula literally means "red traveling hau."Kokia is an endemic Hawaiian genus of four species, with one species (K. lanceolata on Oahu) probably extinct and the existing three critically endangered.This species is so rare that uses by early Hawaiians are not known. However, the two very rare remaining species, Kokia drynarioides (Hawaii Island) and K. kauaiensis (Kauai), were also formerly used by the early Hawaiians and so this species may have had similar uses as well. The flowers were used to make spectacular lei. The flower petals made pink and lavender dyes. Sap from the bark produced a dark red waterproof dye for fishnets. The dual-purpose resinous dye would extend the life of the fishing nets and the red color underwater is nearly invisible to fish, thus the fishermen could catch more. Medicinally, the bark was also used to cure thrush.Kokia drynarioides and K. kauaiensis have helped to save Kokia cookei from total extinction. Kokia cookei survives by grafted scions (a shoot with a bud) on rootstock from either of its two close relatives. Efforts are being made by micropropagation and from few viable seeds to help save this species, one of the planet's rarest plants.EtymologyThe generic name Kokia is derived from kokio, the Hawaiian vernacular name for these species.Botanists Otto & Isa Degener notes this regarding the name: "Lewton believes the vernacular name comes from ko-ki, " 'The extremety; the end of the tree; a very high place. The native name of the these trees, kokio, possibly relates to the habitat.' "The sepcific epithet, cookei, was named by Otto Degener for Mr. and Mrs. George P. Cooke, long time residents of Molokai, who have materially aided in its preservation.
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shrub to 2 m; inflorescence and infructescence green, calyx yellow-green, corolla pale yellow-green. Photo Project web address:
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Buller, Western Australia, Australia
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Rosa canina s.str. L.: EN: Dog Rose , DE: Hunds-RoseSlo.: navadni ipekDat.: May 4. 2018 Lat.: 45,079675 Long.: 14,442983Code: Bot_1132/2018_DSC2647Habitat: Edge of overgrown stony pasture next to a village dirt road; almost flat terrain; calcareous, skeletal ground; full sun, dry place; elevation 115 m (380 feet); average precipitations about 1.000 mm/year, average temperature 13-15 deg C, Sub-Mediterranean phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil.Place: West part of the island Krk, southwest part of the village Brzac, Kvarner bay, Adriatic Sea, Croatia EC.Comment: Wild, richly flowering bushes of genus Rosa are among the most beautiful plants in my country. Many taxa comprise it; in addition, hybrids are very frequent. Taxa are divided into sub-genera, sections and subsections, species, 'small' species, subspecies, varieties and forms. Unfortunately, how to divide and name taxa is not yet settled. Different approaches exist. Austrian (Ref.: 1) as well as Slovenian key (Ref.: 2) explicitly state that the genus is not yet sufficiently researched. Consequently, determination of these beauties is difficult if not too difficult (in many cases) for amateur botanist.This observation comes very close to Rosa canina s.str. (according to Ref. 1). Glabrous leaflets, flower stalks, and hips, absence of stalked glands except on stipules (a pair of small leaf-like appendages at the base of leaf stalks), stems with broadly attached curved prickles, pinnate leaves with 5 to 7 leaflets, pink colored petals, recurved sepals and the length of flower (fruit) stalks all speak in favor of this determination. In addition, Ref.: 4 states only four species of Rosa for island Krk. Apart of Rosa canina only Rosa gallica, Rosa rubiginosa and Rosa sempervirens have been found so far. The last three are distinctly different from this find.Ref.:(1) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora fr sterreich, Liechtenstein und Sdtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 526.(2) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 275.(3) J. Bavcon, B. Ravnjak. B. Vre, Wild Roses (Rosa L.) in Slovenia, University Botanic Gardens (2017), p 34.(4) W.K. Rottensteiner, Exkursionsflora fr Istrien, Verlag des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins Krten (2014), p 827.
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Trifolium noricum WulfenEN: ?, DE: Norische Klee, IT.: Trifoglio noricoSlo.: norika deteljaDat.: June 30. 2009Lat.: 46.41731 Long.: 13.43624Code: Bot_359/2009_DSC0704andDat.: June 30. 2009Lat.: 46.42251 Long.: 13.43832Code: Bot_359/2009_DSC0834Habitat: South-west inclined mountain slope, stony alpine grassland, full sun, dry and relatively warm place, calcareous ground, exposed to direct precipitations, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 2-4 deg C, elevation 1.830 m (6.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil.Place: 'Pecol' flats, south-west of 'Hude police' in the Mt. Monta (Mt. Montassio), 2.753 m (9.033 feet) mountain group, West Julian Alps, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy EC.Comment: Trifolium Noricum is a typical South Alpine plant growing in a relatively small region of the Alps in northeast Italy and northwest Slovenia. In east-west direction it spreads from Dolomites to Julian Alps. It doesn't protrude much to the north. Already in our northern neighbor Austria it is considered a rare plant (Ref.: (1)). Contrary, it can be abundantly found more south in Apennines and Balkan Peninsula. This plant, which thrives in Slovenia only at high elevations from 1.600 to 2.000 m (Ref.: (4)), is beautiful in its appearance since its flower heads can measure up to 4 cm in diameter. It can be recognized by milky-white, stalk-less flowers and calyx with ten nerves and five more or less equally long teeth (see Fig. 10). Uppermost small and narrow leaves just below the flower heads are few and are allover softly hairy.Ref.:(1) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora sterreich Liechtenstein, Suedtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 567.(2) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije, Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 304. (3) L. Poldini, Nuovo Atlante corologico delle piante vascolarinel Friuli Venezia Giulia,University of Trieste (2002), p498.(4) T. Wraber, 2 x Sto alpskih rastlin na Slovenskem (in Slovene),(2 x Hundred Alpine Plants of Slovenia), Preernova Druba (2007), p 93.(5) O. Angerer, T. Muer, Alpenpflanzen, Ulmer (2004), p 213.
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Madre de Dios, Peru
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Briantspuddle, England, United Kingdom
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Western Australia, Australia
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Eastern Shores, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, St Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
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Red sumac
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Jason Sharp;Hardee County, Florida
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Hovea montana (mountain purplepea) flowering along the edge of the Lyell Highway, Central Highlands, Tasmania.
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Sallent de Gllego, los Pirineos. Aragn (Espaa)Familia: FABACEAE (LEGUMINOSAE)Distribucin: (Orfita alpina) Alpes y N de la Pennsula Ibrica, en el Pirineo y Montes Cantbricos. En Aragn se muestra exclusiva del Alto Pirineo y desciende a algunos enclaves umbrosos del Prepirineo.Hbitat: Herbazales, claros de bosque, barrancos, megaforbios, repisas de roquedos y siempre en lugares muy hmedos.Preferencia edfica: Indiferente Rango altitudinal: ( 850 ) 1200- 1800 ( 2000 ) mFenologa: Floracin Junio - AgostoForma Biolgica: Gefito rizomatosoExtractado del Atlas de la Flora de Aragn (Herbario de Jaca)
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Audley, New South Wales, Australia
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Burra, Queensland, Australia
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Lago Sul, Federal District, Brazil
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Orinda, California, United States
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Riverside, New South Wales, Australia