10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLOWER-OF-AN-HOUR»
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Flowering Plants: Pokeweeds, Four-o'clocks, Carpetweeds, ...
Flower-of-an-hour;. Fame-flower. Perennial, succulent, glabrous herbs; leaves
basal or nearly so, terete, entire; flowers perfect, actinomorphic, solitary or in
cymes, bracteate, usually on long peduncles; sepals 2, free or nearly so,
caducous; ...
Robert H. Mohlenbrock, 2001
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Weeds
of the Northern U.S. and Canada: A Guide for ...
The papery sepals are hairy on the prominent purple veins. Below each flower is
a ring of narrow papery bracts. As the common name implies, the flowers of this
plant open for only a few hours. Plant: Flower-of-an-hour, a weed of row crops, ...
France Royer, Richard Dickinson, 1999
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Vascular Flora
of Illinois
2. Portulaca oleracea L. Common Purslane. June-Oct. Native to Europe;
disturbed soil, often in cracks of sidewalks; common throughout lll.; in every co. 3
Talinum Adans. — Flower-of-an-hour; Fame-flower 1. Stamens 4-8; flowers pale
pink 2.
Robert H. Mohlenbrock, 2002
widowscross, a small agave related to the century plants of the western United
States, and a delicate plant related to portulacas called flower of an hour (this
plant is unrelated to the flower of an hour in the hibiscus family). The 0.75-inch-
wide ...
Robert H. Mohlenbrock, 2006
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World Weeds: Natural Histories and Distribution
COMMON NAMES Hibiscus trionum AUSTRALIA bladder ketmia CANADA flower
of an hour, ketmie trilobee EGYPT shebbet, teel sheitaani LEBANON bladder
hibiscus, flower of an hour MADAGASCAR teloriraiia NEW ZEALAND hibiscus ...
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Flora Domestica: Or, The Portable
Flower-garden : with ...
... mistaken by the poet, considering the fragility of the flower and the matter
whereof it sprung, that is a woman's tears, which last not long; as this &ovrer,Jios
hor<c, or Flower of an Hour." Notwithstanding the facetiousness of the good
Gerarde, ...
Elizabeth Kent, Leigh Hunt, 1823
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Weeds
of Canada and the Northern United States: A Guide for ...
The papery sepals are hairy on the prominent purple veins. Below each flower is
a ring of narrow papery bracts. As the common name implies, the flowers of this
plant open for only a few hours. Plant: Flower-of-an-hour. a weed of row crops, ...
France Royer, Richard Dickinson, 1999
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Field Guide to Wildflowers
of Nebraska and the Great Plains: ...
Flower-of-an-hour. Hibiscus trionum other common names Modesty, goodnight-at
-noone, Venice mallow. family Mallow (Malvaceae). flower June into September.
distribution Eastern halfofNebraska. Principally eastern Great Plains but ...
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The Universal Gardener and Botanist: or, a general ...
Trionum, Bladder Ketmia, Venice Mallow, or Flower of an Hour.] Hath an
herbaceous branchy stalk, growing n foot and a half high; garnished with three-
lobed leaves, deeply jagged on the edges into opposite obtuse segments ; and
from the ...
Thomas Mawe, John Abercrombie, 1778
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Kaufman Field Guide to Nature
of New England
DISTINCTIVE. YELLOW. FLOWERS. These include representatives of
fourfamilies. FLOWER-OF-AN-HOUR Hibiscus trionum Native to the Old World,
now widespread in southern New England, in roadsides, fields. Mallow family (
Malvaceae).
Kenn Kaufman, Kimberly Kaufman, 2012
